Browsing: Maharashtra

Maharashtra has planned to set up a special textile park to create eco-friendly textile and lend assistance for establishing such industries.

A half-day seminar, held at Boisar, Maharashtra on 10 January 2015, was focused on finding practical solutions to current problems (including environmental issues) of Boisar and the surrounding cluster.

The Government of India announced the minimum support price (MSP) for Kapas (seed cotton) for the current season (October 2014-September 2015).

With the continuous decline in prices of cotton and yarn, and marked drop in buying of cotton from China, the Union Government is making attempts to bail out the domestic industry and farmers in India.

The Textile Association of India´s (TAI) annual conference with the theme, ´Indian Textiles – The way Forward´, held at the Hotel The Lalit, in Mumbai, was a splendid event with a series of impressive presentations in three sessions.

The Synthetic & Art Silk Mills´ Research Association (SASMIRA), established in 1950, is a co-operative venture set up by the man-made textile industry of India as a multi-functional institute to serve its scientific and technological needs. Major projects executed in the last few years include technical textile

Mustang Socks was founded by Naazneen Katrak 26 years ago. She understood the need of cotton socks back in the 90s, which compelled her to single-handedly set-up Mustang.