Revving exports to America keeps India in race to be next ChinaSea-borne shipments of festival goods and accessories to America touched $20 million last month, almost triple the value from the year-ago ...
05 Sep, 2022, 08.24 AM IST
Covid-19 vaccine brings cheer for India's apparel exportersThe ready-made garment export business has been gathering pace after being crippled by the pandemic and the news of promising vaccine test ...
07 Dec, 2020, 08.22 PM IST
Overseas orders for spring collection of ready made garments get delayed, buyer projections loweredThe take-off of retail demand in the US and Europe, key markets for India's apparel exports, has been downsized from the early trends in Ju...
03 Sep, 2020, 06.02 PM IST
Assam has a good textile policy: Chandra Mohan PatowaryThe Ministry of Textiles, Government of India in collaboration with Invest India organized an ‘Exclusive Investment Forum’ webinar. As part...
06 Jul, 2020, 10.14 PM IST
Women may rule the shop floorWomen comprise 3%-12% of India's manufacturing scene. But Covid is setting in motion a major change.
22 Jun, 2020, 07.57 AM IST
Production resumes but lack of new orders worries apparel exportersIf new orders do not come through, the $16-billion (Rs 1.2 lakh crore) industry fears a decline in production activity from August, once th...
10 Jun, 2020, 05.06 PM IST
Coronavirus impact: Costly labour to burn hole in India Inc booksWorkforce shortage is biting. Wages will have to be increased to keep migrants from leaving for villages.
08 May, 2020, 12.51 PM IST
Companies reach out to neighbours of staff to allay fears and get the ops goingIt took for the company’s HR department to visit the villages and show them the letters of approval received from the ministry of textile, ...
06 May, 2020, 04.55 PM IST
India to soon airlift critical machines from China for making protective coverallsCoveralls, or body suits, are glued at the seams using a special tape and a sealing machine to prevent contaminants from getting in. One se...
15 Apr, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
Manufacturing sector anticipates severe workforce crunch post Covid-19Given the chaos that surrounded the exodus of workers from industrial clusters like the NCR when the lockdown started on March 25, the conc...
10 Apr, 2020, 06.48 PM IST
FTII students won 11 national, 6 international awards in last 3 years: GovernmentStudents at FTII have been boycotting classes since June 12 demanding the removal of newly-elected chairman Gajendra Chauhan.
11 Aug, 2015, 03.57 PM IST
2014 likely to shower jobs as economy improvesThe employment scenario in the country is likely to witness a surge in 2014 with the banking segment expected to hire aggressively and a re...
31 Dec, 2013, 05.24 AM IST
Europe recovery signs cheer apparel exportersAn indication by European Union buyers to place orders for apparels has come as a respite to exporters who have been hit hard by a recessio...
13 Feb, 2013, 04.47 AM IST
Delay in signing of Free Trade Deal with EU worries textile industryThe FTA was expected to be signed in October-November but textile industry officials say that it has now been pushed back to the first quar...
23 Nov, 2012, 05.08 AM IST
- Textile industry may miss $40.5 billion export target
Difficult times in the US and Europe continue to affect the Indian textile industry so much so that the export target of $40.5 billion for ...
21 Sep, 2012, 05.00 AM IST
- Apparel units go lean to beat order slump
European apparel importers have reduced the order-to-delivery time from 12 -15 weeks to 7-8 weeks in order to avoid creation of inventory.
31 Jul, 2012, 04.27 AM IST
- Textile companies seek Rs 12,000 crore debt recast
The textile industry will put forward 290 cases involving Rs 12,000 crore of debt restructuring to the department of financial services thi...
24 Jul, 2012, 10.38 AM IST