Bengaluru, March 22 -- Karnataka Minister for Small Scale Industries, N Nagaraja has called for the revival of textile MSMEs as it employs 3.5 crore people and extensively contributes to the exports and GDP.

Addressing the crisis faced by the MSMEs over the last two years, the minister pressed on the need for handholding to recover from the losses.

He said this while inaugurating the GlobalSpin Trade Conclave on Eco Textiles, Eco Handlooms and Apparels at World Trade Center (WTC), Bengaluru.

The event was organised by the National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ni-msme), along with the Ministry of Textiles as Knowledge Partner and WTC Shamshabad (Hyderabad) and WTC Visakhapatnam as supporting partners.

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