Facilitating textiles: Technical training for 20k youth

Govt is purchasing cotton bales at the support price of Rs3,000 per 40 kilogramme to bring stability in cotton prices

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed that about 120,000 unskilled youth will be imparted technical training so that adequate manpower could be added to the textile sector. Minister for Textile Industry Abbas Khan Afridi said that the government has announced a comprehensive package in the current fiscal budget to enhance textile exports. He said steps are also afoot to facilitate the cotton producers in every possible manner and the Trading Corporation of Pakistan is purchasing cotton bales at the support price of Rs3,000 per 40 kilogramme to bring stability in cotton prices in the domestic market. In addition, an amount of Rs2.34 billion has also been released to pay the price of 60,000 tons of wheat to the World Food Programme.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 30^th, 2014.

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