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New Motor Vehicles Act is not here to raise revenue, but to save lives: Nitin GadkariGadkari said state governments have the power to bring down the steep vehicle fines.
Priyanka is a leader who listens even to how others listenPriyanka’s husband Robert Vadra who had often posed in front of fast cars or in tank tops, images widely seen as beneath the Gandhi had mad...
Market Movers: GST collections cross Rs 1 lakh cr; oil dips despite looming Iran sanctions & moreA lowdown on top macro triggers that may move market on Friday.
Weaving out of trouble: Handloom industry looks at Budget 2018 to solve woesThe Budget allocation for the handloom sector was Rs 710 crore in 2016-2017, but was reduced to Rs 604 crore for the year 2017-2018.
India’s real elites: If the Constitution is his only holy book, liberals will stand with Narendra ModiIndia’s liberals are not concerned with Modi’s choice of clothing or Mayawati’s handbag, and in fact applaud the PM’s courage at speaking i...
E-retailers revive the sariA bunch of e-retailers has not just revived the market for handlooms but catapulted it to luxury status. Be it khadi or Kota traditional is...
BJP MP wants Gita to be declared 'sacred national book'Bhagvad Gita should be declared as a 'sacred national book', a BJP member said in the Lok Sabha today.
Government promises turnaround of textile sector, Parliament passes BillGangwar said the bill seeks to free the ailing National Textile Corporation, which has property worth Rs 25 lakh crore, from rent control l...
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...
Festivals will be much brighter, happier if 'Taant' sari industry is unfolded and made to flow againTake the ‘home state’ of the taant sari, West Bengal. In 1982, there were 8,052 power-looms in the small-scale sector with the number of wo...
No change in definition of handloom: Textile MinistryTextile Ministry today decided to retain the existing definition of 'handloom' after a panel constituted for the purpose recommended no cha...
Handloom packages: Government to ease norms for co-operative societiesQualifying norms for co-operative societies to be eased so that more such bodies could avail the restructuring packages for Handloom sector...
- SIMA demands scrapping of Handloom Reservation Act
The Southern India Mills' Association (SIMA) on Thursday demanded the Handloom Reservation Act should be scrapped.
- Rid textile industry of regulatory baggage
The government’s recent decision to abolish the cess on ready-made garments is minuscule reform.
- Despite sops, ssis aren't raising a toast yet
Budget '04 has lots on reform initiatives for the small-scale industry (SSI), including creation of an alternative trading platform to enab...
- The Common Minimum Programme: the complete document
Here is the text of the Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance released here on Thursday:
- 8% growth possible, Budget to recast Tax system, hints Kalam
Terming the ambitious eight per cent Tenth Plan growth target as achievable, President A.PJ Abdul Kalam on Monday indicated that the Budget...