Around Rs. 21.51 billion of the total Rs. 23.23 billion earmarked under the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) for 2012-13, have been disbursed by the Indian Textile Ministry, Minister of State for Textiles Panabaaka Lakshmi informed ...
The Government is implementing various schemes for the development of the textile industry in the country. The following schemes of the Ministry of Textiles are in operation on all India basis: Jute Sector Scheme No. 7.2: ...
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With an aim to generate large-scale employment in the state, the government of the eastern Indian state of Odisha has resolved to establish 10 handloom and 10 handicraft clusters in the state, so as to best tap the potential of the ...
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Vouching support for local micro and small scale enterprises producing traditional Assamese silk garments like mekhela sador at Sualkuchi and other parts of Assam, the State Council of the North Eastern Small Scale Industries Association ...
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A buyer-seller meet was jointly organized by the Office of Development Commissioner (Handloom), Union Ministry of Textile and the Department of Handloom and Textile, Uttar Pradesh, in the North Indian city of Varanasi to help weavers better ...
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The Government of India has approved Revival, Reform and Restructuring (RRR) Package for Handloom Sector in November 2011, to waive off the overdue loans of primary weavers cooperatives, other weavers organizations and individual weavers ...
Tags: handloom, weavers, Handloom Proposal Package
Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi, Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas has assumed the additional charge as Union Minister of State for Textiles. Speaking on the occasion Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi said that her first priority after ...
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The effectiveness of both the schemes i.e. Integrated Handlooms Development Scheme (IHDS) and Marketing & Export Promotion Scheme (M&EPS) has been evaluated by independent agencies, which revealed positive impact on the development of ...
Tags: M&EPS, IHDS, handloom sector
The performance of the Indian Textile Sector has improved considerably during last two decades The production of Spun-yarn, Man-made fibre and filament yarn increased from 2443 Mn Kg. in 1991-92 to 7069 Mn Kg. in 2011-12, whereas total ...
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The Directorate of Handlooms and Textiles, Government of Kerala, a state in southern India, has announced that it will participate in Heimtextil, an international trade fair for home textiles scheduled to be held at Frankfurt, Germany in ...
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In pursuance to the Budget announcement(2011-12),'Revival,Reform and Restructuring package for"Handloom Sector",having financial implication of Rs.3884 crore,has been approved by the CCEA on 24.11.2011. Of this Rs.3884 crores,Government ...
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The Government of India approved two packages in November/December 2011 for the handloom weavers of the Country. The first package is for loan waiver of overdue loans and interest of handloom cooperative societies and individual weavers as ...
The traditional handloom sector of India, which is grappling against the challenges posed by the powerloom industry for survival, is now looking at the Government for help. Saying that all that the Government needs to do is enforce laws ...
Tags: handlooms, handloom sector, handloom market, handloom industry
The Chennai Silks, based in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has woven the most expensive saree in the world. The world record setting saree is worth Rs. 4 million and it weighs around 8 kg. It is intricately embellished with ...
Tags: saree, Chennai Silks, wedding sarees, silk sarees
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, ...
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