The government has assured the textile industry that it will soon resolve the issue of pending claims under its technology upgradation scheme, according to media reports. The Textile Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) is an interest ...
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Knitwear exports from Tirupur cluster have registered a growth of 15.5 per cent in terms of rupee and 15.9 per cent in terms of foreign currencies during the just ended 2014-15 financial, according to a press statement issued by Tirupur ...
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Indian mobile commerce platform Paytm has launched its new brand campaign on the ongoing IPL, which aims to reinforce its position as the leader in the mobile commerce space. Paytm is an associate sponsor on Sony and is also the ...
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The Aditya Birla Group has proposed a four-way restructuring plan to bring its retail business under Pantaloon Fashion & Retail (PFRL) and offer a maximum of 10 per cent equity stake to an investor in the consolidated entity, according to ...
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A two-day national workshop on the textile parks sanctioned under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) is being organised by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, in Surat on 9-10 April, 2015. The workshop, ...
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Kishore Biyani led Future Retail said it has raised Rs 600 crore through an issue of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on private placement basis. In a BSE filing, Future Retail said, "The committee of directors has considered, ...
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The Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with that country to arrest falling knitwear exports. Modi’s visit to Canada begins ...
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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. ...
Exporters from select labour intensive sectors will be able to access cheaper credit soon as the government prepares to reintroduce an interest subvention scheme in the next couple of months, according to media reports. “The ...
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The Andhra Pradesh government’s new industrial policy has come as a shot in the arm for the textile industry in the state. According to media reports, the new policy which will be in force till 2020, provides a host of incentives for ...
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The textile industry of Tamil Nadu has appealed the state government to reduce VAT on raw cotton and cotton yarn cones from 5 per cent to 2 per cent which would be on par with the 2 per cent CST. According to a SIMA press release, the ...
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Aditya Birla Group has announced the launch of Birla Cellulose’s ‘Liva’ brand. The Liva fabric uses Birla Cellulose’s viscose staple fibre (vsf) and is manufactured by the company’s accredited partners, who are ...
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“All India kappas (raw cotton) arrivals have touched approximately 3 crore bales and CCI cotton procurement has crossed approximately 80 lakhs bales till now,” informs the fortnightly report of Indian Cotton Federation. It ...
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Minister of State for Textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar has launched two sericulture schemes for Manipur, at the state capital Imphal. The schemes are Phase II of Sericulture Project for Valley Districts of Manipur and Integrated ...
Wai Wai noodles producer CG Foods is planning to ramp up its noodle production capacity in India, a move that could require an investment of around INR50bn ($801.4m). The investment will be used to establish two manufacturing units in ...
Tags: CG Foods, Noodle Production, Noodle