Ministry of Textiles signed MoU with Germany’s GIZ

October 10, 2021
Current Context: The Ministry of Textiles of GOI has signed MoU with Germany’s Deutsche Gesellschaft fur InternationaleZusammenarbeit (GIZ).
Ministry of Textiles signed MoU with Germany’s GIZ
  • The MoU was signed to implement projects on ‘Sustainability and Value Added in the Cotton Economy’.
  • The MoU agreement was signed on Indo German Technical Cooperation Project.
  • The MoU aims to enhance value addition in sustainable cotton production in India.
  • It aims to produce sustainable cotton and strengthen the downstream processing ability for cotton.
  • The MoU will help to increase the volume of cotton production by at least 90,000 hac.
  • For this project, the MoU will induct 1.50 lakh cotton farmers to enhance cotton yields by 10%.
  • The GIZ project will lead to having an increase in employment in the cotton sector.
  • It will also lead to have women empowerment in training and capacity building on sustainable cotton growing practices by innovation in new cotton processing procedures and ginning etc.
  • Static Part: 
    • Union Textile Minister: Piyush Goyal
    • Capital of Germany: Berlin
    • Currency of Germany: Euro

Question: 

Q.1 With which country has a ministry of Textiles of GOI signed MoU to implement projects on ‘Sustainability and Value Added in the Cotton Economy’?
a. USA
b. Germany
c. France
d. Japan

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