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Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) said that stopping textile units in Tamil Nadu during night hours and on Sundays would affect the production activities, exports and also the jobs of several lakhs of workers.
The National Committee on Textiles & Clothing (NCTC) convened a meeting of all the stakeholders across the textile value chain on 12th March 2021 and launched a Helpline Portal – http://citiindia.org/yarn-form/form/form.php, at Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI).
With new products/technologies and by opening more warehouses, the company plans to increase the movement of its sales force and focus on OEMs post pandemic.
Outbreak of COVID 19 has caused catastrophic global economic downturn not seen any time during The Indian Textile Journal’s 131 years of existence. Factories had to remain closed for several days due to government’s lockdown orders and when allowed to reopen, they are running at just 30-40 per cent capacity due to lack of demand.