by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | Apr 25, 2023 | News & Insights
A 12-hour workweek in factories is now prohibited in Tamil Nadu due to negotiations with labour unions, according to a government statement released on Monday. The All India Trade Union Congress and the Centre of Indian Trade groups, two labour groups that opposed the...
by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | Apr 24, 2023 | apparel
The assembly on Friday passed a Bill permitting 12-hour shifts as opposed to the previous eight in an effort to entice international firms to locate industrial facilities in Tamil Nadu. Sectors like information technology, electronics, textile, and non-leather...
by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | Mar 16, 2023 | cotton industry, COTTON PRICE
MARKET OUTLOOK Prices of cotton yarn in south India remained stable, despite slow demand from the downstream industry. Cotton yarn was sold at earlier prices in Mumbai and Tiruppur. Spinning mills in south India were aggressively selling yarn in Maharashtra, while due...
by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | Mar 6, 2023 | News & Insights
The migrant workers were seen waiting at Coimbatore railway station on Saturday to return back to their home towns. A worker from Bihar said that he and his friends are going home for Holi. The policeman said , “ The number of workers at the station is relatively less...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Nov 14, 2022 | Business & Policy, News & Insights, Textile Technology
Future Group Vendors United (FGVU) is an association of more than 300 MSME vendors supplying garment and fashion accessories to all Future Group companies namely Future Enterprises Ltd / Future Retail Ltd / Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd / Future Speciality Retail Ltd....
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Nov 14, 2022 | Articles, In-Depth Analysis, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights, Technical Textiles & Non-Wovens
According to experts, Asia still holds the top spot in the garment sector. Accounting for 55% of global textiles and clothing exports and employing around 60 million workers, Asian countries’ power in the textile industry can’t be ignored. That said, protections...
by Ssmundra2612 | Jan 27, 2021 | News & Insights, Technical Textiles & Non-Wovens
Concerns of UK manufacturers regarding shortage of low-wage workers and supplies have risen the most in nearly 50 years, according to a survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which recently said a measure of how manufacturers feel about their...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Sep 23, 2020 | Finance & Economy, News & Insights
The proposed Industrial Relations Code Bill 2020, seeks to give more flexibility to industrial establishments to employ or fire workers without Government approval, if they have a workforce of up to 300 workers. The present limit is 100 or more. However, it is also...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 29, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Of the about 25 corporates that have disclosed to the exchanges the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their businesses, the top ones include Bharat Forge, Titan, Avenue Supermarts (D-Mart), Dabur and L G Balakrishnan. A week after markets regulator Sebi asked...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 29, 2020 | Covid 19, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Two of India’s top automakers have reported first cases of coronavirus among their workers in less than two weeks of opening up after the government relaxed nationwide lockdown rules. Maruti Suzuki India, which sells one in every two cars in the country, has said one...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 25, 2020 | Covid 19, Finance & Economy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The global hand sanitizer market size is expected to reach USD 17.2 billion by 2026 according to a new study by Polaris Market Research. The report “Hand Sanitizer Market by Product Type (Gel, Liquid, Foam and Spray); By Distribution Channel (E-Commerce, Hospital...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 22, 2020 | Covid 19, Finance & Economy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The process of reverse migration of workers continued in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday as the tally of coronavirus-infected people reached 5,515 in the state. Several migrants tested positive in various parts of the state, including Maharajganj, Siddharthnagar, Basti,...