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The Government of Andhra Pradesh has proposed to drastically slash power tariff to spinning mills in the State to uplift the textile industry. The spinning mills provide employment to four lakh people in the State, but several mills are on the verge of closure due to heavy losses.
A cabinet sub-committee headed by Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu has formally moved a proposal to offer power at Rs 2 per unit to the spinning mills.
The Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani has asked the Textile Commissioner to get a detailed feedback on issues faced by powerloom sector, including yarn price fluctuation, anti-dumping duty on PTA and yarn and dumping of undervalued Chinese fabric and submit a report.
The Jharkhand Government has signed an MoU with Orient Craft for construction of two textile parks at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore on a 140-acre land. The MoU was signed during the launch of a roadshow named ‘Momentum Jharkhand’ in Mumbai to promote Jharkhand’s global investors summit scheduled for February.
A member of the World Bank Group, IFC, has partnered with Levi Strauss & Co to reduce water, energy and chemical use in textiles factories in Bangladesh. The new partnership will build on the extensive experience of IFC?s Bangladesh Partnership for Cleaner Textile (PaCT) programme, focusing on providing advice on implementing cleaner production practices in over 165 textile factories in Bangladesh.
In July 2016, 83 countries imported spun yarn from India, with Bangladesh at the top, accounting for 18 per cent of the total value with imports rising 24 per cent year on year in terms of volume and 22 per cent in value. China ranked second in July and accounted for around 18 per cent of all spun yarn exported from India. Peru was the third largest importer of spun yarns. These three top importers together accounted for around 42 per cent of all spun yarns exported from India in July.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has issued Notification No. 28/2016-Cus dated March 31, 2016 amending the earlier Notification No.69/2011-Customs, dated the July 29, 2011. As per the current Notification, the Government has provided deeper tariff concessions in respect of specified goods imported under the India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IJCEPA), w.e.f. April 1, 2016 vide.