The Government of India may further relax or simplify guidelines for foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail trading (MBRT), Minister of Commerce and Industry and Textiles, Anand Sharma, has said. The Indian ...
Tags: India, Apparel&Accessories, MBRT
India has offered to help in revival of 300 apparel factories in Myanmar. During his meeting with the Myanmar President U Thein Sein last Friday, in Nay Pyi Taw, The Union Minister of Commerce Industry and Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma also ...
Tags: apparel factories, Textile
The Indian government has agreed to setup a world pharma trade centre at Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh as the city has emerged as a hub for pharmaceutical industry in the recent times. The decision was confirmed by the country's union ...
Plethora of designers from across the country was competing for this dream destination. However, only the most promising among them could make it and become the winners of NTC's Young Designer Hunt. In the Grand Finale held at the Ocean ...
Before the announcement of the Foreign Trade Policy in the first week of April 2013, the Union Minister of Commerce, Industry & Textiles Shri Anand Sharma chaired the Board of Trade meeting. "Recognising the stress that our trade is going ...
The Union Minister of Commerce, Industry & Textiles Shri Anand Sharma reviewed industry-related issues with the state governments of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, in Kovalam, Kerala. Senior officers from the Department ...
Saudi Arabia s King, HH King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has issued a directive to fund more cement plants and import around 10 million tonnes of cement in order to offset a shortage in the country. Saudi Press Agency said that the ...
Tags: King Imports Cement, Construction
The predominantly cotton based textile industry in India faced a crisis during 2008-09 due to global recession and again a grave crisis during 2010-11 owing to high volatility in cotton prices and certain external factors. The Government ...
Tags: textile industry, textile, Apparel
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
The Ministry of Textiles is deeply concerned to learn that the recent unprecedented snowfall in Changthang region this winter has left twenty two thousand goats dead. The Ministry of Textiles, had earmarked funds last year for feed ...
Tags: Ministry of Textiles, Ladakh Pashmina Sector, Textiles
Mr. Osman Omer Alshareef, Sudanese Minister of Commerce has suggested harmonization of production and marketing polices to boost exports of cotton from the country. During his meeting with the general manager of the Sudanese Cotton ...
Tags: Sudanese Minister, harmonization of production, cotton
Tesco PLC and Sainsbury – two well-known British supermarket chains – have applied to the Indian Government for opening sourcing centres, Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma has said. Speaking to reporters on the ...
Tags: retail operations, Supermarket Chains, opening sourcing centres
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
Garment manufacturers and exporters in Pakistan have urged the Government to end the duty and tax remission for export (DTRE), in the upcoming new Trade Policy, Daily Times reported. In a plea to the Federal Minister of Commerce Amin ...
Tags: Pakistan, Garment Exporters, DTRE
National Textile Corporation Limited (NTC) had organized a press conference at The Oberoi, New Delhi to announce commencement of the Young Designer Hunt by NTC, the biggest search for the most talented designers across the Nation. The press ...
Tags: NTC, Raghvendra Rathore, Young Designer, New Delhi