Monday, June 8, 2015

Textile Park in Punjab

Union food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said that Centre had sanctioned a textile park for Punjab and it would be set up in Bathinda, cotton hub of the state, she said. The minister is Lok Sabha MP from Bathinda.

Without giving names of private players who could be invited to set shops in the park, Harsimrat said that the Union government would give Rs 40 crore for constructing the park. The foundation stone of the textile park would be laid in the next couple of months.

The cotton growers would get better returns for their produce with commissioning of the textile park.


BENEFIT'S OF THIS PARK

 1. it would create employment opportunities for hundreds of people.
2. adding that private players running the park would be asked to provide employment opportunities to more women.