Overview
- Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh met Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on May 29 and assured full Centre cooperation for Andhra Pradesh’s textile proposals.
- Andhra has formally asked for a National Institute of Fashion Technology campus in Amaravati with a ₹280 crore request and 10 acres allocated plus a PM MITRA integrated textile park proposed for Kuppam.
- The state wants integrated wet‑processing parks, a handloom park at Mangalagiri and a handloom and handicrafts museum in Amaravati to build manufacturing and design capacity.
- Naidu proposed new value chains that convert banana stems, bamboo, areca sheath and coconut coir into fibres and products, including banana‑fibre extraction centres in key districts and SHG‑run decorticator clusters.
- Officials say next steps are Centre approvals and funding releases tied to national programmes such as the Rs 10,860 crore textile PLI and seed and cultivation policy action to raise cotton yields and attract technical‑textile investment.