Government to expedite enforcement of quality control order on MMF products : Piyush Goyal
Union Minister of Textiles, Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal has said that the Government will expedite enforcement of all the Quality Control Order (QCO) on the man-made fibre (MMF) products, suggesting that different segments of the value chain need to be supportive to each other’s requirements and challenges for the holistic growth of the sector.
Besides, Goyal cited the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for MMF apparel, MMF fabrics and products of technical textiles, as the Government’s flagship intervention to augment the size and scale of the domestic MMF sector and assured of providing dedicated handholding support to the PLI beneficiaries through specially designated Ministry of Textiles officers for the purpose.
Meanwhile, Goyal held the first meeting with the newly constituted Textile Advisory Group at the Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi. In the meeting, SIMA on behalf of spinners raised the issue of revision of standard input output norms under Advance Authorization Scheme. SRTEPC on behalf of fabric and made-ups, raised the issue of shortage of capacities for quality processing and effluent treatment facilities. AEPC also raised the issue of shortage of availability of high quality processed fabric.