Month: July 2017

India’s export grew by 4.39 per cent to $23.56 billion in June as shipments of chemicals, engineering and marine products improved, according to the official data released.

The textile industry in Surat has been hit hard as the manufacturing units, traders and retailers remained shut due to the ongoing protest against GST. While the strike continues, majority of the traders as well as the industry comprising of hundreds of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

India and the European Union have decided to set up a mechanism to facilitate EU investments into the country, India’s Commerce and Industry ministry said. The Investment Facilitation Mechanism (IFM) will allow for a close coordination between the EU and India with an aim to promote and facilitate investment in India.

Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC), India’s largest vocational training provider in apparel sector has signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) with the aim of bridging the gap between the requirement and availability of skilled workforce and setting up ATDC center for training at SUC campus at Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Between 10 and 15 per cent of the population are allergic to dust mites, asthma is one of the most common illnesses in the world – and the number of people affected is rising year after year.

Just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988, according to the Carbon Majors Report, etc.

The ITMF Annual Conference 2017 will be held in Bali/Indonesia from September 14-16, 2017 hosted by the Indonesian Textile Industry Association (API).