Centre to initiate tripartite talks with Gorkhas
The central government will soon initiate tripartite talks involving the Union government, the West Bengal government, and representatives of the Gorkha community.
Union Minister of Textiles Giriraj Singh has inaugurated the new permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Handloom Technology (IIHT) at Fulia in West Bengal. The new campus of the institute has been constructed using state-of- the art technology in a sprawling campus of 5.38 acres of land with an expenditure of Rs. 75.95 crores.
The building has modern infrastructure consisting of smart classes, digital library, and modern and well equipped testing laboratories. The new campus will be a model learning place and will serve as Centre of excellence in the field of handloom and Textile technology and cater to the educational needs of the students from West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Sikkim. During the inaugural ceremony, the minister planted saplings under “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam”drive along with other dignitaries. A unified website for all six central IIHTs was launched on the occasion.
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A book titled Computer-aided Figured Graph Designing for Jacquard Weaving was also released by the minister. In his inaugural address, Mr Giriraj Singh highlighted the contribution of different schemes of the Textile ministry for the ‘Vikas & Pragati’ of handloom weavers. He dedicated this institute with world class infrastructure to West Bengal and declared the increase of intake for the first year admission into this institute from the existing 33 to 66.
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