Textiles Ministry, FICCI to organise workshop on protective and fire retardant textiles

September 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Ministry of Textiles and the FICCI will jointly organise a workshop on 'Strengthening-Government-Industry-Consumer Partnership on Geotech Textiles' here tomorrow. Senior Officers from the Central and State Governments will address the delegates.

September 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Ministry of Textiles and the FICCI will jointly organise a workshop on 'Strengthening-Government-Industry-Consumer Partnership on Geotech Textiles' here today. Senior Officers from the Central and State Governments will address the delegates.

September 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Ministry of Textiles and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) will jointly organise a workshop on use of textiles in agriculture here today. Over 100 delegates from various sectors like agriculture, the State Governments, agricultural universities, forest departments and institutes will attend the workshop.

September 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Ministry of Textiles and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) will jointly organise a workshop on use of textiles in agriculture here tomorrow. Over 100 delegates from various sectors like agriculture, the State Governments, agricultural universities, forest departments and institutes will attend the workshop.

September 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government may soon provide a regulatory framework to the protective textiles sector to boost its growth, Textiles Secretary Rita Menon said Tuesday. "The government is actively considering to provide a regulatory framework to achieve 25 percent growth per annum of technical textiles against business-as-usual growth of 11 percent, Menon told reporters on the sidelines of a workshop.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Textile Management in Coimbatore will be upgraded and renamed Indian School of Textiles, the government announced Thursday. "The school will engage itself in research and will also undertake comprehensive consultancy services for the industry, Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran told reporters here.

August 31st, 2009 NEW YORK - India's exports to the US can increase by $1.5-billion if it made an effort to bail out the ailing textiles sector, according to Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran, now on an official visit to the US. "My visit will help exporters grab a large chunk of the market, which is expected to rebound by 2010 and 2011, Maran said Sunday while inaugurating the India Pavilion at "Sourcing Magic" fair in Las Vegas.

August 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Wednesday said it expected investments of Rs.5,000 crore and employment of nearly three lakh in the technical textiles sector by 2012. "The segment has a potential to attract investments and create additional employment opportunities in the coming years, Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran told reporters after launching a website -- www.technotex.gov.in -- that will meet the information needs of stakeholders.

July 22nd, 2009 TOKYO - With a view to finding new markets for the textile industry and reducing dependence on the US and the European Union (EU), India has begun promoting itself in Japan, with Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran inaugurating the Indian pavilion at the Mega Apparel and Textiles Show here Wednesday. The initiative is part of the government's policy to push Indian textiles exports to South East Asia, especially Japan.

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Despite high interest cost and falling exports, India's manufacturing sector will recover in the second quarter this fiscal, says a report by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). "Indian manufacturing sector is likely to witness more than a moderate growth with eight out of the 10 sectors surveyed reporting not only positive but also high growth for July-September 2009 vis-a-vis same quarter last year," said the FICCI report.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran will begin his visit to Japan from today. Maran is leading the joint trade delegation of textiles sector.

July 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran will lead the joint trade delegation of textiles sector to Japan on July 20. The seventeen-member delegation comprises the representatives of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL), the Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Promotion Council (SRTEPC), the Knitwear Technology Mission, and leading textiles manufacturers and exporters from Tirupur and Coimbatore textiles clusters.

July 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government is promoting an export policy regime for the textiles industry that will cover all potential markets including South East Asia, said Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran Wednesday. The government is also promoting textiles mega shows in potential markets.

June 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has called for cheap export credit and income tax exemption for export earnings for Indias garments exporters. At a meeting with Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran Wednesday, FICCI advocated credit for exporters at an interest rate of 7 percent, 100 percent exemption on income tax for export earnings for three years, initiation of skill development programmes, and reimbursement of duties to exporters.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The DMK, the third largest party in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), Thursday got three key portfolios of communications and information technology, textiles, and chemicals and fertilizers. DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.