Indian government has decided to set up 800 SFURTI (Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries) clusters with an investment of Rs 850 crore by March 2017 to boost khadi and village industries, according to media reports. ...
Swedish automaker Scania has commenced production of city buses at the company’s Narasapura plant in Karnataka, India. The company has been assembling trucks at the plant since 2013, and till date it has invested €40m on the ...
Tags: Scania, Buses, Auto Parts
The government of the northwest Indian state of Punjab is set to establish five primary processing centres for the proposed mega food park being set up by Punjab Agro Industries. Punjab Agro Industries will set up a food park on 100 acres ...
The Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, will soon release a strategy paper mentioning the ways to increase competitiveness of Indian textiles in export markets. The competitiveness of Indian textiles in global markets is ...
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The increasing amount of jute import from Bangladesh is a matter of concern for the Indian government, textiles minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. Replying to a question, ...
Tags: Jute Imports, Textiles
As part of the Indian government's second phase of national urban renewal mission, state transport authorities have placed orders for more than 4,000 buses from Tata Motors. The Economic Times cited Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles ...
The health ministry of India has developed a track and trace mechanism that will enable consumers to check the authenticity of a drug with the help of the internet. The move comes after allegations from some international markets that ...
Indian Government and the country’s apex organisation dedicated to rural industries - Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) - are trying to cancel the Khadi trademark registration in European Union. According to media ...
The governor of the state of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), NN Vohra has requested the Centre to hike customs duty on raw silk imports to 30 per cent. “The governor approached the minister of state for textiles, Santosh Kumar Gangwar to ...
The Vietnamese envoy to India, Ton Sinh Thanh thanked the Indian government for extending a US $300 million line of credit for strengthening of commercial ties between the two countries. Addressing media on the sidelines of a meeting with ...
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The manmade fibre (MMF) segment needs to grow substantially if the Indian textile industry has to achieve a turnover of US$ 350 billion by 2025, according to Prem Malik, chairman of Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI). ...
Tags: textile machinery, cotton prices, Textile
An abnormal rise in imports of cotton yarn from India is posing a threat to the viability of domestic textile industry, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has said. According to APTMA, an average of 2,500 tonnes of cotton ...
Tags: remedial measures, textile industry, Textile
Government-level talks have started between Canada and India over the supply of canola oil in the Indian market with the same name. Canola Council vice-president Bruce Jowett was in India recently to discuss the issues related to the ...
Tags: Oil Labelling, Indian market
The Government of Gujarat has extended full support for growth of textile machinery show ITMACH India, currently ongoing in Gandhinagar. Speaking at the concurrently held international textile conference ‘India – ...
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Home furnishings company Ikea, the first major single brand retailer to get FDI approval from the Indian Government, has announced a new ‘Make More in India’ initiative. The new initiative is aimed at inviting potential ...