Over 40 million N-95 masks, 20 million PPEs exported till now: Smriti IraniShe said the country has domestically produced over 60 million PPE suits and till October, 150 million N-95 masks from zero in March.“We di...
11 Dec, 2020, 06.26 PM IST
Centre working on major interventions to position India as global textiles hub: SecyEmphasising that India must explore the USD 150 billion global manmade fibre (MMF) market, Textiles Secretary Ravi Capoor also said he is i...
02 Dec, 2020, 06.36 PM IST
'Govt to soon launch Focused Product Scheme with emphasis on man-made fibre, technical textiles'Capoor also urged the domestic players to focus on the top 10 technical textile lines globally constituting about USD 82 billion, in which ...
04 Nov, 2020, 10.00 PM IST
Certification system for organic cotton planned: Smriti IraniAt the same event, textiles Secretary Ravi Capoor said certain ‘markers’ have been developed in conjunction with the Agricultural and Proce...
07 Oct, 2020, 08.18 PM IST
India asks Bangladesh to reduce duty on apparel imports“When we compare our share of imports in Bangladesh with China, China stands at 54% and India is at 17% given the high tariffs on Indian te...
30 Sep, 2020, 06.22 PM IST
India to organize world's largest virtual fair for textiles“India is planning a Textile India Fair. We are organizing the largest virtual fair in the globe with 4,000-5,000 sellers and 25,000-30,000...
16 Sep, 2020, 03.48 PM IST
Weavers’ service centres upgradation, new scheme to connect weavers with market on anvil: Textiles ministry"There are 28 Weaver Service Centres in India. We had asked students of NIFT to upgrade them with respect to marketing and research,” Irani...
07 Aug, 2020, 01.57 PM IST
Govt to launch Focused Product Investment Scheme for funding in manmade fibre segment: Textile SecretaryThe government is set to launch the Focused Product Investment Scheme to attract funding in the manmade fibre segment, in an effort to boos...
06 Aug, 2020, 06.42 PM IST
Govt mulling setting up mega parks near ports to attract FDI: Textile Secretary Ravi CapoorThe government is mulling setting up around ten integrated mega parks with state-of-the-art infrastructure near ports to attract foreign di...
04 Nov, 2019, 05.33 PM IST
Tea Auction Centre has set-up a premium tea lounge at its premises in GuwahatiThis tea lounge has come up because of sustained effort of Ravi Capoor, Chairman GTAC, said Barkakoty
24 Jun, 2019, 09.48 PM IST
Guwahati airport to be directly connected to seven countriesAssam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the new generation wants a new wave of change, which catapult development and employment gener...
15 Oct, 2018, 08.34 AM IST
Assam inks startup MoU with IIM CalcuttaA discussion on the Startup Policy and the role of educational institutions was held on Thursday.
13 Sep, 2018, 07.08 PM IST
- 'Invest Assam' to now help follow up investment proposals of Assam government
Invest Assam is conceived in the lines of Invest India which is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of India and acts...
05 Feb, 2018, 06.33 PM IST
Global investment summit will be game changer for Assam: Ravi CapoorBJP led Assam government has stated the summit which will be inaugurated by Prime minister, Narendra Modi on February 3 will attended 20 in...
31 Jan, 2018, 05.22 PM IST
Commerce Ministry to hold 14 India shows in CIS countriesAmong the 12 CIS countries, the biggest potential lies with Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.
24 Jan, 2014, 02.49 PM IST
Govt plans business opportunity programmes in CIS countriesThe programmes would tell about the different business opportunities present in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.
13 Aug, 2013, 04.37 PM IST
- CII inks MoU with petro body to make SMEs energy efficient
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCR...
10 Oct, 2007, 06.34 PM IST