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“Last year was a difficult period. Everybody felt that exports could not be sustained. But after growing from 500 billion dollars to 675 billion dollars in 2021-22, our exports rose to 776 billion dollars from 675 in 2022-23,” he said and added that this was a record achievement registered in two years’ time.
“The Covid has not yet gone and despite the Russia-Ukraine war, India was the fastest growing economy, the fifth largest in terms of the size of GDP. The country was able to maintain the lowest inflation,” he said.
Later, speaking to reporters the Minister said the world was going through challenging times with the US, Europe and all other developed nations facing depression and recession.
“Even China has seen a fall in their economic activity. In this situation, I am very proud that our textile industry continues to hold firm and continues to do good work. I have no doubt in my mind that in the future also we will regain the lost glory of India, the lost glory of textile sector of India and Tamil Nadu will be in the forefront of it,” Goyal said.
On a visit to Coimbatore, the Union Minister inaugurated the renovated Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) building and unveiled a bust of its founder R K Shanmukham Chetty. “With 90 glorious years of SIMA, urged stakeholders to strengthen India’s position on the global textiles map,” he said in a post on social media platform X.
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