Mr. Kavuru Sambasiva Rao, a member of the Lok Sabha representing Eluru constituency in the Southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has taken charge as the new Textiles Minister in the Indian Government. Speaking to reporters soon ...
The Government of India is soon likely to issue some clarifications on its foreign direct investment (FDI) policy, which will come into effect "prospectively", Commerce and Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma told media after his ...
Stirred by global criticism over pay and working conditions of readymade garment (RMG) workers, Bangladesh Government has constituted a wage board to increase the minimum wages of these workers, Textiles Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui has ...
Tags: RMG Workers, Apparel
Bangladesh’s Textiles and Jute Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui will head the committee constituted by the Government to monitor the working condition and welfare of the workers in the country’s readymade garment (RMG) sector. ...
During the first eleven months of fiscal year 2012-13, India exported textiles worth US$ 28.4 billion, much below the target of US$ 39.6 billion set for the entire fiscal. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian ...
Tags: Textile Exports, Textile
Intending to encourage production of well-known Kandangi or Chettinadi sarees in the state, the government of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu would initiate steps to help weavers of these sarees, particularly in procuring silk yarn, ...
Tags: Textiles Minister, Textile
Chairman AEPC, Dr. A Sakthivel, has written to Shri Anand Sharma, the Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles, on the issue of high cotton yarn prices prevailing in domestic market for export manufacturing. Dr. Sakthivel, in his ...
Tags: Yarn Prices, Yarn, Textiles
Tesco and Sainsbury, two of the popular British supermarket chains, have applied with the Indian Government to open sourcing centres in the country, Union Commerce and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma said on the sidelines of a discussion ...
Tags: retail chains, retail, Apparel
Mr Doug McMillon, CEO Walmart met the Commerce, Industry & Textiles Minister during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013, at Davos. During the meeting, CEO Walmart conveyed that they are studying the conditions in India. He was ...
Tags: Walmart, foreign direct investment, Textile
On behalf of the entire Domestic Garment Industry, CMAI extends its sincere thanks to the Hon. Finance Minister, Sh. P. Chidambaram, for having heard our pleas to Remove the Excise Duty from Branded Readymade Garments. The Industry, as ...
Tags: CMAI, Branded Garments, Textiles
The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has rolled out an ambitious plan to increase India’s apparel exports to US$ 30 billion in three years, AEPC chairman Dr. A Sakthivel has said. Speaking at a function to present awards ...
Tags: AEPC, apparel exports, India
“The Pakistan Government will apply for Least Developed Country (LDC) status, which it would get by 2014”, the Textiles Minister - Makhdoom Shahabuddin recently told the Pakistan National Assembly. This would mean that ...
During the state visit of the Prime Minister of Mauritius to India, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for strengthening collaboration in textiles sector was signed between the two Governments. Under the MoU, a Joint Committee was ...
Tags: India, Mauritia, Textile Sector
The Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Shri Anand Sharma, who is on a two day visit to Mauritius, had a meeting with the Hon. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius today at Port Louis. Shri Sharma ...
Tags: India, Mauritius, Cooperation, Textile Sector
Dr. A Sakthivel Chairman AEPC hailed Government for all exports incentives announced, by Shri Anand Sharma, the Union Minister of Textiles and Commerce. Speaking on the announcement Dr. Sakthivel said, “2% Interest Subvention ...
Tags: AEPC, Textiles and Commerce, exports, textiles