The Government of India is keen on setting up an integrated textile park in the city of Nagpur, located in Maharashtra state. The Centre has asked the Nagpur district administration to speed up the process of taking over 50 acres ...
Tags: Indian Govt, Textile Park
The Government of India would soon unveil a modified Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) with a provision to increase the interest subsidy on power looms from the present 5 percent to 6 percent, Textiles Minister K Sambasiva Rao has ...
Tags: Textile Industry
Beating all previous records, India exported Rs. 11.16 billion worth of coir and coir products in 2012-13, which is a 6 percent or Rs. 640 million more than previous fiscal’s exports of Rs. 10.52 billion, Coir Board Chairman G ...
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To cater to the housing needs of domestic weavers, and to help them with mechanization of their workplace, government of south Indian state of Tamil Nadu has introduced a scheme to construct 10,000 green houses for weavers and provide ...
Tags: Textile
The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma launched 21 New Textile Parks approved under Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP). These new parks take the total number to 61 parks as 40 Parks were sanctioned ...
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The Government is implementing various schemes for the development of the textile industry in the country. The following schemes of the Ministry of Textiles are in operation on all India basis: Jute Sector Scheme No. 7.2: ...
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Textiles Ministry of India has called on the domestic cotton yarn producers to maintain the prices of their produce at low levels, so as to avert any negative impact on any of the textile industry segments, particularly the powerloom ...
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Vouching support for local micro and small scale enterprises producing traditional Assamese silk garments like mekhela sador at Sualkuchi and other parts of Assam, the State Council of the North Eastern Small Scale Industries Association ...
Tags: Textile, Traditional Silk Weavers
The zero excise duty on cotton textiles at fibre, yarn, fabric and garment stages announced in the Union Budget 2013-14 will help reduce prices of end products, according to India Ratings & Research (IRR), a Fitch Group Company. The ...
Tags: cotton textiles, fibre, yarn, fabric, garment stages
Shri P. Chidambaram, Shri Manikam Ramaswami, Chairman, TEXPROCIL said “The Budget has addressed many of the issues faced by the textiles industry”. The Budget has restored the “Zero duty excise duty route” for cotton ...
Tags: Budget Positive, Growth Oriented, Texprocil, textiles industry
The Union Budget 2013-14 presented by the India’s Finance Minister P Chidambaram has brought cheer for the textile and garment industry as the Central Government has accepted their long standing demand for removal of excise duty on ...
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The performance of the Indian Textile Sector has improved considerably during last two decades The production of Spun-yarn, Man-made fibre and filament yarn increased from 2443 Mn Kg. in 1991-92 to 7069 Mn Kg. in 2011-12, whereas total ...
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The expected decision by the Indian Government to grant concession on import duty of man-made fabrics (MMF) in order to improve the garment exports would pose a threat to the powerloom weaving and textile processing sector in the country. ...
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An awareness generation programme titled ‘Integrated Textile Park in North Odisha’ was held to attract potential stakeholders to set up integrated textile park in the region, and to fortify the institutional abilities of the ...
Underscoring the importance of'Handloom Mark'label,a government official said the label is a mark of guarantee offered by the Government of India,which helps people distinguish original handicraft items from the fake ones. Speaking during ...
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