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India must push solar, grid reforms to navigate oil price rise: Ex-NITI Aayog member Arvind Virmanisuggested navigating this crisis by adopting a two-pronged strategy by implementing a gradual pass-through of rising oil and gas prices in ...- Trump’s art of the deal collides with Iran’s patient diplomacyFresh US–Iran talks to end a two-month conflict face deep mistrust, hardened positions and starkly different negotiating styles, raising do...
- UPSC 2026 success stories: How sons of Chennai weaver and a daily wager cracked India's toughest exam. The inspiring journey of two candidates who beat the oddsUPSC 2026: Two Chennai youths, one a power-loom weaver's son after eight attempts and another a daily wager's son in his first try, have co...
- UP government reintroduces popular flat rate for electricity scheme for weaversThe Uttar Pradesh cabinet has revived the 2006 flat rate subsidy measure for powerloom weavers by passing an amended version of it. The mea...
- Assam CM asks citizens to purchase handloom-woven scarf during upcoming Bihu celebrationSarma appealed to every Assamese person to take the pledge to purchase at least one handloom-woven gamusa in the upcoming Bihu celebration ...
- Assam’s ban on selling power loom made Mekhela Sador creates flutter in SuratSurat has been a major supplier of the traditional Mekhela Sador and Gamusa to Assam for quite some time, supplying more than 60% of the to...
- Assam ban rattles Surat’s power loom industrySpeaking to ET from Surat, the general secretary of the Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (FOSTA), Champalal Bothra, said the...
- Sanction mega powerloom cluster to Telangana as return gift for G20 logo, Minister asks PM ModiIn his 95th Mann ki Baat broadcast, Modi hailed a "unique gift" from a weaver from Telangana, Hariprasad, who sent the PM a G20 logo woven ...
- Power subsidy removal major talking point among weavers in VaranasiThe power subsidy was introduced by the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in 2006. Weavers pay less than ₹150 per month for looms that consume...
- Karnataka government announces Rs 162 crore package for weavers, veggi, fruit growersFarmers who had grown vegetables in 50,083 hectares (ha) and those who had grown fruits in 41,054 ha will be given Rs 15,000 per ha amounti...
- Slowdown tales: Bhiwandi’s power looms fall silentBhiwandi once had more than 8 lakh power looms & the textile hub was a guaranteed source of income for many.
- Telangana polls: For Sircilla weavers, it's saree distribution scheme that mattersThere is a fear among some sections that the scheme could be scrapped if the ruling TRS party fails to retain power in the crucial December...
- Government mulls health insurance cover for weavers under ESICThe medical care under the ESI scheme entails primary, secondary and tertiary medical care with no cap on individual expenditure.
- Govt considers providing tax benefits, marketing support for powerloom sectorThis 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.
- Bihar polls: Woven into a web of vote politics, ‘silk city’ in tattersOnce known as the silk city of India, Bhagalpur lost its sheen to Chinese silk yarn long ago due to sheer neglect of the highly skilled wea...
- Telangana woos back migrated weavers with power loom clusterThe government is planning to procure the textiles produced by the weavers’ cooperative at the power loom cluster and use it for government...
- Kashmiris stitch back their lives torn apart by floodsThe devastating floods that struck the valley just before winters have given Kashmiris little choice but to begin rehabilitation work immed...
- No change in definition of handloom: Textile MinistryTextile Ministry today decided to retain the existing definition of 'handloom' after a panel constituted for the purpose recommended no cha...
- '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.
- Handloom units in Gorakhpur facing crisisThousands of skilled workers engaged in the handloom industry of Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district are facing a tough time. They believe h...
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