Browsing: Apparels & Garments

TN powerlooms seek cut in VAT on yarn

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The Central Sales Tax on the yarn is two per cent, while in Tamil Nadu, the Value Added Tax (VAT) is five per cent on cotton yarn

Effluent discharge norms too stringent?

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Raising serious concerns over an Environment Ministry?s proposal to mandate virtually all the textile units to reduce their effluent discharge to zero

Efforts on to spur textile export growth

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India’s textile and apparel export growth has slowed down in the recent times on account of various internal and external factors

Maharashtra blueprint to boost cotton

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The Maharashtra Government plans to chalk out a special policy to address the issues in the six integrated districts of the Vidarbha region to promote cotton production.

Telangana thrust for textile industry

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The newly formed Telangana state has ambitions on the textile front too. It is planning to present a new textile and Apparel policy (T-TAP) in January 2016. Besides, the state is also planning to set up textile parks in each of the district where cotton is grown as a major commercial crop.