News: The Ministry of Textiles unveiled the District-Led Textiles Transformation initiative at the National Textile Ministers Conference held in Guwahati.
About District-Led Textiles Transformation (DLTT) Initiative
- The District-Led Textiles Transformation initiative is a strategic program to promote inclusive and sustainable growth in India’s textile sector.
- Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Textiles
- Aim: The initiative aims to transform 100 high-potential districts into Global Export Champions and develop 100 Aspirational Districts as self-reliant textile hubs.
- Key features
- Data-driven approach: The initiative adopts a district-level and sector-specific approach based on data-driven scoring using export performance, MSME ecosystem, and workforce presence.
- Two-pronged classification: Districts are categorized into Champion Districts and Aspirational Districts under a two-pronged strategy.
- Champion District focus: Champion Districts focus on removing advanced bottlenecks through Mega Common Facility Centres, Industry 4.0 integration, and direct export market linkages.
- Aspirational District focus: Aspirational Districts focus on workforce foundation, basic skilling, certification, raw material banks, and promotion of micro-enterprises through SHGs and cooperatives.
- Purvodaya convergence: The initiative emphasizes Purvodaya convergence in eastern and northeastern regions for tribal development, connectivity improvement, and GI tagging.
- Significance: The initiative strengthens textile clusters through coordinated government support and partnerships with industry and academia to scale successful district-level models.
