A research at Wageningen University & Research shows that there are definite possibilities to create raw materials for clothing fibres from waste streams from rice, maize, bananas, pineapples and sugar cane.

A research at Wageningen University & Research shows that there are definite possibilities to create raw materials for clothing fibres from waste streams from rice, maize, bananas, pineapples and sugar cane.

According to the Textile Ministry, ten more design resource centres have been set up by the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in order to help the handloom sector.

Ashwin Chandran, Chairman, The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) has thanked the Chief Minister M K Stalin for the announcement of creating a separate department for textiles.

A 23-year-old college student’s startup has bagged the (TNSI) 2020 award instituted by Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute (EDII) Tamil Nadu.

Akash Kirit Marfatia has partnered with an Austria-based company Lenzing to produce plant-based silk.

The government notified that the RoSCTL scheme for textiles exporters and said the duty credit scrips under this support measure would be issued without insisting on realisation of the export proceeds.

Ashwin Chandran, Chairman, The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) has thanked the Chief Minister M K Stalin for the announcement of creating a separate department for textiles.

The growth in cotton yarn and product exports will affect the consumption of cotton in 2021. The consumption of cotton is recorded at 7.3 million bales which is 700,000 more than last year.
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