Gadkari suggests leather export industry to develop clusters in backward areas

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Gadkari suggests leather export industry to develop clusters in backward areas

Friday, 15 November 2019 | PTI | New Delhi

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday suggested the leather export industry to develop clusters in backward areas as they can get land and manpower at affordable prices, with a view to boost shipments.

The Road Transport and Highways and MSME Minister said the government can think of giving incentives to such clusters, which will have all the facilities like labs and design centres, for the leather industry.

“You plan a policy for next 50 years. Develop clusters in backward areas because there, you will get land and manpower at cheap rates. We can give power, and logistics cost will be less there. We will try our level best for low taxation because the area is backward,” he said.

He was speaking at the CLE National Export Excellence Awards here. The Minister suggested the industry to explore options of buying land and develop clusters around the 22 new green expressways.

Citing example of the Delhi-Mumbai highway, he said that this will pass though economically backward and tribal areas in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Haryana.             

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