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INDUSTRY LIVE
Modelama Exports launches RPL programme
Growing focus on skill development
and Government support is
attracting more and more apparel
exporters to focus on skill
enhancement of their workers.
Many exporters across India are
part of the various skill development
schemes and their workers are
getting benefited from these steps.
One such step has been taken up
by Modelama Exports, a Gurgaon-
based apparel export house, which
has launched the RPL (Recognition
of Prior Learning) programme under
PMKVY (Prime Minister Kaushal
Vikas Yojana). Nearly 2,500 workers
of the company will be part of this
programme. Arvind Rai, Director,
Modelama Exports, informed
that their workers are happy to
become a part of this initiative by
the Government. It not only provides
Workers of Modelama Exports participating in RPL Programme
workers’ recognition for their skill-
sets in various job-roles but also
leads to their empowerment.
The company, under the leadership
of its Chairman Lalit Gulati,
has a workforce of 7,000 workers
and does an annual business of
around Rs. 650 crore. Anil Sahai,
the programme not only focuses
on their skills but also orients the
employees towards health, safety,
ergonomics and other related
benefits that they are entitled to;
therefore, the scheme aligns with
the CSR initiatives of the overseas
clients.
Gujarat signs MoU with
AEPC, CITI to attract
more investment
Arvind Limited opens
new manufacturing hub
in Gujarat
Textile conglomerate Arvind
Ltd. has made Rs. 350 crore
investment in Gujarat in a bid
to create a manufacturing hub,
having three garment facilities
which are expected to take the
company’s business to Rs. 1,000
crore. Two of the three facilities
are already running, which were
inaugurated by Gujarat’s Chief
Minister, Vijay Rupani. While the
third one is expected to begin its
operations in the coming time.
The manufacturing capacity of the
company is expected to go up to
three million garments per month.
Notably, once these operations
reach optimal capacity, these
facilities are expected to provide
job opportunities to around 12,000
people. Sanjay Lalbhai, Chairman
& MD, Arvind cited that these
manufacturing facilities will further
boost the company’s position in
international textiles and apparel
market as an integrated fibre-to-
Director, Sentio Advisory,
who is conducting this initiative
at Modelama Exports, shared
that under this programme, the
employees will be certified for
their skills and will be awarded
the certificate upon clearing the
assessment. The curriculum of
fashion provider and solutions
provider to global retailers
and brands.
Furthermore, Arvind also aims to
invest Rs. 500 crore on an annual
basis for the next four to five years,
as the textile conglomerate looks
to generate a revenue of Rs.12,000
crore from its textile business. At
present only 10 per cent of the total
fabrics manufactured is turned into
apparel. However, it aims to convert
50 per cent in the next five years.
The Chairman also marked out
that these new facilities will help
the brand to foray into different
categories such as activewear and
synthetics. Apart from Gujarat,
the company is also eyeing to open
large apparel hubs in Jharkhand
and Andhra Pradesh. “We employ
more than 45,000 workers in our
units and our aim is to more than
double the numbers, as all these
hubs become operational,”
Lalbhai added.
Many Indian states are working
aggressively to lure as many
investors as possible. Gujarat
seems to be on the top spot
in this rat race. The state is
going to have its 9th edition of
Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit
2019 from 18th-20th January
2019. As textile and apparel
manufacturing is one of the
major industries in Gujarat,
the state is focusing more on
the same. It signed two MOUs
(Memorandum of Understanding)
with leading industry
associations, Apparel Export
Promotion Council (AEPC) and
The Confederation of Indian
Textile Industry (CITI), in t
his regard.
The associations aim to
disseminate information about
Gujarat Apparel & Garment
Policy 2017 among their members
and sensitise them for making
an investment in the state. While
the Industries Commissioner
of the state Mamta Verma will
handhold the apparel investors
introduced to the Government of
Gujarat by the trade bodies.
These MoUs were signed in
Delhi in the presence of Vijay
Rupani, CM of Gujarat during
the roadshow to promote the
summit. On behalf of CITI, its
President Sanjay Jain and
AEPC’s senior members Rakesh
Vaid and Animesh Saxena were
present during the ceremony.
An official told Apparel Online
that both the associations
will facilitate, motivate their
members and the industry to
invest in the state. Further,
the trade bodies will help the
prospective investors of the
textile and apparel industry
through workshops and
seminars so that they can
execute their plan easily.
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