Sustainability

Organisations Partner To Boost Indian Apparels Sustainability

Textile Insights May 30, 2024

SU.RE (Sustainable Resolution) has partnered with the British Council to launch a new project aimed at transforming India’s apparel sector and will run from May to October 2024. This collaboration, which engages key SU.RE signatories with the UK’s New Landscape programme, marks a pivotal step

Cotton

India To Launch Revamped Cotton Technology Mission

Textile Insights April 26, 2024

The Union Textiles Ministry is gearing up to launch a revamped Cotton Technology Mission aimed at improving the quality and output of India’s cotton by adopting best practices. “The goal is to position India as a prime destination for textile sourcing and foreign investment,” two people aware of the matter said. “This mission is designed […]

Export

Indian Textiles Ministry To Curb Sub-Standard Quality Exports

Textile Insights April 5, 2024

In order to control exports of sub-standard textile products and bolster India’s reputation in the global market, the Union Textiles Ministry is planning a significant upgrade of its testing infrastructure. “The move comes amid concerns that poor-quality pashmina shawls and silk exports have been hurting the country’s image as a reliable supplier,” Mint

Cotton

SIMA Chief Advises Mills To Rely Only On Govt Agencies Forecast

Textile Insights March 26, 2024

The Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) has urged its member mills to plan their cotton purchase according to reports issued by the Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption (COCPC). Dr SK Sundararaman, Chairman of SIMA has advised cotton textile mills to rely only on the estimates published by the Office of the Textile Commissioner, Ministry […]

Policies

Selling Machine Made Products As Handmade Will Be Penalised

Textile Insights March 7, 2024

Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal warned of firm action against those selling machine-made products under the ‘Handmade in India’ label. Piyush Goyal said this during his interaction with beneficiaries of the textile sector and urged them to be vocal for local and take local to global. Also present during the interaction were Minister of State for […]

Economy

Indian Textile Sector To Attract Investments Of Rs 95,000cr

Textile Insights February 24, 2024

“India’s textile industry is anticipated to attract Rs 95,000 crore investment in the following four to six years, and generate over 2.25 million additional jobs,” Union Textiles Secretary Rachna Shah said. “This will primarily be due to the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme and the proposed seven PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) […]

Policies

Textile Ministry May See Marginal Rise In Budget Allocation

Textile Insights January 29, 2024

The Indian Textile Ministry is likely to see a marginal increase of 2.5 percent in its budget allocation for fiscal 2024-25 over the Rs 4,389 crore allocated in the current fiscal. “This increase, though modest, aligns with the government’s commitment to establish India as a key global player in the textile industry. However, the limited […]

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Govt Approves Technical Textile Projects Worth Rs 103 Crores

Textile Insights January 19, 2024

The Indian Textiles Ministry approved 11 project proposals related to technical textiles amounting to around Rs 103 crore. The Union Minister for Textiles Piyush Goyal, cleared the proposals while chairing the 8th Meeting of the Mission Steering Group (MSG) of the National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM). These project proposals include nine R&D projects, one project

Industry

Union Govt Taking Steps To Address Uncontrolled Textile Imports

Textile Insights January 10, 2024

The Union Government is taking adequate steps to address the issues of lack of demand and uncontrolled imports in the textiles sector. This was informed by Union Textiles Secretary Rachna Shah in a press conference held in New Delhi. “We are monitoring surges in textile imports which will be addressed, while QCO on textile materials […]