India's female workforce participation lags behind peer nations. Boosting this rate could significantly increase GDP. Experts suggest focus...

West Bengal’s jute industry is staring at a major crisis as raw jute shortages and soaring prices disrupt operations across mills in the Ho...

The recent Rs 3 hike in petrol and diesel prices, announced after the Prime Minister's national exhortation for austerity, was widely antic...

As the West Asia conflict drags down most sectors in India’s two major textile hubs, one segment in Surat is opening up new opportunities

India's Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has urged immediate government intervention following a steep 50% US tariff on textile expo...

Indian textile exporters are scrambling to address the fallout from the newly imposed 50% US tariff, anticipating significant revenue decli...

Pakistan's textile industry has been struggling to survive as the level of textile exports from the country fell by 15 percent to reach $16...

"Of the total 17,987 textile factories across India, 12,688 factories were operational and around 5,300 were non-operational as of 2010-11."

Labour-intensive sectors are bearing the brunt of economic slowdown & have witnessed lakhs of job losses due to closure of several units in...

Sluggish demand in domestic and export markets, besides heavy debt, weaved a tangled web for India's textiles industry in 2011.

About 15,000 workers were rendered jobless due to closure of 55 textile mills in the past three years, Parliament was informed today.

Measuring export growth in rupees after a sharp currency change is meaningless, since this reflects changes in the exchange rate and not ex...

The total job loss for the textile industry touched five lakh and about 35,000 jobs have been lost in April alone due to appreciation in ru...

Exporters fear the job losses may run into lakhs if the current rate of decline in exports continue. Exports have declined by more than 18%...

The steep appreciation of rupee will lead to a loss of around 5.79 lakh new jobs in textile sector in 2007-08, according to the Confederati...

The steep appreciation of Rupee would lead to a loss of around 5.79 lakh new jobs in textile sector in 2007-08, according to the Confederat...

Stagnation of textile exports due to steep appreciation of the Indian rupee will lead to a loss of around 5.79 lakh potential new jobs in 2...