The cost of textile and fabrics could go up by 10-15% this Diwali due to the manifold rise in production cost, according to textile associations.
Month: October 2021
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has requested Union Textile Minister Piyush Goyal to set up a greenfield Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (MITRA) park in Odisha.
The Pilot Project on skilling of Design/ Commissioning technical personnel associated with application of geo-textiles will be conducted concurrently by IISC, Bangalore, IIT, Madras and IIT, Roorkee.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal has called for developing 100 Indian textile machinery champions recognised across the world and reducing import dependence of the sector through concerted efforts between the textile engineering industry and the government.
About four lakh garment workers of Karnataka, most of them women, continue to wait for their Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) fixed for the period of 2020-21
India should target a “realistic” goal of $65 billion worth of textile exports in the next five years, industry body CII and global management consulting firm Kearney have said in a report, adding the government’s aim of $100 billion of exports is a “very steep goal”.
The Pilot Project on skilling of Design/ Commissioning technical personnel associated with application of geo-textiles will be conducted concurrently by IISC, Bangalore, IIT, Madras and IIT, Roorkee.