Provide wage support, save our textile industry: Telangana to Smriti Irani

The Minister said that steps should be taken to enable a wider market for the piled-up handloom fabric and finished products on national and international e-commerce platforms

In a letter to Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani, Telangana Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao has urged for cooperation to protect livelihoods of people in textile industry.

"Consumption patterns across national/ international markets will change in post-Covid world, e.g. more spending will be on healthcare, resulting in higher opportunities from healthcare institutions and also the technical textiles segment which caters to medical textiles. Retail channels will shift more towards online than brick and mortar stores, which point to need for fast fashion and quicker turnaround at the factory. This points to better integration of the segments i.e.