India can look at over $10 bn in leather exports by 2025: Minister

Kolhapuri chappals alone can achieve $1-billion exports target, he told the National Export Excellence Awards presentation ceremony of the Council for Leather Exports (CLE) in New Delhi.

Goyal appealed the leather industry to be self-sufficient and not wait for the government to roll out schemes, give land at subsidised rates or come out with a performance-linked incentive scheme, an official release said.

He assured that the government will help the industry by setting up Bureau of Indian Standards laboratories in close proximity to leather clusters.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)