Union textiles ministry has inked 62 Memorandum of Understanding MoUs on the second day of Textile India 2017 in Gandhinagar- Gujarat yesterday. These include MoUs with Australia, China, and Bangladesh for silk research, fashion technologies and knowledge transfer. <br/><br/>Apart from these, the Gujarat government has also signed three MoUs on textile sectors. The signing ceremony was presided over by Union textiles minister Smriti Irani and Union minister of state for textiles Ajay Tamta. Addressing the media on this occasion, Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani has said that this was the era of the development of the textile industry.<br/><br/>MoUs were signed between various domestic and international organizations, both private and government-owned. Three government-to-government (G2G) MoUs were signed as well. These were signed between the central silk board and department of agriculture of the Gyangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China for development of improved silk worm breeds and mulberry varieties with the exchange of sericulture genetic materials.<br/><br/>Another MoU was signed between the ministry of textiles and the department of foreign affairs and trade- Australia for textiles and fashion projects. The third was signed between the National Institute of Fashion Technology and the Bangladesh University of Fashion and Technology to encourage academic cooperation between the two institutes and strengthen academic interventions.