After a successful second edition in Mumbai, the Crafts Council of Karnataka is hosting the 3rd edition of its annual handicrafts / handloom textile and jewellery exhibition, Vastrabharana.
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Except the cotton yarn/fabs/made-ups/handloom products category, all the other categories under the textile segment reported a decline in exports in February.
The Union Textile Ministry signed agreements with leading textile playes like Raymond, Welspun, Titan, Reliance Retail and the Sachin Tendulkar-promoted True Blue, under which these companies will procure more from the weavers directly.
Bhagalpur in Bihar is acknowledged as silk city as it is renowned worldwide for its silk production. The silk industry in this city is 200-years-old and an entire race exists that has been producing silk for generations.
Odisha is planning to setup three textile parks to encourage investments in the textile sector, which is one of the focus sectors for the State, Minister of Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts, Snehangini Chhuria said.
The Odisha Government has set a target to produce 113.19 lakh square metres of textile and handloom products worth Rs 223 crore in the current fiscal with a jump of nearly 25 per cent from the previous year.
Export of knitwear and readymade garments from Tamil Nadu fell by 5.6 per cent in 2017 18 owing to various reasons, including demonetisation, GST and global competition.