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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicTextile industry

Topic: textile industry

Textile waste is a growing challenge. How can it be an opportunity for growth, sustainability

Exporting used textiles from the EU lacks transparency and traceability. What happens to these textiles is often unclear once they arrive in destination countries.

Only 26 of 98 textile parks sanctioned by govt since 2005 completed, all targets unmet: CAG report

These parks managed only 30% of targeted employment generation & half of projected investments. Major reasons for poor show were delays in statutory clearances, & land allotment issues.

Bhopal’s massive new garment factory–450 women employees, 5,000 jobs

At the launch of Gokaldas’ factory in January, MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan promised it would provide 5,000 direct and 10,000 indirect jobs.

Why India’s critical textile sector, employing 4.5 crore people, is facing challenges

While domestic production's turned sluggish, exports have suffered owing to preferential tariff treatment towards countries like Bangladesh & Vietnam and cheap imports from China.

Handlooms silent, no Bohag Bihu sale: Assam textile hub Sualkuchi fights to survive Covid

Sualkuchi weavers in Assam incurred losses to the tune of over Rs 100 crore because the Covid-19 crisis struck just before Bohag Bihu, the peak sales season.

Banarasi silk industry has a Covid fear: Indian festivals may never be the same again

Varanasi textile traders say the industry was already affected due to demonetisation and GST, and the Covid-19 lockdown was a ‘double whammy’. 

Modi govt proposal to remove anti-dumping duty on chemical PTA could hurt Reliance

Purified terephthalic acid or PTA, used in manufacture of polyester, is important for textile industry. Reliance is among world's largest producers of the chemical.

Prabhakar Rao-the man with RSS links who could change the future of hybrid seeds in India

In mid-April, Nuziveedu Seeds won a decisive battle against Monsanto in the Delhi high court. But its CMD Mandava Prabhakar Rao, a former ABVP general secretary, isn’t done yet.

Tirupur’s textile industry welcomes GST, but there’s no work for labourers

Industrialists feel the tax reform will prove to be a boon in the long run, but for now, despondency reigns supreme among the working class.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.