The Ministry has laid down new norms, which require a Unique Certification Code called UCC-Covid19 and a tamper-proof sticker in indelible ink specifying details of the manufacturer.
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The Ministry of Textiles has issued a notification extending the Scheme of Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies on Export of Garments and Made-ups (RoSCTL), which was in force up to March 31, 2020.
The Union Ministry of Textiles has announced a new regulatory framework for the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) units after reports merged that Indian manufacturers, who failed laboratory tests, have sold their rejected products to a section of private hospitals.
Around four lakh people across 18 states will be skilled under ‘Samarth’, a scheme for capacity building and skilling in the textile sector, as part of agreements signed between the Centre and state governments.
The Indian Textiles Ministry has received 56 proposals during the last three to four years from Chhattisgarh Government under the National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) out of which 51 were approved with a projected cost of Rs 17 million.
The Textiles Ministry has engaged 21 e-commerce companies so far for online marketing of handloom products. To promote e-marketing of handloom products, a policy framework was designed under which any willing e-commerce platform with good track record can participate in the online marketing, Minister of State for Textiles Ajay Tamta said.
The Union Textiles Ministry has rejected a suggestion by the Jute Commissioner to lower the use of jute bags in 2017-18. The Jute Commissioner had recommended reducing the use of jute bags for food grains packaging by 5 per cent, from 90 per cent to 85 per cent, for this financial year.