With the investment of Rs. 2.79 crore, an apparel manufacturing unit will be set up in the tribal-dominated Kuchinda sub-division of Odisha’s Sambalpur district.
The land for the project has been identified and the unit is expected to be operational by March 2023.
Ujjwala Apparel Trust has been formed to run and manage the unit.
The Union Government will bear 90 per cent cost of the project, while the rest will be provided by the State Government. The unit will mainly comprise women workers.
The project, notably, will provide employment to more than 500 women from 50 women self-help groups (WSHGs). The women, who will be provided training in sewing, will earn no less than Rs. 8,000 per month.
The unit will come up at Ardabahal under the Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).
The Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC) and the Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) have signed an agreement in this regard.
Srimanta Hota, the Deputy CEO of ORMAS in Sambalpur, said that as many as 250 industrial sewing machines will be installed at the unit.
The ORMAS will facilitate the marketing of the apparel and contact educational institutions for making their uniforms in the unit. In future, the export opportunities will also be explored.
Source : https://in.apparelresources.com/