Smriti Irani to inaugurate Apparel & Garment Making Centre at Imphal
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, November 25 2016: The Union Minister for Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani will be inaugurating Apparel & Garment Making Centre at Imphal on November 27 in the presence of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh.

The Apparel & Garment Making Centre at Imphal has been constructed under the North-East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS) launched by the Union Textile Ministry.

The project has been completed by the Manipur Handlooms and Handicrafts Development Corporation (MHHDC).

Under this intervention, each State now has one centre with three units having approximately 100 machines each.

The project is fully funded by the Ministry with an estimated cost of Rs 18.18 crore for one Apparel Centre in each State.

The central assistance is towards the construction of physical infrastructure, machinery for the units and towards capacity building of workers for a period of 3 years.

NBCC, which has been appointed for the construction of the infrastructure and installation of machinery at the centres has completed its task and the machinery has also been installed successfully at all three units.

The capacity building through this centre will include, skill development (3 month training for 600 trainees per Centre at the rate of Rs 10,000 per month), market linkages (3 domestic exhibitions and 1 international exhibition), EDP programme (1 month training programme per unit), and management support including design services (Four persons for three years) .

The State Government has allocated land admeasuring approximately 1.5 acres at Lamboikongnangkhong, Imphal for the construction of the centre.

Three operating agencies have been selected for the centre they are, M/s Women's Worth Organization, Imphal (Unit 1), Technopak Advisors Pvt.

Ltd, Gurgaon (Unit 2) and M/s VV Enterprises (Unit 3) .

Each centre is estimated to generate direct employment for approximately 1200 persons.

The salient objectives of the project include, promotion of entrepreneurship in apparel manufacturing, provision of state of the art infrastructure, provision of skill development, market linkage and other services and creation of additional employment.

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