GST rationalisation in textiles to remove distortions, support exportsThe government's GST rate rationalisation for the textile sector aims to boost the industry towards a $350 billion target by 2030. Key chan...
05 Sep, 2025, 10.27 AM IST
Threading new ties: Surat and Tiruppur explore collaboration to boost India’s MMF tradeThe collaboration will entail Tiruppur exporters setting up a few units in Surat to gain first-hand experience in MMF garment production, w...
30 Jul, 2025, 12.31 PM IST
Trading traditions: Why cotton-rich Tiruppur is making a shift to syntheticsAlthough Tiruppur is synonymous with cotton, accounting for over 90% of India’s cotton knitwear exports, it is now gradually entering the l...
26 Jun, 2025, 11.54 AM IST
Global clothing brands looking up to India amid Bangladesh unrestGlobal brands are turning to Indian garment manufacturers due to political unrest in Bangladesh. This shift has led to increased inquiries ...
11 Feb, 2025, 06.30 PM IST
$50-billion in apparel exports: Why India needs to diversify to markets like JapanJapan is the world's fourth largest garment importer, thus making it an obvious choice for India to look at other than the EU and the US.
10 Oct, 2023, 10.48 AM IST
Policy rejig to nudge textile's transition to manmade fibersThe focus would be to facilitate development of new business models, technological advancement, development of new markets and products and...
30 Mar, 2022, 09.14 AM IST
Textile minister receives applications from 67 firms for PLI in man-made fibres, techtexThe PLI scheme for textiles covers 40 man-made fibre (MMF) garment items, 14 MMF fabric goods and 10 technical textile products.
12 Mar, 2022, 02.45 PM IST
Uniform GST on MMF, yarn, fabric from January 1: Government“The government has notified uniform goods and services tax rate at 12% on MMF, MMF yarn, MMF fabrics and apparel that has addressed the in...
27 Dec, 2021, 06.11 PM IST
Uniform 12% GST rate for MMF textiles to reduce compliance burden: Govt“This will help the MMF segment grow and emerge as a big job provider in the country,” the textiles ministry said in a statement, adding th...
22 Nov, 2021, 07.26 PM IST
Cabinet to approve textile PLI scheme on WednesdayAirbags, sutures, sanitary napkins and bandages could be among the products in technical textiles to get a manufacturing boost under the PL...
07 Sep, 2021, 07.06 PM IST
Extension of RoSCTL, other initiatives to help boost apparel exports: Textile SecyTextiles Secretary Upendra Prasad Singh said the apparel sector is important for the economy as it provides livelihood to a large segment o...
15 Jul, 2021, 09.24 PM IST
PLI for man-made fibre, setting up of 7 textile parks to boost production, exports: AEPCThe council in a statement said that buying houses believe that Indian man-made fibre (MMF) garment exporters can aspire to grab USD 20 bil...
10 Mar, 2021, 08.23 PM IST
$20 billion opportunity for Indian MMF garments: Buying housesBuying houses like Impulse shared that there was an opportunity for MMF garments and that they have already identified major buyers and mar...
10 Mar, 2021, 01.04 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman's PLI scheme will boost India's share in global textiles market: CITIHailing the government's move, CITI chairman T. Rajkumar in a press statement said “PLI scheme is extended for 10 key specific sectors, of ...
12 Nov, 2020, 06.32 PM IST
Man-made fibre imports hurting domestic textile industry: CITI chairman Sanjay JainCITI chairman Sanjay Jain said that there is an increase in imports of all the MMF products post GST.
14 Sep, 2019, 08.15 PM IST
Textile imports increase as duty cut bites after GSTPre-GST, import of textile products attracted basic customs duty (BCD) plus countervailing duty (CVD) and special additional duty (SAD).
05 Dec, 2017, 11.00 AM IST
More focus, policy changes can double garment export: Texpreneurs ForumIndia can easily double its garment export volume, with more focus and fundamental policy changes, according to Texpreneurs Forum.
17 Jun, 2015, 04.25 PM IST