Textile, tourism & tech to drive country's development: Modi

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that textile, tourism and technology -- three Ts -- will be the key drivers of India's developed future as the sectors will create crores of new jobs.

- ANURAAG SINGH @ Bhopal

Inaugurating Madhya Pradesh's Global Investors Summit-2025 (GIS-25) in Bhopal, Modi said India, with rich tradition, skills, and entrepreneurship in textiles, is the second-largest producer of cotton, silk, polyester and viscose.

"MP being the cotton capital of India contributes around 25 per cent of the country's organic cotton supply and is the largest producer of mulberry silk. The state's Chanderi and Maheshwari sarees have received GI tags. Investments in this sector will significantly help MP's textiles make a global impact," he said.