CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Ministry of Textiles has launched many schemes over the past few years for the promotion of the Textile Industry in India and improving the livelihood of the people associated with it. Schemes like Project SURE, Scheme For Integrated Textile Park (SITP), Silk Samagra, Powertex India, and Samarth were launched.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ministry of Textiles is responsible for policy formulation, planning, development, export promotion and trade regulation of the Textiles Industry. This includes all natural and man made cellulosic fibres that go into the making of textiles, clothing, and handicrafts.

Detailed explanation-3: -Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS): In order to facilitate the textile industry to meet the required environmental standards and to support new Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP)/ upgradation of CEPTs in existing processing clusters as well as new processing parks specially in the Coastal Zones.

Detailed explanation-4: -The National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) is an attempt to facilitate the sustainable development of handloom weavers located in and outside identified handloom clusters into a cohesive, self-managing and competitive socio- economic unit.