Bharat Tex 2026 helping MSMEs, small entrepreneurs enter export markets: Giriraj SinghThe exhibition, which opened on Tuesday and will run till Friday, aims to bring together the full breadth of India’s textile ecosystem unde...
14 Jul, 2026, 03.16 PM IST
ET Make in India SME Regional Summits: Kolkata is weaving tradition with technologyAt the ET SME Summit - Kolkata, Partha Chowdhury spoke about targeted government policies that are reshaping West Bengal’s economic future.
14 Sep, 2025, 08.51 AM IST
GST on Jammu and Kashmir's handlooms, handicraft products may be cut to 5%, says Piyush GoyalUnion Minister Piyush Goyal pledged to recommend a GST reduction on handicrafts and handlooms in Jammu and Kashmir. He addressed the FTII T...
06 Jul, 2025, 03.31 PM IST
NEHHDC, Tide join hands to scale and promote small weavers and artisans of northeast IndiaTide has signed an MoU with the North Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation (NEHHDC) to empower digitalisation of the h...
16 Aug, 2023, 12.24 PM IST
Potential of textiles sector should be realised by using innovations, latest tech: Piyush GoyalThe textile minister also asked the concerned officials to put efforts to bring consistency in the quality of handloom and eliminate child ...
15 Jul, 2021, 11.08 PM IST
Eliminate child labour from textiles, increase incomes: Piyush GoyalIn a review meeting with the officials of the ministry, he also expressed confidence that there will be a big growth in this sector, the go...
15 Jul, 2021, 10.12 PM IST
Social enterprises looking at innovative ways to revive handloom sector post-lockdownThe fear of the unknown is the lived reality of the handloom industry in India. Handloom is the second largest employment provider in the c...
09 Aug, 2020, 12.38 PM IST
VisionNxt initiative to help handloom sector make products as per market requirement: Textiles MinisterTextiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani Tuesday launched three projects of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) including VisionNXT...
05 Mar, 2019, 02.56 PM IST
GST provides a strong fibre for textilesDuring the NDA rule, the textile industry has taken giant steps forward, responding to the impact-oriented and people-friendly measures und...
08 Jul, 2017, 12.06 AM IST
Co-optex 2.0: From musty emporiums to glitzy storesLast year saw not only new showrooms opening after a long gap but record sales of Rs 313 crore and profits of Rs 10 crore.
05 Jul, 2016, 11.00 AM IST
Government working to increase wages of skilled handloom weavers: Santosh Kumar GangwarGangwar said the Budget utilisation for the sector in 2015-16 was Rs 591 crore, which is 25 per cent higher than the previous year.
19 Apr, 2016, 08.46 PM IST
Steps needed to ensure handloom weavers get rightful wage: Prime Minister Narendra ModiLaunching the National Handloom Day celebrations here, Modi also asked the film industry to popularise handloom attire through films.
07 Aug, 2015, 03.09 PM IST
Plan panel proposes handloom policy to create ‘Handmade in India’ brand for selling goods to niche marketsThe proposal comes days after Modi urged people through his radio address to the nation to use at least one article made of khadi to benefi...
16 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Textile Minister K S Rao chairs first meeting of Handloom BoardTextiles Minister K S Rao chaired the first meeting of the reconstituted All India Handloom Board and discussed measures taken to boost the...
18 Feb, 2014, 04.11 PM IST
Six entrepreneurs keeping art of weaving & embroidering alive in BengalA clutch of entrepreneurs is spinning a new tale for Bengal handloom — and there is everything from minimalist scarves to trendy jamdani on...
17 Feb, 2013, 05.27 AM IST
- MSME Ministry mulls raising corpus for innovation to Rs 2500 crore
The MSME Ministry is considering enhancing the corpus towards innovation multi-fold to Rs 2,500 crore to bring forth more innovative produc...
23 Feb, 2012, 06.36 PM IST
- CII plans rural enterprise summit
Rural India has a critical role in impacting the economic scenario of competitive India with agricultural sector's capacity to absorb more ...
24 Oct, 2002, 06.57 AM IST