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Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 5.14 GMT |
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Task force to develop handloom industry |
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A National Level Task Force (NLTF) has been formed for the development of the handloom sector and to prepare a viable business model for it on a high priority basis.
According to the Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen, the Task Force is a national level effort and will infuse the Private Public Partnership model to this sector. It will give value and professional structure to it.
The overall objective of the Task Force is to identify the challenges and issues of the $ 13 million handloom industry in Sri Lanka and propose an appropriate Business Model for sustainable development it," Minister Bathiudeen said.
The Task Force will also oversee capacity building of 100,000 Lankan handloom personnel in the next three years so that the Human Resource void could be overcome, the Minister added.
The Task Force will review its progress in the first week of January 2012 and will begin implementing the initial recommendations before the end of January itself.
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