The Government of India is considering the idea of linking handloom fabric weaving with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) to protect the interest of the weavers, Minister of State for Textiles Santosh Kumar ...
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The Union Minister of Finance Shri Arun Jaitley announced the Union Budget for the financial year 2014-15. In a statement Shri Manikam Ramaswami, Chairman, Texprocil welcomed the various announcements and stated the budget in general ...
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Indian handloom sector has been experiencing negative growth which is a cause of serious concern, said Textiles Secretary Zohra Chatterji, during the recently held Buyer-Seller Meet for handloom products in Mumbai, reports the Hindu ...
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Batting for domestic silk producers, apex industry body ASSOCHAM recommended extension of anti-dumping duty on imports of raw silk from China till December 2015 in order to boost India's raw silk production. "India's silk industry is an ...
First meeting of the reconstituted All India Handloom Board was held under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Textiles Dr. K S Rao in New Delhi. While addressing the members of the board, the Minister said that the Government of India ...
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Vying for a stake in Prime Minister’s (PM) Youth Business Loan Scheme, the Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCMEA) has urged the Government to collaborate together for the disbursement of the loans under the ...
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Handloom weavers in India, under the banner of the All-India Federation of Handloom Organizations, will hold ‘Banashankari yatra’ against the mechanization of handlooms in the country. Speaking at a press conference, P ...
With a bid to revive the emaciated handloom sector of the south Indian state of Kerala, The People’s Company, a social entrepreneurship start-up and the state government together have launched a clothing line crafted entirely from ...
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The government of the Indian state of West Bengal has given approval for construction of an integrated textile park in Belur in the South 24 Paraganas district and a new silk park in the Maldah district, reports The Times of India. The ...
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The government of the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) for implementation of ‘Revival, Reform and Reconstructing’ (RRR) scheme in the handloom sector. ...
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The National Textile Corporation (NTC), a Government of India undertaking, will invest Rs. 4.64 billion on spinning and weaving projects in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, The Hindu reports. The Ministry of Textiles has agreed to ...
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In its endeavour to become a consolidator to the textile sector and to uplift the conditions of the handloom weavers and ensure that they get continuous employment, two Memorandum of Understanding were signed in the presence of the Union ...
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The handloom industry is one of the industries which uses labour intensive techniques. The total number of people currently employed in this sector/industry is 43.32 lakhs as per the census of 2009-10. Handloom weaving constitutes one of ...
The government has announced increase in the rate of interest subvention from 2% to 3% to the exporters belonging to various sectors. It has been mentioned that all pending claims would also be cleared immediately. Welcoming the decision, ...
The Government of India has raised the rate of interest subvention for credit obtained by exporters from the present 2 percent to 3 percent, in view of persistent demand to both increase the rate of subvention and also to widen the ...
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