Vidarbha Region, in the state of Maharastra, comprises of Nagpur, Amaravati, Akola, Yavatmal, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Wardha, Gadchiroli, Bhandara, Gondia, Washim Disticts, with the focal point at Nagpur.
Industrial and Resource opportunities in Vidarbha
? Opportunity for residential township near Butibori.
? Vidarbha has 100% of coal deposits of Maharashtra and offers a most economical power feeding point in the National Grid due to central location.
An integrated cotton based facility to manufacture cotton yarn/cotton fabric garment manufacturing facility exclusively for exports.
? Cement Plants, as even today only 50% of Cement grade limestone deposits in Vidarbha are utilized for Cement manufacturing.
? Vidarbha has about 80% of best quality Iron Ore deposits of Maharashtra in Gadchiroli district.
? Large good quality granite deposits in Gadchiroli, Bhandara and Chandrapur districts.
? Coal reserves in abundance are already available in this region and immediate steps should be taken for mining the same to cover the shortfall. To start with, a capacity to mine 50 million tonnes per annum can be created in this region. Availability of additional 50 million tonnes of coal per annum can easily lead to power generating capacity of over 10,000 MW.
? Tourism development opportunities in nearby Tourist places.
? Opportunities for the fishing and agro divisions.
? In the 4 Core Sectors of Coal, Steel, Power and Cement there is an investment potential in Vidarbha of over 20 Billion US Dollars.
As fallout of the investment in the Core Sector mentioned above there would arise a tremendous opportunity for Engineering Industries to set up manufacturing facilities in Vidarbha. Presently there are 12,000 Engineering Industries with an investment of over 200 Million US Dollars already existing in Vidarbha.
? Investment opportunities for a proposed six lane highway from Nagpur to Mumbai.
Vidarbha is the largest cotton-growing regions of India and contributes almost one-thirds of the Maharashtra’s cotton production. Vidarbha’s potential in spinning is recognised and with new textile parks and new investments Vidarbha will be next emerging hub for textiles & clothing.
Government of Maharashtra recently launched policy for textile sector desires to provide a fresh stimulus to the textile industry in Maharashtra. The new policy aims at generating 10 lakh new jobs in the next five years and doubling farmers income by the year 2022. New textile policy is forward looking and investment friendly, Cotton producing area like Vidarbha, Marathwada and North Maharashtra have given required importance in the policy.
New policy will not only fill the gap of policy paralysis but also incorporates some of the very important concerns of textile sector of Vidarbha. Positive bold decisions like creation of Garment Complex at Nagpur andTextile University at Vidarbha will increase importance of Vidarbha in Textile & clothing map of India.
This intent is laudable given the fact that although our textile industry is major sector next to agriculture sector ,we do not have a single university dedicated to Textile sector. A big step for filling skill gap for technical operations by creating Textile University at Vidarbha is a welcome move of Maharashtra government. A big void for filling skill gap analysis for technical operations in textiles has also been fulfilled by ideas of creating a complete textile university in Vidarbha.
This initiative will help to make Vidarbha new Knowledge Destination of Textile and clothing sector. The opportunities are now knocking the doors of Vidarbhas textile and clothing industry. In order to boost confidence of cotton growers and local industries to envisage Vidarbha as a future textile and garment hub importance is given at every level.
Forward and backward integration can be the key for success to address farmer’s distress of this region Textile Association of India-Vidarbha through annual All India Textile Conferences advocated aggressively to foresee a desired development in Vidarbha at every stage from fibre to fashion and translate the thought process into action to achieve value added growth in Vidarbha.
The conferences encouraged value added industry and created positive environment to attract industrial growth with forward and backward integration in all the sectors through effective supply chain management for employment generation, economic development and prosperity of Vidarbha region. It is pertinent to note that many of suggestions recommended through White papers of the TAIs textile conferences have found place in the policy.
Vidarbhas cotton and textile industry would be back on the road to glory. The policy offers soaps to industries & focuses on Vidarbha, Marathwada and North Maharashtra regions. The new textile policy would attract investment in the region and create jobs in textile & clothing sector. Vidarbha is the largest cotton-growing regions of India and contributes almost one-thirds of the Maharashtra’s cotton production. Vidarbhas potential in spinning is recognised and with new textile parks and new investments Vidarbha will be next emerging hub for textiles and clothing.
Special emphasis is given in policy document on setting up processing units in the cotton producing sectors, expansion of the textile industry and growth of employment will provide required boost to the industry. Textile development Fund and Plug and Play premises in Vidarbha will boost investment in the garment manufacturing and value added service sector of clothing industries.
Incentivisation based on Grading of cotton bales will increase concern for quality in cotton producing community of Vidarbha. Much required Emphasis given on Value addition, skill development, Capital Subsidy. Textile policy of Maharashtra also mentioned that efforts will be made to increase the production of silk cocoons and silk yarn so as to produce more silk than the traditional silk growing states and they intend to rope in private players in sericulture sector.
The reason behind this is to provide second source of income to the farmers so that farming as a profession becomes economically viable .Innovative approach to promote Adhyatmik Reshim, skill development through Silk training Centre at Amaravati and marketing efforts by creation of silk tourism circles at Gadchiroli, Bhandara and Chandrapur , tussar Tourisam Corridor will give new growth life to Sericulture industry of Vidarbha, Handloom cluster in Vidarbha can create creative apparels output like Navarari Sari? and able to reach lost glory in handloom sector.
Development Non- conventional yarn energy, wool, other fibers like bamboo ,Bannana, ghypat, ambadi, maize and Coir etc, is welcome move from Government of Maharashtra. The policy lays a special focus on strengthening the knitting, garmenting and hosiery sector, which will create ample employment opportunities for women. This will prove to be an important step forward towards women empowerment and development of women entrepreneurs.
Vidarbha has a potential to become Spinning Capital of India. New cooperative spinning mills in Vidarbha will be given equity support as per the existing financial pattern will further strengthen corporate sector of Vidarbha. The new policy and clarity on Good and Service tax GST refund under the new policy has come as a shot in the arm for the State textile operations since last six months both these policies are kept in limbo resulting into paucity of new investment in textile sector.
The policy has been designed with focus on reducing regional imbalance of the State by giving additional 20 percent for weak areas and 10 % for all remaining textile segments capital subsidy benefit by promoting textile operations like knitting, processing, technical textiles, garments to encourage entrepreneurs to initiate value added development of the region. Decision to reduce the number of instalments from earlier period of 7 equal instalments to 3 years which will help to solve fund related issues for budding entrepreneurs who wish to start new unit.
This is very much required step in avoiding many new investments turning into nonperforming assets as most of the new units need the financial assistance and availability of fund only in their initial period of set up still they stabilize their operation. Decision like open access to textile companies on priority basis with no cross subsidy surcharge, Power cost reduction to all textile segments.
The subsidized power tariff to power looms and knitting units as well as garmenting units as well as incentives based on Green energy will certainly reduce cost of production in Vidarbha. Bold declaration will certainly create atmosphere for growth & boost investment in the Textile and clothing sector at Vidarbha. Government’s positive move & support with entrepreneurs approach to adopt innovative products, practices and processes will certainly address farmer’s distress of this region & set growth roadmap for Vidarbha to be emerging textile & clothing hub of the country.
Advantage Vidarbha:
? Vidarbha being a central location of India offers logistical advantage and most economically viable location because of connectivity.
? Vidarbha is a strategic location with quality land, irrigation facilities, connectivity and resource availability.
? Strategic place on international aviation routes, MIHAN (Multimodal International Hub Airport) will increase Vidarbhas importance as a logistic hub on global map. ? Well connected by rail, road and air to all parts of India
? India’s fastest growing cosmopolitan city with highest per capita income Abundant availability of raw material
? Presence of prominent textile players for many years
Availability of skilled labour
? Presence of technical institutes & skill development institutions in and around the vicinity
? Being cotton rich region there is huge investment potential within the region through appropriate value addition at each level. The region has tremendous potential for all round value added growth.
? Organic cotton & technical textiles are providing new growth area to the region Apparel manufacturing has huge potential in the region which is still untapped.
The problem faced by Vidarbha cotton and textile industry could be successfully solved the journey from cotton to clothes was seen as an integrated whole. The minimum price of cotton was to be determined at the State level rather than at the Centre, it would lead to more realistic evaluation of the price of production of cotton. Cotton can play an important role to develop Vidarbha, People needed to change their mindset and think of ways to develop cotton industry in Vidarbha.
Farmers needed to fight poverty and unemployment by using new technology. They could start by setting up ginning and pressing units in Villages. With the use of technology value addition to cotton products could generate demand and increase income of farmers also adapting new techniques of farming the yield per acreage and equity of cotton could be increased.
The policy announced is a very forward looking step and would bring in large scale investments in textiles in the region of Vidarbha and is expected to create more than one lakh jobs. It will also solve problems of low cotton prices in another five years there by giving a lot of relief to cotton growing farmers. It is important to note that cotton growing farmers in the region have been reeling under pressure because of low pricing of the commodity which is considered as one of the major reasons for farmer’s suicide in Vidarbha.
The potential growth of Vidarbhas textile and clothing industry lies in an effective vertical integrated value chain structure. Connectivity between design, research and innovation is required to achieve success in global market. This is the time for Vidarbhas Textile and Apparel Companies significantly adopt export oriented culture and quality conscious approach to make strong impression in the global market.
There is firing of ambitions in terms of globalization and there is quantum change in the scale of ambitions of India’s business leader and entrepreneurs. ‘Think Globally and act Logically’ will be the mantra for future of textile and clothing industry.
A total of 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur in past 24 hours on Thursday. Almost 242 people were tested in the city, out of which 15 belonged to urban area while and 6 were from the rural areas, and one from outside Nagpur district.
At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
Under the aegis of Diabetes patronage program at AIIMS, Rotary Club of Nagpur Vision – RCNV – members sponsored five children for this financial year by handing over a cheque of ₹1,25,000 to the Director of AIIMS Maj. Gen (Dr ) Vibha Dutta, SM.
This project takes care of all the needs like insulin, glucometer,special diet and other consumables required by the children suffering from the dreaded and debilitating disease type 1 diabetes.
President Shivani interacted with the authorities and incharge of the project Dr Meenakshi and her team. Joint secretary Dr Akshay Daga interacted with the beneficiary children and their parents exhorting the importance of discipline during the treatment.
President elect Ajay, secretary Ritika and Rtn. Arouni Verma were amongst those who were present at AIIMS, nagpur. Dr Sangeeta and Dr Akash conducted the proceedings. The gratitude felt by the parents and their blessings to our team exemplified the importance of this endeavour in shaping the lives of children suffering from type 1 diabetes.
Delhi Public School MIHAN was awarded with the Literary Leadership Excellence Award for the enthusiastic participation of its students in the National Young Authors Fair – the World’s largest Book Writing Competition held by BriBooks and powered by Education World.
More than 90 budding writers of the school availed the benefits of the excellent opportunity provided by the AI-assisted BriBooks platform which helped them to hone their storytelling skills .The plethora of creative designs helped the students to work on the illustrations needed for designing their novel. The pleasure of publishing one’s own novel and reaching out to the global readers was a thrilling experience for the budding authors.
The students also got an exposure to sell the books online and earn Author Royalty as a remuneration. The books published by several DPS MIHAN students have achieved milestones and won rewards in the categories of Best Author – Jury Awards for Content and Creativity, Best Selling Author Awards in the State and Global Feature Awards for International recognition.
The jury and guest list comprised of HE Noor Gilon,Ambassador of Israel, Saul Singer – Author of Best Seller ‘ Start -up Nation’ ,Dele Olojede- Pulitzer prize winner and Navyn Salem- Founder & CEO Edesia.
President and Pro-Vice Chairperson Ms.Tulika Kedia and Director Ms.Savita Jaiswal have congratulated the Principal Ms.Nidhi Yadav, staff and students for their sincere efforts to achieve this recognition.
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