hyderabad telangana industries minister kt rama rao has sought the centres support for various initiatives being taken up by the state for the handloom and texiles sectorin a letter to union finance minister nirmala sitharaman and union textile minister piyush goyal ktr urged sanction of central funds for key projects like the kakatiya mega textile park kmtp at warangal and the mega powerloom cluster at sircillahe also asked for projects such as an indian institute of handloom technology iiht to be set up in the state and offered the handloom park at pochampally for the same this apart he called for the setting up of a national textile research institute as well as a handloom export promotion council in hyderabadurging the cente to finalise its policy for the development of manufacturing regions for the textile and apparel sector so that projects such as the 1200acre kmtp which is based on the fiber to fashion concept can be suitably benefitted ktr also asked for around rs 898 crore to be sanctioned for taking up infrastructure development at kmtp he also requested the centre to sanction the mega powerloom cluster at sircilla with a funding of rs 4984 crore out of the projected outlay of rs 99365 crore towards filling the various gaps and to implement various componentsktr has also asked the centre to allow upgradation of powerlooms under the insitu scheme and expressed telanganas willingness to contribute 50 of the upgradation cost he also sought sanction of 15 block level handloom clusters blcs under the national handloom development programme nhdphe also called for a relaxation in the bank financing requirements under the amended technology upgradation fund atuf for large textile projects from the existing 50 of the project cost 5 to help companies finance their projects as per their size and business requirements while ensuring adequate project scrutiny by notified lending institutions