Khadi sales have jumped after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call last October advocating the need for use of such products, micro small and medium enterprises (MSME) minister Kalraj Mishra has said, according to media reports. "Khadi ...
Tags: textile manufacture, textile sales
India’s largest bank, State Bank of India is aggressively trying to grab a piece of the business in the digital commerce space and has tied up with three major e-commerce players in the last two days. On May 21, SBI signed two ...
Tags: State Bank of India, E-Commerce
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. ...
The production and sales of khadi, a handwoven cloth, have grown during the last three years. In 2011-12, 887.32 lakh square metres of khadi cloth was produced, generating sales value of Rs 967.87 crore, with cumulative employment of ...
Tags: handwoven cloth, storage battery, Textile
With a mission to foster the development of a flourishing entrepreneurial culture and a competitive SME sector; India SME Forum engages with 3,28,000 SMEs from all over India and boasts of more than 65000 members to support economic ...
The New Delhi-based Garment Exporters Association (GEA) has sought five percent increase in duty drawback rate and capping of interest rate at seven percent, in its recommendations sent to the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. ...
Tags: Textiles, Garment Exporters
The Government of India would not include khadi weavers and spinners under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), Parliament was informed, Business Line reported quoting PTI. In a written reply to the Lok ...
Tags: Khadi Weavers, Textile
Coir exports from India are likely to touch Rs. 12 billion-mark in the ongoing fiscal 2013-14, according to Madhav Lal, Secretary in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). Speaking to reporters at the Coir ...
Tags: Coir Exports, Textile
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, ...
Tags: FDI policy, Apparel
Global multi-brand retailers wishing to enter the Indian market through foreign direct investment (FDI) route must comply with the mandatory 30 percent sourcing clause, Mr. KH Muniyappa, Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ...
Tags: Indian market, Apparel
In the credit policy issued, RBI has not touched the Key rates and unchanged. In a reaction to RBI's monetary policy, Dr.A. Sakthivel, Chairman - AEPC said Industry has been disappointed with RBI's Stand. Apparel SMEs were expecting a ...
Tags: India, Apparel&Accessories, AEPC
Mr. M Rafeeque Ahmed, President, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) while commenting on the expansion in the interest-subvention scheme including 6 tariff lines for textiles including made-ups and 101 tariff lines in case of ...
Tags: Aid Textiles, FIEO
At the initiative of Dr. A. Sakthivel, Chairman-AEPC, an Inter-Ministerial Workshop was organized under the Chairmanship of Shri Ajit Seth, IAS, Cabinet Secretary, Govt. of India. The meeting was attended by Secretary (Textiles), Finance ...
Mr M Rafeeque Ahmed, President, FIEO said that the Foreign Trade Policy announcement while maintaining stability of the policy provided improvement in it to add to competitiveness. Extension of Zero Duty EPCG Scheme will help in expansion ...
Tags: Trade Policy, FIEO
Indian Government has sought Rs. 7.5 billion loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to revitalize and modernize the domestic Khadi industry, Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) KH Muniyappa has said. ...
Tags: Indian Government, ADB, Khadi industry