We should increase our exports from 1.25 lakh crore to 7. 2 5 lakh crore in coming Five years: Piyush Goyal
New Delhi: Union Minister of Textiles, Commerce, and Industry and Consumer Affairs and Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that “We should increase our exports from 1.25 lakh crore to 7.25 lakh crore in coming five years. With a culture of competition and excellence, UP has enhanced its potential to become a model of India’s export growth story.”
During and Interacting with exporters and artisans In a UP, Piyush Goyal added that “UP is number one in exports in the country excluding the coastal states. In the coming five years with the help of the Central Government, exporters, artisans, and industries in Uttar Pradesh will get massive investment in defense, railways, medical, mobile manufacturing and medical sector”.
Thanking the women artisans for their contribution in promoting the traditional art and craft, Goyal said that “They contribute not only in strengthening country’s economy but also help our women workforce to earn a respectable living. Women in India have art but need leadership and market connection. Women artisans should work with confidence and dedication and when you really desire something from the heart and soul, all the universe helps you to achieve it”.
The Minister said that the One District One Product scheme has been effectively implemented under the UP government and has aimed to bring a holistic approach to promote domestic industry. One-District, One Product will promote Skills, Startups, Industries, and Farmers of UP, he added.
Goyal said we need an honest Government in UP that treats industrialists, businessmen poor farmers,s and labor equally. This balance is indispensable for UP as well as for India’s growth. With tireless efforts, the State government under CM Yogi is ensuring a bright future for the 20 crore people of UP. Today UP is becoming a model and has ensured that the benefits of all the central schemes reaches the last man. “Various initiatives have been taken by the UP Govt. to promote the welfare of handicraft artisans, with “Sabka prayas” we need to make sure, works of our artisans reach foreign markets”, he said.
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