The Indian Commerce and Industry Ministry has issued a separate HS code for khadi to categorise its products in export and segregate those from routine products.

Raymond said it will demerge its core lifestyle business into a separate listed entity to simplify the group structure and create investor opportunities.

The major technological advancements associated with the First Industrial Revolution – that lasted from the mid-18th century to about 1830 – were concerned with textile manufacturing, especially spinning. John Kay’s invention of flying shuttle, which enabled wider cloth to be woven faster, in 1767 marked the beginning of modernisation (or automation) in the textile industry.

Though India is the second largest textile economy in the world after China, our contribution to one of the growing textile segments is negligible, says Avinash Mayekar.

An industry growing at a CAGR of 20 per cent to reach $28.7 billion, technical textiles is one of the most dynamic sectors in India. Techtextil India 2019, the leading platform to source products using technical textiles, reflects the industry with the biggest opening received this year.

Yields in the High Plains of Texas are expected to be below what was expected. “Yields are 25-30 per cent off the normal,” stated Mark Brown, director of field services for Lubbock-based Plains Cotton Growers (PCG), Inc.

Marvel Gloves Industries, founded in 1980, established its first seamless knitted gloves manufacturing unit in Gujarat. Marvel Group won two National Awards for quality products which were presented by the Honorable Presidents of India that got them recognition and fame in the safety gloves market in India and abroad.