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Related Keywords: High qulaity infrastructure, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, textile and clothing sector, Textile parks, textile venture capital fund, Tirupur Exporters Association, Union Minister of state for Textiles

Union Minister of State for Textiles Santhosh Kumar Gangwar on Sunday at the 25th year celebrations of the Tirupur Exporters’ Association announced that the Government is planning to announce 25 more textile parks shortly to provide high quality infrastructure for the textiles and clothing sector.

These 25 projects are to be from the 49 proposals received now before the Ministry, seeking approvals for setting up the textile parks. The applications are being examined.

Related Keywords: cotton farmers, cotton farmers in China, cotton farmers in India, cotton farmers in Pakistan, cotton farming, CottonConnect, global cotton, World Water Week

As World Water Week kicks off in Stockholm, 31st August to 5th September 2014, CottonConnect warns that more support is needed for smallholder cotton farmers as they grapple with the effects of water scarcity, which could put the global cotton industry at serious risk.

Related Keywords: APTMA, boost textile export, China demand, cotton farmers, foreign market, lower cotton acreage, Pakistan textile industry, phutti rates, revival in yarn

The revival in yarn demand from China is a good omen for the Pakistan textile industry giving a boost to textile exports. The resurge in yarn demand has come as a sign of relief for the exporters who were worried over the waning global demand during the past one year, according to Seth Akber, senior vice chairman of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma).

Related Keywords: attract textile investment, Karnataka state government, mega textile park, New Textile Policy 2013-18, preferred textile destination, textile clusters vis-a-vis skill development programmes, textile investors meet, textile sector, Yadgir district

The new Textile Policy 2013-18 recently announced by the Karnataka state government aims to attract investment worth over Rs 10,000 crore in the sector during the five-year policy period but a growth close to three times over the previous policy period, create jobs for about half a million during the new Textile Policy period with majority of jobs in the rural areas and also make the State a preferred textile destination, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said.

Related Keywords: energy managment system, German International Cooperation, GIZ, Pakistan textile industry, save 10MW electricity, Sustainable Production Centre, textile mills in Pakistan

The Pakistan textile industry in collaboration with German International Cooperation (GIZ) through implementation of Energy Management System in several mills has achieved target of saving over 10MW electricity. APTMA and GIZ cooperation was started back in 2008.

Related Keywords: announce national textile policy, draft textile policy, fine tune, garment sector, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Textile ministers of all states, Textile Ministry, Textile Park, Tirupur Exporters Association, Union government

A meeting of textile ministers of all states would be convened in September end to fine tune the draft textile policy, so that the Union government can soon come out with a national textile policy, Minister of State for Textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar said at the inauguration of the silver jubilee celebrations of Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) in Tirupur.

A textile venture capital fund would be set up with an initial capital of Rs. 35 crore, which would be scaled up further, the MoS said.

Related Keywords: GSP Plus facility, Pakistan textile export, Pakistan textile exporters association, Pakistan textile industry, Policymakers, Sheikh Ilyas Mahmood

Pakistan textile exports recorded a 2.37% decline in July over the same month of the previous fiscal year and a month-on-month drop of 7.89% in July alone. Power crisis was the major reason for the decline in exports as 50% of the industry’s production capacity took a hit due to the lack of energy supply.

Textile exports has witnessed and it is likely that the export numbers in the coming months might get even uglier as the textile industry in Punjab has remained deprived of fuel, as per Sheikh Ilyas Mahmood, the PTEA chairman

Related Keywords: Designers Mart, FADAN, Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria, Kolawole Kuddus, Nigerian-made cloths, production hub, textile companies

The Fashion Designers' Association of Nigeria (FADAN), Lagos Chapter has proposed a production hub which is going to be like a meeting point for key players. To build the production hub in Lagos the association would require about N150 million.

Mr Kolawole Kuddus, the State Coordinator of the association, said that the production hub would also include a retail store that would display finished clothing items and accessories made by Nigerian fashion designers and pattern makers.

Related Keywords: fashion designers, Gujarat, Gujarat's fashion industry, high-end designer wear, luxury brands, new favourite destination, slew of multi-designer shops, style of Prime Minister

Gujarat turning out to be a new favourite destination for fashion designers in the country as the people in Ahmedabad and other cities in the state, now prefer premium designer labels for weddings and even pool parties, prompting a slew of multi-designer shops to dot the streets of Gujarat adding zest to careers of local fashion designers.

Related Keywords: Chakolas, expertise by tradition, intensive training, Jolly Silks, KADCO, Kerala government, Kerala textile manufacturing sector, Kunhalikutty, panchayat level, set up garment production units, textile groups, textile ornmentation, women artisans

The Kerala Government will actively mulling over setting up small garment production units at the panchayat level to help women artisans, who have good expertise either by tradition or by six-months long intensive training provided by the Kerala Artisans Development Corporation (Kadco) in textile ornamentation.