Assessment of future strategies for Pashmina production, processing and value addition was convened by Konchok Stanzin, Executive Councillor on November 25 at Council Secretariat.

Dr. Tundup Namgyal, District Sheep Husbandry Officer Leh briefed about the future promotional plans of the Department. He said that the procurement process of new Pashmina Dehairing Machine is almost completed and funds are also available with the department to meet the cost of machine.

Certain decisions including hiring of a textile consultant to guide in running the Pashmina garment fabrication plant in Leh, preparation of DPR for installation of additional machines to make final and finished products in Leh itself was taken. Also, a 100 kg of Pashmina shall be processed and spun during winter months on trial basis to evaluate its quality and future prospective of value addition. It was further decided to conduct awareness camps for Pashmina Goat Breeders to make them aware about maintaining the purity of raw Pashmina and setting up of a channel mechanism to ascertain the important data.

Gurmet Dorjey, Councillor Korzok; Dorjay Stanzin, Chairman, All Changthang Pashmina Growers Cooperative Society was also present during the meeting.