The Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 14 March 2017 presented the Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) Bill, 2017 in the Lok Sabha.

The Bill is gone for announcing the FDDI as an Institution of National Importance (INI).
Arrangements of the Footwear Design and Development Institute Bill, 2017 : It suggests that FDDI should be built up as a body corporate. The current foundation is midway subsidized for meeting its capital expenditure.It means to encourage and advance instructing, preparing and inquire about in all controls identifying with plan and improvement of Footwear and calfskin items. It will empower FDDI to rise as Center of Excellence meeting universal standards.The organize should comprise of a Governing Council having a Chairperson who might be a prominent academician, researcher or industrialist from the calfskin division.
The Chairperson might be named by the Union Government. The Union Government should have the ability to expel the Chairperson or different individuals or can reconstitute the Governing Council also.
The FDDI will create and direct courses prompting graduate and post-graduate degrees, doctoral and post-doctoral courses and research in the zones of footwear and cowhide items.
The foundation will direct aptitude improvement programs and give specialized help to craftsmans, experts, makers, architects and exporters.

Footwear Design and Development Institute : The Footwear Design and Development Institute was built up in 1986 with the goal of giving prepared human asset and help to the area. It has a dish India nearness with grounds at Noida, Kolkata, Chennai, Fursatganj (UP), Rohtak (Haryana), Chhindwara (M.P) and Jodhpur (Rajasthan) outfitted with condition of workmanship scholarly offices and framework.
Its new grounds at Hyderabad, Patna, Ankleshwar (Gujarat), Banur(Punjab) and Guna (M.P) would likewise begin working in the blink of an eye

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