Several textile units are coming up in Jammu and Kashmir, paving the way for making the union territory an attractive industrial hub, union minister Darshana Vikram Jardosh said during a public outreach programme on 26 January at the government degree college for women in Kathua district.

According to a PTI report, the minister of state for railways and textiles threw light on the 5 'F' vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign, and said this will help further the growth of the textile sector.

"The textile ministry is taking new initiatives to promote production and value addition of textile products. Several textile units are coming up in J&K, which will pave the way for making it an alluring industrial hub of the country," she said.