Piyush Goyal x Fashion Designers Brainstorm: How India can become ''Global Fashion Capital"
14 February 2022, Mumbai:
India should display its products globally alongside prominent fashion houses, opines Piyush Goyal, Minister for Textiles and Commerce and Industry. The minister also urged designers to ensure that each of the 75 lakh identified craft people earns Rs 1,000 more every month.
He urged National Institute of Fashion Technology alumni to come together to bring change the entire craft ecosystem.
Goyal advised each alumnus to adopt a craft person and devote time to educate the non-privileged section of the society on various aspects of design, management and technology.
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He appreciated Indian designers for their passion for crafts and emphasized that the art, craft, tradition and heritage of Indian designers need to be respected.
Goyal also appreciated the idea of wearing khadi/ handloom one day a week and the sense of designers having pride in the nation. It opens up a lot of possibilities and encourages designers to play a huge role in the industry’s development, he added.
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