This would be the second in a series of incentives for the textile sector, after a Rs 6,500 crore package announced for garments in June.

No state govt officials came on record on coordination gap between the state and Centre, but ground reports suggest there are pockets where...

Take 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...

To promote the textiles sector, the government may consider a proposal for continuation of comprehensive powerloom cluster development sche...

The Union Budget 2012-13 speech made by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee saw a number of changes being announced across the sectors of...

Based on the latest information from South India Cotton Association and SIMA members, estimated cotton production would be around 309 lakh ...

The Union textile Ministry is hopeful of finding a lasting solution to the long pending effluent discharge problem faced by the dyeing unit...

The $55-billion Indian textiles sector surely had high expectations from Pranab Mukherjee after one million layoffs and partial shutdowns o...

The powerloom sector in India is looking at alternate markets like Europe and the domestic retail story to minimise the impact of the econo...

The year 2004-05 started on a positive note in April 2004 with annual growth of 8.9 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production.