Though India has become the largest producer of cotton in the world, the country faces acute shortage of Extra Long Staple (ELS) cotton as the BT technology that was introduced during 2003, provided the technology only for long staple cotton.
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The industry has been pleading the government to remove anti-dumping duty of USD 0.103 to 0. 512 per kg imposed on the VSF during the last several years, which is under active consideration
Advance Denim, one of the top three denim manufacturers in China, has officially become a Trust Protocol member as it continues to advance more sustainable denim worldwide.
A new research project led by the Organic Cotton
Accelerator (OCA) has identified the best crop diversification practices to optimise
the agronomic, environmental and economic benefits for Indian organic cotton
farmers.
In 2019, GOTS, the OCA and Textile Exchange partnered to develop the ISO IWA 32:2019 protocol to create a common language among laboratories to screen for the presence of GM cotton along the organic cotton value chain.
Fashion for Good launches a new, two-year pilot project in collaboration with leading brands Kering and PVH Corp. and leading global textile manufacturer Arvind Limited to pilot a radically resource-efficient cotton farming technology.
On February 1, Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister of India introduced the Indian budget for the financial year 2021-22.