The exports tally, which also includes handicrafts, indicates a substantial increase of 41 per cent and 26 per cent over corresponding figures in FY21 and FY20
The prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas are very high. All the essential commodities including textiles, pulses and edible oil have become out of reach...
While every bylane in Sonepur tells a deeply revered tale of history and religion, the region is known for one more aspect that adds to its vibrancy - Textile
Textiles Secretary Upendra Prasad Singh said the country's apparel industry must focus on vertical integration to increase its scale and size and to benefit...
In 2020-21 there was a deceleration in textile exports due to pandemic disrupting the supply chain and demand.
The Chief Minister requested the Union Textiles Minister to take steps to remedy the situation and protect the industry and jobs.
The minister added that other than growing in statistical terms, the focus should also be on scaling up technology and production of indigenously innovated...
It was pointed out that Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Assam Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana have expressed their...
Apart from a PLI scheme, demand-generation policies needed for adoption of technical textiles
A three-day global online L2G (local to global) exhibition for Indian products under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Campaign is scheduled from December 14
The Covid pandemic brought a fortune for the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) which is now selling 600 products online with a footwear collection...
The centre said the abolition of All India Handloom Board was part of 'Minimum Government and Maximum Governance.'
Sualkuchi had an annual turnover of Rs 1,000 crore. The gifted weavers are now working in construction sites for Rs 500 a day!
With 4,196 hours of internet blackouts that cost more than Rs 1,000 crore in 2019, India is the third worst-hit and economically affected country after Iraq...
Smriti Irani took the stage and tried her best to match steps with the girls while holding two swords.
Adulterated products are carefully mixed with originals. Unpacked spices, edible oil and grey powder passed off as cement are part of a Rs 1 Trillion parallel...
Internal and external factors, macro to micro issues, and challenges in specific sectors unleashed a chain of events that stopped the Indian growth story in...
The Centre rolls back stringent laws, cadges money from RBI. But to fix the economy, structural flaws must be addressed.
The Indian fashion industry is now ardently embracing diversity in its approach. Body imperfections are not a problem, the idea is to make everyone look...
Fruity fabrics and ‘waste not, want not’: sustainable fashion is on the ascendant
Fashion designers from across the country are reviving the Ikkat, Mekhla Chadar, Kalamkari and Benarasi weave
A Fab India spokesman, however, dubbed the KVIC claim as "baseless",
DeMo and GST are like the warp and woof of a dismal handicrafts canvas
Weavers’ looms have fallen silent in Etawah. They now await the death blow from a cashless economy.
Beyond the glamour and hype of celebrity designers, handloom is still a dying craft of poor weavers
