The Government of India is likely to release a draft national chemical policy in October, Indrajit Pal, Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, has said. Speaking at an event in ...
Tags: Chemical Policy, Textile
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Government of India, has approved the continuation of the centrally sponsored scheme of Catalytic Development Programme (CDP) of the Ministry of Textiles, relating to sericulture sector, during the ...
The President of Southeast African country of Malawi, Joyce Banda, recently inaugurated a cotton ginnery worth US$ 20 million, in the Ngabu region. The cotton ginnery was constructed with aid from Government of India, as a part of the ...
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Current quotes for various Indian varieties rose significantly during the fortnight. The depreciating Rupee is causing great concern in the Textile Industry. From Rs 61.73 the Rupee depreciated to Rs 68.83 on 28th of August and recovered ...
The Indian government is expected to require that Indian bureaucrats use email service provided by the National Informatics Center for their official work, as it tries to secure its communications infrastructure. The requirement will be ...
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India Market Days is a project approved by Ministry of Textiles and is funded under the Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India for inviting overseas buyers and buying agents under ...
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Bureau Veritas' Consumer Product Services division (BVCPS) acquired Sargam Laboratory Private Limited (SLPL) in Chennai, India in 2011. The Sargam Laboratory has now been completely integrated with Bureau Veritas Consumer Product Services ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use
The Governments of India and Bangladesh have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on textiles sector collaboration, during the visit of Bangladesh’s Minister of Textiles and Jute, Mr. Abdul Latif Siddique, to India. ...
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UK-based diversified insurance company Aviva is reportedly considering divesting its 26% shareholding in its Indian life insurance joint venture (JV) Aviva India, which represents its exit from the business in the country market. The ...
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A report regarding the FDI policy for retail and it’s effects on the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country, titled ‘FDI in multi-brand retail on MSMEs’, has been tabled in the Indian Parliament, ...
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The retail industry must take the lead in inventing new technologies to meet the rising aspirations of the Indian consumer, Mr. KV Thomas, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, has said. Inaugurating Massmerize ...
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The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has developed around 41 varieties of crops under its nuclear agriculture program. BARC has developed about 15 varieties of groundnut, mustard, soyabean, sunflower, green gram, pigeon pea, black ...
Tags: Crop, Agriculture, Food
The handloom industry is one of the industries which uses labour intensive techniques. The total number of people currently employed in this sector/industry is 43.32 lakhs as per the census of 2009-10. Handloom weaving constitutes one of ...
Commercial production has commenced in 26 of the 61 integrated textile parks sanctioned by the Indian Government under the Scheme for Integrated Textiles Park (SITP) in the country. This information was given by Ms. Panabaaka Lakshmi, ...
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The Government of India is keen on setting up an integrated textile park in the city of Nagpur, located in Maharashtra state. The Centre has asked the Nagpur district administration to speed up the process of taking over 50 acres ...
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