category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh Punjab has enormous potential to be a leading state in Textiles and apparel production across the country, said Mr Aman Arora, Minister of Housing Urban Development and Information and Public Relations, while inviting investors to Invest in the Best state as Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government has been supporting the industry wholeheartedly. Chairing the Textile in Punjab- Policy, Infrastructure, Linkages Trends session during 2nd concluding day of 5th Progressive Punjab Investors Summit 2023 at India School of Business (ISB), SAS Nagar (Mohali) on Friday, Mr Aman Arora offered all kind of support including personalised task force to the industrialists. Industrialists can make a task force, in which they can pick the government officers as per their choice, so that their issues could be resolved at the earliest, he said, while assuring that water charges will also be reduced as per the demand of the industry. He urged the industrialists to come up with out of the box ideas for industrial revolution in the state and Mann government is ready to welcome with open arms. Aman Arora stated that the Summit will give a huge push to inflow of investments for putting the state on high growth trajectory of industrial growth. Punjab has emerged as a most preferred destination for investment due to transparent and honest model of governance of Punjab Government. He said that Industry just want a support system and conducive environment and Mann Government has already been making concerted efforts to ensure Ease of Doing Business, besides providing conducive ecosystem and skilled labour to the industry. Punjab has three iconic textile and apparel clusters Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar, which possesses complete textile value chain, he said, while adding that the state houses over 1,200 units of textile and wearing apparel, employing over 1.2 lakh persons directly. Notably, Punjab is a home to major textile players including Trident, Nahar, Vardhman, Shingora, Sportking, Nivia, Savi, Avani Textiles, JCT Mills, and Indian Acrylics, and recently Sanathan Textiles has invested Rs 1600 crores in the State. Textiles and apparels from Punjab have also made a niche internationally with apparels being produced for international brands like Zara, H M to JC Penny and our net balls being used in the Commonwealth Games. (editor dailyworld.in)