by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | Jun 1, 2023 | cotton industry, COTTON PRICE
The Southern India Mills Association (SIMA), the apex body of spinning mills in South India, has asked farmers to dispose of cotton stocks held back by them before the monsoon begins to fetch better prices. “It will be difficult to gin cotton during the rainy season,”...
by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | May 23, 2023 | TEXTILE PARK
While opening a massive textile park here, he noted that additional investment in other areas of the state is anticipated to total nearly 8,675 crore. Under the PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) concept, the central government has previously...
by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | May 18, 2023 | cotton industry, COTTON PRICE
Over 10,000 farmers will participate in a protest rally here on Thursday with plans to burn 1,000 quintal of unsold raw cotton that they are stuck with, according to campaigners, who are upset about the decreased productivity, reduction in pricing, and high production...
by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | May 17, 2023 | cotton industry, COTTON PRICE
After starting this year’s cotton seeding in the middle of April, everything is going well across North India. Initial reports indicate that Rajasthan’s cotton sowing area will grow since farmers there have chosen to cultivate cotton this year. In Punjab...
by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | Apr 4, 2023 | agriculture, cotton industry
The Impact Targets form part of Better Cotton’s 2030 Strategy and will help drive environmental and social improvements at the field-level for millions of farmers and farm workers Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, today...
by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | Apr 3, 2023 | cotton industry
Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Agriculture to reinforce the pair’s partnership and further support the production of more sustainable cotton across the...
by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | Mar 20, 2023 | agriculture
According to Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, the national-level multi-state cooperative societies that the Union Cabinet has approved for the promotion of organic products and exports will greatly improve farmers’ income over the next ten years....
by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | Mar 1, 2023 | COTTON PRICE, Yarn Price
According to an official release issued on Friday, India and the Gulf Cooperation Council have decided to resume FTA negotiations (25 November). Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and GCC Secretary General Nayef Falah M Al-Hajraf held a joint press conference on...
by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | Feb 28, 2023 | COTTON PRICE, Yarn Price
As there is less cotton arriving at market yards this year, the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) may cease purchasing cotton at the minimum support price (MSP) after March 31. A high-level committee recently discussed this and recommended that the CCI cease...
by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | Feb 25, 2023 | Corporate / SME, Environment/Ecosystem
Ajay Piramal, Nadir Godrej, and Ashok Hinduja are invited by the government of Andhra Pradesh to participate in their prestigious global investor summit. The delegation, which was presided over by the honourable finance minister, spoke about possible economic...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Feb 22, 2023 | agriculture, Environment/Ecosystem, News & Insights
Leading producer of innovative polymers and sustainable solutions provider Covestro and its NGO partner United Way Mumbai came together on 17th February 2023 to flag off a unique project- Jal Sanjivani. Jal Sanjivani is an integrated watershed management program...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Feb 20, 2023 | Events Updates, Sustainability
NDDB Mrida Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary company of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) signed an agreement with Sistema.bio, India’s leading biogas company, to work with smallholder dairy farmers and provide sustainable solutions in waste-to-energy and...