India’s consumer goods conglomerate ITC has forayed into the into dairy whitener market by launching its Sunfresh brand. In October last year, it entered dairy business by introducing packaged ghee. Sunfresh brand is its second ...
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Consumer goods conglomerate ITC is planning to set up eight new integrated food processing units in India by 2019, by investing over Rs 40bn ($593m). According to ITC divisional chief executive V L Rajesh, the investments are part of the ...
“The booming Indian retail sector will need around 56 million workforce by 2022,” says a report from the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). “The sector will also have one of the highest incremental human ...
The government of West Bengal in India is planning to introduce branded liquor in tetra packs in an attempt to stop sale of adulterated liquor. The Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted a source from the secretariat as saying that the ...
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 ...
Tags: Cotton Yarn, textile industry
The increasing amount of jute import from Bangladesh is a matter of concern for the Indian government, textiles minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. Replying to a question, ...
Tags: Jute Imports, Textiles
After holding review meetings with various stakeholders, India’s ministry of textiles has initiated several steps to strengthen the jute sector. The key decisions taken by Minister of State for Textiles (I/C) Santosh Kumar ...
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West Bengal based and since long ailing, Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) is expected to reopen its plant as lenders have agreed to infuse fresh funds into the loss making company. After Purnendu Chatterjee, chairman of The Chatterjee ...
Tags: technical snag, Textile
The ninth edition of Texfair—the textile machinery, accessories and spares expo—organised by the Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) will be held from 9-12 January, 2015 in Coimbatore. Texfair 2015 is intended to bring ...
Tags: textile mills, powerlooms, handlooms, Textile
Spinning technology leader, Rieter is exhibiting at Texfair trade show being held in Coimbatore from January 9-11, 2015 at booth A32 and 33. Rieter will showcase its technology components and conversions for all four spinning systems, ...
Sterlite Grid, a subsidiary of Sterlite Technologies Ltd, has commissioned India’s first ultra mega transmission project, on November 13, 2014. The first line in this project connecting Purnea and Bihar Sharif was commissioned in ...
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The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has planned to operate 343 procurement centres in 92 districts spread across 11 cotton growing states in the country, during the ongoing cotton season that began on October 1, 2014, Minister of State of ...
India’s Amul dairy brand maker Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) is set to invest in two other Indian states such as West Bengal and Punjab. GCMMF is expected to invest INR200 crore to set up a unit in West ...
Tags: Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Amul dairy brand
A new polypropylene plant will come up at IndianOil’s Paradip Refinery Project complex at Paradip in India’s eastern coastal state of Odisha. Foundation for the Rs 3150 crore polypropylene plant was laid by Minister of State ...
Tags: polypropylene plant, catalyst, Textile
The Minister of State for Textiles (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar today launched the central Management Information System (MIS) for ...
Tags: Indian Textiles, Mis, Textile