India removes anti-dumping duty on viscose staple fibresIn most of the competing nations, MMF and its blended textile product exports account 60 to 80% while in India, the same is below 25% mainl...
13 Aug, 2021, 04.29 PM IST
Covid lockdown: Can’t pay salaries, say labour-intensive sectors“While we agree with the government that wages should be given, the minimum wage of Rs 8,000-9,000 per worker will be tough to sustain as w...
23 Apr, 2020, 07.09 AM IST
Uniform GST rate likely for textile industry: Smriti Irani"The budgetary allocation for the power sector had gone up from Rs.52 crore in 2015-16 to Rs.110 crore in 2016-'17 and Rs.166 crore this fi...
28 Apr, 2017, 08.05 PM IST
Inditrade Capital begins microfinance businessSolapur is known for handloom and powerloom weaving industry providing employment to a large number of workers.There are around 6000 powerl...
17 Apr, 2017, 02.52 PM IST
Government hints at 'positive' news for powerloom industryTextiles Minister Smriti Irani said in the Rajya Sabha that meetings have been held with stakeholders to address the problems being faced b...
03 Feb, 2017, 06.53 PM IST
Powerlooms to get subsidy for shift to solar modeThe subsidy is expected to make power cost economical for the looms and make the units self-sufficient on the power front while the governm...
03 Feb, 2017, 03.53 PM IST
People's cooperation would help strengthen economy: Smriti IraniThe country needs fiscal discipline to build a strong economy and for social justice, said Smriti Irani.
10 Dec, 2016, 07.28 PM IST
People's cooperation would help strengthen economy: Smriti Irani"Benefits of demonetisation need to percolate down to entrepreneurs and their enterprises, many of which are outside the ambit of formal ec...
10 Dec, 2016, 07.06 PM IST
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...
03 Oct, 2014, 05.01 AM IST
30% powerloom production hit due to power cuts: Powerloom Development & Export Promotion CouncilPowerloom industry in TN suffered 30% production loss due to power cuts in past one month, a top official of Powerloom Development & Export...
01 Dec, 2013, 05.16 PM IST
Strike in spinning mills in Andhra, TN hits Bhiwandi powerloomsThe Bhiwandi cluster employs nearly 12 lakh workers who largely come from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal who ...
18 Nov, 2013, 05.51 AM IST
India's fabric expo to be held in Sri Lanka next weekIndia will hold a major textile exhibition and sign a MoU for bilateral cooperation in the sector here next week.
05 Sep, 2013, 04.36 PM IST
- AC Nielsen to conduct survey of powerloom industry: Textiles Ministry
The Textiles Ministry today said market research company AC Nielsen ORG-MARG will conduct a survey of the powerloom industry.
25 Jul, 2012, 10.44 PM IST
- 10-fold spike in allocation for powerloom sought in 12th plan
Textile ministry has sought a whopping 10-fold spike in allocation for the powerloom sector at Rs 1,200 cr during the 12th Plan.
20 Feb, 2012, 09.34 PM IST
- 'Labour reforms can get one lakh powerloom workers back'
Chairman of Powerloom Development & Export Promotion Council Bharat Chhajer says the the Indian powerloom sector is distressed.
31 Dec, 2011, 01.57 PM IST
- TN Powerloom units call off strike
The 28 days old strike by power loom units in Coimbatore and Tirupur was called off on Wednesday following an agreement reached between the...
02 Sep, 2009, 03.27 PM IST
- Maharashtra’s powerloom industry staring at acute employee shortage
Maharashtra's powerloom industry staring at employee shortage as high as 50%, as demand picks up and migrant labourers.
20 May, 2009, 04.20 PM IST