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CPI appeals for inclusion of Puducherry under PM MITRA textile scheme Pondicherry, July 10 (KNN) The Communist Party of India (CPI) in memorandum to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman appealed for the inclusion of the Union Territory under the Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) park scheme.
In a memorandum, party secretary A. M. Saleem said Puducherry has a good history of textile mills that once thrived in the region, providing hundreds of jobs to local residents.
The establishment of textile parks under the PM MITRA scheme would suit the conditions prevailing in Puducherry, he said, adding that the revival of the textile sector would contribute to the socio-economic development of the Union Territory.
CPI in a letter to the Finance Minister also brought to the front the non-payment of salaries to hundreds of workers in government-run cooperative societies.
Mismanagement and corruption have pushed around 40 societies to the red, and they have not been able to pay salaries to their workers for about 14 months, the memorandum said.
CPI secretary requested the Union government to provide a comprehensive package to revive the societies and corporations.
“The revival of these institutions will help in enhancing the revenue of the government,” he said.
The party also urged the Centre to prevail upon the territorial administration to rework the concession agreement with the Adani Group, the new developer of the Karaikal Port.
KNN Bureau
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