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Textiles Awards given by Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi

The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu conferred Textiles awards on 17 persons for their outstanding contribution in different fields of textiles sector in New Delhi recently. During the ceremony, he was presented commemorative stamps on GI registered handicrafts. Speaking on the occasion, the Vice President said that the textiles sector is playing a […]

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January 8, 2019
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Smriti Irani Gives Away Handicrafts Export Awards

Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, presented awards to handicrafts exporters for their outstanding performance in exports for the year 2015-16 and 2016-17 at a function at India Expo Centre & Mart in Greater Noida, Delhi NCR last evening. Minister of State for Textiles, Ajay Tamta and Development Commissioner [Handicrafts], Shantmanu, were also present […]

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December 19, 2018
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Govt. Sanctioned Package for Garment Manufacturing Units

Ministry of Textiles under North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS) had sanctioned a project to set up one each Apparel and Garmenting Centre consisting of three units in all North Eastern States at a cost of Rs. 18.18 crore per Centre, Minister of State of Textiles, Ajay Tamta, in a written reply in the […]

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December 12, 2018
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Spinning Mills are Facing Problems in Andhra Pradesh

The Minister of State of Textiles, Ajay Tamta, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today said that at present, there are 132 cotton and man-made fibre textile mills (Non- SSI) of which only 22 cotton and man-made fibre textile mills (Non-SSI) are closed in the last 30 years due to financial problems and […]

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December 12, 2018
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Irani introduced new Scheme under Skill India Mission

A new Scheme, Samarth is introduced with an objective to skill youth for gainful and sustainable employment in the textile sector. It was addressed by the Union Textiles Minister, Smriti Zubin Irani in the meeting of stakeholders on Samarth in New Delhi yesterday. This new scheme has been launched for Capacity Building in Textile Sector […]

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May 15, 2018
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Silk Sector Witnessing Steady Growth in its production

The production of raw silk in the country is estimated to be 33,840 MT in 2017-18 as against 30,348 MT in 2016-17. This information was given by Minister of State for Textiles Ajay Tamta in the Rajya Sabha today. He said, the estimated cumulative annual growth rate of Silk sector is 6.40% based on the […]

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March 21, 2018
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Government taking initiative to boost Textiles and Apparel Exports

The Central Government has taken several steps to improve textile and apparel exports. It has enhanced rates of Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) from 2 per cent to 4 per cent for apparel and made-ups with effect from 1stNovember 2017. This information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles, Ajay Tamta in […]

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March 14, 2018
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Textiles Sector likely to touch 250 Bn US$ by 2020

Associated Chamber Of Commerce (Assocham) together with Resurgent has pointed out that India’s textiles sector is likely to touch 250 billion US Dollar in the subsequent two years from the current level of 150 billion US Dollar. It is observed that textile and apparel sector is the second largest employment provider in the country after […]

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November 10, 2017
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Trade Facilitation Centre for Handicrafts launched by Modi

A trade facilitation centre Deendayal Hastkala Sankul for handicrafts has been inaugurated by the prime minister Narendra Modi, in Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) on September 22. He described the centre as one of the biggest project for Varanasi. Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani was also present at the inauguration ceremony of the Rs. 300 crore-Deendayal […]

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September 25, 2017
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The Country celebrates 3rd National Handloom Day

Union minister of state for Textiles, Ajay Tamta has saluted the handloom weavers for their commitment, dedication and skill and said that the centre is taking various initiatives for their welfare. Presiding over the main event of the 3rd National Handloom Day celebrations in Guwahati, Tamta said weavers should be able to earn due value […]

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August 8, 2017
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The Handloom weavers not under the GST regime

Minister of state for textiles Ajay Tamta has said in the Rajya Sabha that the Handloom weavers do not come under the GST regime as their total turnover is below Rs 20 lakh and subsidy worth Rs 6,000 crore has been allocated for the sector. He said in order to encourage the setting up of […]

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August 4, 2017
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Cotton Textiles Export declines in 3 yrs

Cotton textiles Export has declined by 10 per cent over the past three years, minister of state for textiles Ajay Tamta said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. The export comprises cotton yarn, other textile yarn, fabric, madeups articles, cotton raw waste and cotton fabrics and madeups, which include products like bedsheets, blankets […]

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July 24, 2017
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Textiles Awards given by Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi

Smriti Irani Gives Away Handicrafts Export Awards

Govt. Sanctioned Package for Garment Manufacturing Units

Spinning Mills are Facing Problems in Andhra Pradesh

Irani introduced new Scheme under Skill India Mission

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Government taking initiative to boost Textiles and Apparel Exports

Textiles Sector likely to touch 250 Bn US$ by 2020

Trade Facilitation Centre for Handicrafts launched by Modi

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The Handloom weavers not under the GST regime

Cotton Textiles Export declines in 3 yrs