PATNA: Tailoring activities in the state is all set to attain sophistication and new heights with potential to provide services to units operating outside Bihar through planned placement of tailors soon as chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday inaugurated the Raymond Tailoring Centre (RTC) on labour resources department (LRD) run Digha Industrial Training Institute (ITI) campus here. The training imparted will be based on the needs and demands of the textile and fabric industry.
As it is, RTC will hone the tailoring skill of students in a batch of
150 and is the country's first formal training facility to train the
underprivileged youths in tailoring started by Raymond Limited,
said :
company's chairman -cum-managing director (CMD) Gautam Hari Singhania,
present on the occasion.
Inviting Singhania to start a garment factory in the state, the CM said there is a huge scope for it as the government has decided to promote and support ongoing production of cocoons by silkworms on mulberry trees in Supaul district, while Bhagalpur, famous as 'Silk City', is famous for its 'tassar' silk. Getting land for the garment factory will not be a problem, as plots of land have already been identified and earmarked especially for the purpose, the CM added.
Singhania added tailoring will be the biggest sector after agriculture by 2020 to provide job opportunities and also open income-generating avenues, as there will be a shortage of 1.5 crore tailors in the country by that time. As on date, the country has 36 lakh tailors, of which Bihar's share is merely 3%.
He said the state's sustained growth under Nitish has already reduced migration of people from Bihar to other states by 30%.
"We will provide best advanced practices in tailoring, including knowledge on financial management and health care, to the trainees. Any youth trained by the RTC will be able to enhance his income by 30%," said Singhania.
Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, pointing out the implied changing scenario regarding technology transfer in the state said that traditionally, tailoring activity has been a profession with people from a certain caste and community. Obviously, with RTC here, youths from other castes and communities could also opt for training in tailoring.
Given the emerging scenario, the CM also pointed that his government intends to make the agriculture sector the motor force of the state's economy.
The state government has already decided to pump in Rs 1.5 lakh crore into the sector over the next 10 years as per the guidelines of its agriculture road map. Further, the Hoonar (skill development) programme for girls from minority community coupled with Aujar programme, are providing financial assistance and equipment to them for self-employment, added the CM.
said :
company's chairman -cum-managing director (CMD) Gautam Hari Singhania,
present on the occasion.Inviting Singhania to start a garment factory in the state, the CM said there is a huge scope for it as the government has decided to promote and support ongoing production of cocoons by silkworms on mulberry trees in Supaul district, while Bhagalpur, famous as 'Silk City', is famous for its 'tassar' silk. Getting land for the garment factory will not be a problem, as plots of land have already been identified and earmarked especially for the purpose, the CM added.
Singhania added tailoring will be the biggest sector after agriculture by 2020 to provide job opportunities and also open income-generating avenues, as there will be a shortage of 1.5 crore tailors in the country by that time. As on date, the country has 36 lakh tailors, of which Bihar's share is merely 3%.
He said the state's sustained growth under Nitish has already reduced migration of people from Bihar to other states by 30%.
"We will provide best advanced practices in tailoring, including knowledge on financial management and health care, to the trainees. Any youth trained by the RTC will be able to enhance his income by 30%," said Singhania.
Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, pointing out the implied changing scenario regarding technology transfer in the state said that traditionally, tailoring activity has been a profession with people from a certain caste and community. Obviously, with RTC here, youths from other castes and communities could also opt for training in tailoring.
Given the emerging scenario, the CM also pointed that his government intends to make the agriculture sector the motor force of the state's economy.
The state government has already decided to pump in Rs 1.5 lakh crore into the sector over the next 10 years as per the guidelines of its agriculture road map. Further, the Hoonar (skill development) programme for girls from minority community coupled with Aujar programme, are providing financial assistance and equipment to them for self-employment, added the CM.
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