by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 20, 2020 | Covid 19, Finance & Economy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Weaving the gossamer fine fabric which made his hometown Chanderi famous the world over, Mohammed Dilshad says his life is in tatters with no money, no food and no work. Till a little before the lockdown started on March 25, he would be out for days at a stretch,...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Apr 7, 2020 | Articles, Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Sustainability, Textile Articles
Deepika Choudhury- Founder of ANTARANG Sustainability is the most often used term in today’s time. Everyone is talking about it, but how many are really following it? The concept of sustainability is about meeting the needs of the present without compromising the...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 25, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The Government of India has engaged 23 e-commerce agencies for online marketing of Handloom products as per the extant policy framework. An amount of Rs. 93.79 crore has been generated from online marketing of Handloom products as on Feb, 2020. E-commerce agencies are...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Jan 31, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) in a statement said it “strongly condemned the decision of the Gujarat government announcing” this memorandum of understanding (MoU). Domestic traders body CAIT on Tuesday “strongly condemned” the...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Nov 21, 2019 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The Government is implementing following schemes to support handloom weavers across the country and to protect them from private players in India, abroad and duplicate products from outside the State: National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) Comprehensive...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Nov 6, 2019 | Traditional Textiles
Hyderabad-based SaileshSinghania Design House is working with 700 weavers across 22 handloom clusters across India that include Pranpur, Cholapur, Pochampally, Srikakulam, Gadwal, Upadda and Kota, according to fashion designer and owner SaileshSinghania, who said it...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Aug 7, 2019 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The 5th National Handloom Day will be celebrated tomorrow across the country. Union Minister of Textiles and Women and Child Development, SmritiZubinIrani, will preside over a function at VigyanBhawan in New Delhi to mark the occasion. Minister of Petroleum &...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Jul 30, 2019 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The purchase preference for local content and local supplier, as envisaged in the Public Procurement Policy notification, is accorded through clause (i) of Rule 153 of General Financial Rules (GFR 2017)of Government of India for handloom items.Year-wise and State-wise...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Jul 30, 2019 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Mega handloom cluster is taken up under Comprehensive Handloom Development Scheme as announced by the Union Finance Minister in the respective budget with the financial provision. At present, there is no proposal for inclusion of Balaramapuram in Thiruvananthapuram...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Jul 30, 2019 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
To improve the socio economic condition of weavers and to promote the handloom sector, the Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles, is implementing the following schemes across the country:- National Handloom Development Programme...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Jul 30, 2019 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The overall production and employment in the textile sector is showing an increasing trend during the period. This can be seen from the following data relating to some of the textile sector components:- The details of production of various textile items: Item 2016-17...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Jul 26, 2019 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The purchase preference for Local Content and Local Supplier, as envisaged in the Public Procurement Policy notification, is accorded through clause (i) of Rule 153 of General Financial Rules (GFR 2017)of Government of India for handloom items.Year-wise and State-wise...
