Browsing: Industry Update

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by PM Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for raw jute for 2017-18 season to protect the economic interests of the farmers.

NSFDC under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment signed an MoU with the Development Commissioner (Handlooms) to help SC weavers and their families by promoting production and marketing of high-value quality handlooms products.

Mumbai-based InORBIT Tours Pvt Ltd will provide special travel packages for Indian visitors at ShanghaiTex 2017, which will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Center, Pudong, Shanghai, PR China on November 27-30, 2017.

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is planning to set up 7 to 8 khadi centres in Meghalaya this year, said the organisation’s Chairman Vinay Kumar Saxena.

Siemens is driving forward the expansion of its cloud-based open IoT operating system MindSphere with new partnerships, new apps and extended connectivity. The company will be joining forces with its partners at the Hannover Messe to showcase around 50 apps providing a range of new functions such as reducing security risks or improving the availability of connected machines and plants.

Cotton industry stakeholders in the High Plains of Texas who gathered in Lubbock recently, were highly optimistic on this year’s cotton planting, Washington politics and global demand and market scenario. There is going to be lot of acres in Texas with about 20 per cent increase in acreage predicted.