The Government of India has announced extension of two percent interest subsidy on some labour-intensive industries, including textiles, garments and handicrafts, for one more year till March 2014. Addressing a press conference, ...
Tags: Indian govt, interest subsidy, textile, exports, garments, handicrafts
Union Minister for Commerce, industry and Textiles Shri Anand Sharma has held a review meeting for early commencement of minimum support price operations to stabilize cotton prices which have witnessed a sharp decline and are operating ...
Tags: cotton price, cotton market, cotton industry, staple cotton
The Ahmedabad, Gujarat-based National Institute of Design (NID), which is internationally acclaimed as one of the finest educational and research institutions for Industrial, Communication, Textile and IT Integrated (Experiential) Design, ...
Tags: NID, textiles minister, textile, handicraft
In order to better address financing needs of the local handloom and textile sector, government of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is deliberating on establishing a special bank with a primary investment of two billion rupees. ...
Tags: handloom, textile, N Kiran Kumar Reddy, G Prasad Kumar
Even as Indian apparel exporters are trying to expand in new markets with diversified products,the Apparel Export Promotion Council(AEPC)says it would not be easy for the sector to achieve the US$18 billion apparel export target set for the ...
Tags: AEPC, apparel export, new markets, EU
Even as Indian apparel exporters are trying to expand in new markets with diversified products,the Apparel Export Promotion Council(AEPC)says it would not be easy for the sector to achieve the US$18 billion apparel export target set for the ...
Tags: new markets, diversified products, AEPC
Representatives of the powerloom sector in India, especially from the southern state of Tamil Nadu have once again made a plea to bring cotton under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA). To press their demand for inclusion of cotton ...
Tags: cotton, ECA, Textiles, Powerloom, powerloom fabric, raw cotton
In a letter written to Shri Anand Sharma, the Union Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister, Dr. A Sakthivel Chairman Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), has requested Government to increase the share of domestic sourcing in FDI ...
Tags: textiles, garment, domestic sourcing, entire Textiles Industry