Upendra Singh, Textile Secretary: Sustainable Solutions growth driver for Indian textile industry
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05 February 2022, Mumbai:
Textile Secretary Upendra Singh on Friday said the "sustainable solutions are the key for healthy growth and an enduring future of the textile industry in the country Singh said the Indian Textile Industry increasingly faces many challenges in the 21st Century and some of the key challenges include the emission of green-houses gases (CHG) and wastage of water during the processing of cotton and other raw materials.
The secretary was speaking in a roundtable conference organized by SWITCH-Asia Regional Policy Advocacy Component (RPAC) in partnership with the TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi, and UNEP here. "To ensure an enduring future for this integral industry, sustainable solutions to these challenges are necessary as soon as possible, he said.
Taking about the contribution of the sector in the country's GDP growth, he said with a contribution of 2.5 percent in the GDP and being the second-largest employers in the country which is around 10.5 crore people directly or indirectly associated with the industry, Indian textile industry is marred by challenges and require sustainable solutions to ensure healthy growth.
" Rising concern is over the water management, he said reducing water footprint and making the sector resource-efficient by reducing pollution is needed. During the event, Dr. Michael Bucki, Counsellor at the EU Delegation to India and Bhutan, said India can also achieve the desired growth in the textile industry with the help of policy optimisation and technologies as Europe has been able to address the issue.
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*Figures mentioned in the above article have been sourced from UNI article.
