Focus is on job creation, farmers getting good prices: Giriraj Singh

New Delhi: The government’s focus is to create employment and ensure that farmers get good prices, newly appointed textiles minister Giriraj Singh said Tuesday.

“Textile sector is the largest generator of employment. Not only 100 days, but we will work 24/7 so that farmers get good prices and employment is created,” Singh said while taking charge of the textiles ministry.

He said the textiles sector has huge employment opportunities and the industry also holds a large share in terms of global exports as well.


“A lot of research has been done and we want to be ahead of the world, not behind it. We are developing a kind of cotton which is a premier cotton for the world,” Singh said.

Emphasizing that textiles industry is also linked to the farmer, he said there will be efforts to take the industry forward and look at the competitiveness of cotton textiles as compared to manmade fibre. He also said that the government will focus on giving a push to the handloom sector.