The Ministry of Textiles celebrated World Cotton Day 2022 by organizing a national level consultation on Sustainability in the Textile Value Chain in India in collaboration with UNEP and CCI. The main objective of the meeting was to put forward and discuss the sustainability initiatives across the textile value chain, digital interventions along with potential strategies for enhancing Sustainability/Circularity in the Indian textile value chain. A Co-operation agreement has been signed between UNEP and Textile committee on designing a campaign on "Mainstreaming sustainability and circularity in Textile sector". Secretary, Ministry of Textiles (MoT), presided over the first session and emphasisied on the importance of sustainability and circularity in the Textile Value Chain in India. He also pointed out that though the textile parks are equipped with CETP facilities, the textile industry is still facing problems in effluent management due to the unavailability of data on waste generations from the processing clusters. He emphasized that this meeting would have a great impact on evolving an action plan on sustainability which is no longer a choice for the industry.
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