Textile industry has a vital importance in the economy of Uttar Pradesh. After agriculture, the textile sector and its ancillary manufacturing units, provide high employment opportunities. Textile industry is a labour intensive industry and has vast potential for the development of the State. There is a great need for employment generation in the State. Further, Uttar Pradesh, being the most populous state of India, offers a big market for textile products. To meet this demand, plenty of opportunities are available to set up textile industry in the State. It is an acknowledged fact that Uttar Pradesh provides an extremely high percentage of skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers to textile units across the country and many of these are women and persons from weaker sections of society. Thousands of residents of this State travel to far off places in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Kerala to contribute in Textile production. The State Government is keen to bring employment at the doorsteps of such migrants and provide them wholesome opportunity here itself. The focus of this policy is on expanding the job opportunities in this sector and also to add more value in the production base of the nation.
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The Textile & garmenting policy 2017 of Uttar Pradesh, while taking note of the strengths of UP, recognizes that garmenting is the sector where maximum jobs are created. Hence there is greater emphasis on this component of the industry. Other sectors of the industry however, have also been incentivised liberally to achieve synergies.
The State Government is trying to reduce power tariff for industries by innovative methods. Benefits of this will be passed on to industrial units in an appropriate manner.
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