65 MoUs signed at Textiles India 2017 in the presence of Union Textiles Minister
Union Textiles Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani and Minister
of State, Textiles, Shri Ajay Tamta witnessed the signing of 65 MoUs in the textiles
sector today, on the 2nd day of the three-day mega textiles trade
fair, Textiles India 2017, being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. MoUs were signed
between various domestic and international organizations from industry and
government; three of the MoUs signed are G2G MoUs. The MoUs signed relate to exchange
of information and documentation, Research & Development, commercialization
of handloom products and silk production, cooperation in Geo textiles, skill
development, supply of cotton and trade promotion with overseas partners, etc.
Addressing the media, the Textiles Minister said
that the current age is a golden era for development of textile industry. She
affirmed the commitment of the Government of India in promoting the sector. She
also said that many Union Ministers will be attending Textiles India 2017
tomorrow, on the 3rd and final day of the mega event.
Union Textiles Secretary, Shri Anant Kumar Singh; Additional
Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Smt. Pushpa Subrahmanyam and Textiles Commissioner,
Ms. Kavita Gupta were among those present, besides a huge representation from industry and media.
The entire list of the MoUs signed is as under:
Textiles
India 2017
Signing
of MoUs
Government
MoUs
#
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Signatories
|
Summary
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
Central
Silk Board
|
Deptt. of Agriculture of Gyangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region, People’s Republic of China
|
Development of
improved silk worm breeds and mulberry varieties suitable to both the countries by
exchange of sericulture egenetic materials, etc.
|
2
|
Ministry
of Textiles, DC(HL)
|
Department of Foreign Affairs & Grade, Govt.
of Australia
|
Australian
Indian Textiles and Fashion project
|
3
|
National
Institute of Fashion Technology
|
Bangladesh University of Fashion & Technology
|
encourage
academic cooperation between the two institutes and strengthen academic
interventions
|
Batch
1
#
|
Signatories
|
Summary
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
Powerloom
Export Development Council (PDEXCIL)
|
Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters Association
|
Exchange of
Information
|
2
|
CITI
|
International Textile Manufactures Federation
(ITMF)
|
Exchange
information and documentation
|
3
|
Cotton
Corporation India (CCI)
|
Southern India Mills Association (SIMA)
|
Supply of
Cotton to SIMA
|
4
|
Cotton
Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL)
|
China Cotton
Textiles Association
|
To exchange
information and documentation concerning economic information as well as
business information and trade facilitation etc.
|
5
|
Vardhman
Textiles Ltd.
|
TOYOBO Co Ltd, Japan
|
To buy approx.
US$ 20 Million worth of Textiles in the current financial year from Vardhman
Textiles Ltd.
|
6
|
SRETPC
|
Indian Chamber of Commerce and Culture, Slovakia
|
Trade
Promotion with overseas partner
|
Batch
2
#
|
Signatories
|
Summary
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
Central
Silk Board (CSB)
|
M/s Five P Ventures India Pvt Ltd, Erode
|
Development
and commercialization of Handloom products developed by Product Development
Division of CSB
|
2
|
Vardhman
Textiles Ltd.
|
ALMUNDO Associate, Japan
|
To buy approx.
US$ 20 Million worth of Textiles in the current financial year from Vardhman
Textiles Ltd.
|
3
|
TEXPROCIL
|
Vietnam
Textile & Apparel Association
|
To provide
appropriate assistance and advice to member companies or their businessmen of
the parties for business visits to respective countries annually to
participate in trade fairs, exhibitions, business seminars and other
activities
|
4
|
ATIRA
|
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
(EDII), Ahmedabad
|
Cooperation in
Geo Textiles, Nano Fibre tech and Protective Textiles and Skill Development
|
5
|
IJIRA
|
Dept of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University
of Engineering & Technology
|
R&D in
jute products
|
6
|
EPCH
|
Himachal Pradesh State Handicrafts & Handloom
Corporation Ltd
|
Development of
market niche for Himachal Pradesh exporters through divers set of market
linkage and promotion activities
|
Batch
3
#
|
Signatories
|
Summary
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
CSB
|
M/s MK Designs, Bangalore
|
Commercialization
of Silk Products
|
2
|
ATIRA
|
iCreate International Centre for Entrepreneurship
and Technology
|
Development of
Entrepreneurs incubates in the area of Focus Incubation
|
3
|
TEXPROCIL
|
The
Indo-Polish Chamber of Commerce
|
To provide appropriate assistance and
advice to member companies or their businessmen of the parties for business
visits to respective countries annually to participate in trade fairs,
exhibitions, business seminars and other activities
|
4
|
PDEXCIL
|
CMAI
|
Exchange of
Information
|
5
|
Cotton
Corporation of India (CCI)
|
South India Spinners Association (SISPA)
|
Supply of
Cotton
|
6
|
EPCH
|
Shriram Institute for Industrial Research
|
Knowledge
sharing, training and research
|
Batch
4
#
|
Signatories
|
Summary
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
CCI
|
NTC
|
Supply of
Cotton
|
2
|
Vardhman
Textiles Ltd.
|
Takisada Group, Japan
|
The MoU is an
agreement on part of M/s. Takisada Group, Japan to buy approx. US$ 20 Million
worth of Textiles in the current financial year from Vardhman Textiles Ltd.
|
3
|
TEXPROCIL
|
China Chamber of
Commerce for Import & Export of Textiles
|
To provide
appropriate assistance and advice to member companies or their businessmen of
the parties for business visits to respective countries annually to
participate in trade fairs, exhibitions, business seminars and other
activities
|
4
|
PDEXCIL
|
NID
|
Exchange of
Information
|
5
|
Cotton
Corporation India (CCI)
|
CAI
(Cotton Association of India)
|
To
facilitate and provide e-auction platform by CCI for CAI member mills to sell
their cotton stock to overseas buyers.
|
6
|
EPCH
|
TUV Rheinland India Pvt Ltd
|
Cooperation in
awareness building and knowledge dissemination for handicraft exporters in
areas of supply chain standardization, processing, product certification and
testing
|
Batch
5
#
|
Signatories
|
Summary
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
SASMIRA
|
Texas Tech University (TTU), USA
|
R&D
|
2
|
NIFT
|
Entrepreneurship
Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad
|
To provide
scope for wider learning to the students of both the institutes on
entrepreneurship and design promotion.
|
3
|
NTC
|
NITRA
|
Services
relating to inspection
|
4
|
Cotton
Association of India (CAI)
|
International Cotton Association
|
Exchange of
Information
|
5
|
ATIRA
|
Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED),
Gandhinagar
|
Cooperation in
Geo Textiles, Nano Fibre tech and Protective Textiles and Skill Development
|
6
|
WRA
|
The Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic
|
Research
Activities
|
Batch
6
#
|
Signatories
|
Summary
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
NITRA
|
ICAR
|
R&D
|
2
|
SRTEPC
|
Malaysian Textiles Manufactures Association (MTMA)
|
Trade
Promotion with overseas partner
|
3
|
NIFT
|
KVIC
|
Design
development and training with Khadi institutions identified by KVIC
|
4
|
NTC
|
BTRA
|
Services
relating to inspection
|
5
|
SASMIRA
|
Institute of Chemical Technology , Mumbai
|
R&D,
Training & Education
|
6
|
WRA
|
Deakin University, Australia
|
Research
Activities
|
Batch
7
#
|
Signatories
|
Summary
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
SITRA
|
APRUS Bio medical Innovation Private Ltd
|
Research and
technical transformation
|
2
|
NTC
|
ATIRA
|
Testing
|
3
|
NITRA
|
CSIR, South Africa
|
Cooperation in
R&D activities relating to natural fibres
|
4
|
SRTEPC
|
Indo Polish Chamber of Commerce & Industry
|
|
5
|
Sangam
India Ltd
|
Sharda Europe Co Ltd, Poland
|
Trade
Promotion with overseas partner
|
6
|
HEPC
|
Knowledge for Innovation in Trade & Technology
for Entrepreneurial Start-Ups (KITTES)
|
Promotion of
business and Stat-Ups
|
Batch
8
#
|
Signatories
|
Summary
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
EPCH
|
Vietnam Association of Crafts Village
|
Sustainable
development of the handcrafts sector
|
2
|
Stockholm International Water
Institute (SIWI) - Sweden
|
Jaipur
Integrated Texcraft Park Pvt. Ltd.
|
Zero
Liquid Discharge and waste disposable management.
|
3
|
Guajarat
Cleaner Production Centre
|
Gujarat
Eco Textiles Park
|
Cleaner
production initiatives
|
4
|
CITI
|
Wakfield Inspection Services Ltd
|
Mutual Trade
Development in cotton sector
|
5
|
SITRA
|
SASMIRA
|
Research and
technical transformation
|
6
|
SRETPC
|
Sri Lankan Apparel Brands Association
|
Trade Promotion
with overseas partner
|
Batch
9
#
|
Signatories
|
Summary
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
EPCH
|
CCIC &
D/o Post
|
Encourage the
exchange of ideas for developing differenct utility/souvenir mementos and
other handicrafts products
|
2
|
MANTRA
|
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of
Technology (SVNIT)
|
Research
Activities
|
3
|
SITRA
|
Applied Automation Systems Pvt Ltd
|
Research and
technical transformation
|
4
|
Handloom
Export Promotion Council (HEPC)
|
India Trade Exhibition Centre- middle East
|
|
5
|
WRA
|
College of Design and Social Cotex, RMIT
University, Australia
|
Assistance in
establishing Centre of Excellence, exchange of faculty, research
|
6
|
SRTEPC
|
Kabul Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI)
|
Trade
Promotion with overseas partner
|
Batch
10
#
|
Signatories
|
Summary
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
WRA
|
Directorate of Research and Business Engagement,
University of Manchester
|
Research
Activities
|
2
|
HEPC
|
Japan India Industry Promotion Association (JIIPA)
|
Bring buyer to
RBSM, To organize BSM at Japan
|
3
|
SITRA
|
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences
and Technology (SCTIMST)
|
Research and technical
transformation
|
4
|
IL&FS
Clusters
|
Jaipur
Integrated Texcraft Park Pvt Ltd. (JITPPL), Rajasthan
|
To
set up a skilling centre at the park
|
5
|
Shell
India
|
Gujarat
Eco Textile Park
|
To
develop and implement play of grid Off-grid Hybrid Energy System for MSME
textile clusters
|
6
|
SRTEPC
|
Sri Lankan Apparel Brands Association
|
Trade
Promotion with overseas partner
|
|
|
|
|
|
Batch
11
#
|
Signatories
|
Summary
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
WRA
|
TEMAG Laboratuari, ITU, Turkey
|
Research Activities
|
2
|
MANTRA
|
South Gujarat Textiles Processors Association
(SGTPA)
|
Research
Activities
|
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