Industry

Piyush Goyal To Present AEPC Excellence Honours Award

Textile Insights November 5, 2023

The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has revealed that Union Minister Piyush Goyal will present the prestigious AEPC Excellence Honours Awards on 9th December 2023 in New Delhi. These awards will recognize the exceptional contributions made by Indian apparel exporters in the years

Event

Bharat Tex 2024: Paving The Way For India’s Global Leadership In Textiles

Textile Insights October 22, 2023

Bharat Tex 2024, the world’s largest textile event, is all set to bolster India’s textile industry. Union Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the curtain-raiser event at Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi, commending the industry for its visionary initiative. Goyal highlighted that this event represents India’s commitment to becoming a global textile powerhouse. It

Cotton

Project To Promote DNA Testing Of Cotton In India

Textile Insights September 2, 2023

Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal informed that a project will be initiated for development of cotton markers in order to promote DNA testing of cotton in the country. Piyush Goyal said this while presiding over the seventh interactive meeting with the Textile Advisory Group (TAG) on Cotton, in Coimbatore to review progress of initiatives for cotton […]

Industry

India Has Capability To Become World’s Biggest Textile Hub: Goyal

Textile Insights September 2, 2023

India has the capability to become the world’s biggest textile hub and the Indian textile sector has done commendable work, but should multiply their efforts, as a lot still needs to be achieved. This was said by Chief Guest and Textile Minister Piyush Goyal, while delivering the keynote address at the 11th Asian Textile Conference […]

Export

Goyal Discusses Roadmap To Achieve $100 Bn Exports By 2030

Textile Insights July 20, 2023

At a brainstorming session held with officials of the Ministry of Textiles, Minister for Textiles Piyush Goyal discussed the roadmap to achieve the target of $250 billion in textiles production and $100 billion exports by 2030. According to a PIB press release, at the Chintan Shivir, Piyush Goyal emphasised on holistic approach towards making the […]

Event

Maharashtra’s PM MITRA Park Inaugurated – A Boost For Textile Industry

Textile Insights July 17, 2023

Maharashtra’s Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde, along with Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Textiles, and Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, officially launched the PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel Park (PM MITRA Park) in Amravati. The inauguration ceremony

Industry

India Actively Considering CEPAs & FTAs – Piyush Goyal

Textile Insights June 27, 2023

Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Textiles informed that India is actively considering the possibility of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs) and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with various countries. He said that these agreements aim to enhance the market size and facilitate exporters and by entering into these agreements, India aims to tap into new markets,

Sustainability

Environmental, Social And Governance Task Force In The Textiles Sector Soon Dedicated To Sustainability: Piyush Goyal

Textile Insights April 29, 2023

An ESG (environmental, social and governance) Task Force in the textiles sector will be created keeping in mind India’s commitment towards sustainability, said Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Textiles, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Commerce and Industry during soft launch of e-commerce website of Ministry of Textiles dedicated to handloom

Industry

International Trade In Rupee Currency Soon: Piyush Goyal

Textile Insights April 22, 2023

Indian traders will soon be able to settle foreign trade in our very own rupee crurren as several bank from different countries are opening special Vostro accounts with Indian banks, said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved 60 requests to open Special Rupee Vostro Accounts (SRVAs) of […]