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Related Keywords: ATIRA, capital subsidy, Gujarat textile industry, processing, readymade garment sectors, RRTUFS, SITP, Technical textile, Textile Commissioner, TUFS

Gujarat textile industry taking maximum benefit from the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS). In TUFS under 15 percent MMS, 90 percent of the application were received from Gujarat, stated Kiran Soni Gupta, IAS, Textile Commissioner at the meeting held at the Ahmedabad Textile Industries Research Association (ATIRA) between the Textile Commissioner and textile industry stakeholders on Tuesday.
 

Related Keywords: Indian jute industry, Indian jute mills association, jute bag, packing foodgrains. packing potatoes, producion cutback

The jute industry is reeling under a demand crisis and four mills are now under a lock-out. Nearly one lakh persons are out of work in the industry due to production cutbacks. Moreover, the West Bengal government not buying jute bags as promised is a big menace for the jute industry.
 

Related Keywords: Finest Muslin textile, geographical indicative product, hand-woven, historic production, Jamdani, Jamdani Industrial Belt and Research Centre, Jamdani weaving units, legal registeration

Jamdani, one of the finest Muslin textiles with its roots in Dhaka District, Bangladesh for centuries, but not yet legally registered. It is a hand woven, fine cotton fabric deftly embellished with intricate motifs that are expertly woven into the fabric. The historic production of jamdani was patronized by imperial warrants of the Mughal emperors. Under British colonialism, the Bengali jamdani and muslin industries rapidly declined due to colonial import policies favoring industrially manufactured textiles.
 

Related Keywords: cotton spot rate, Karachi Cotton Assoiciation, Pakistan cotton market

After price of commodity declined at the open markets in Pakistan, the Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) also revised its cotton spot (benchmark) rate by bringing it down to Rs6050 per maund a reduction of Rs100 per maund.
 
The KCA decreased its spot rate in line with the downward trend in the commodity price at the open markets in Pakistan. Thee price of the commodity has decreased by around Rs150 per maund to Rs6,150 per maund at the markets.
 

Related Keywords: Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, harvest of raw cotton, Turkmenistan

In Turkmenistan cotton is grown in 5 regions (velayats): Ahal, Mary, Lebap, Dashoguz and Balkan. The acreage under cotton crop is 545 000 ha that is harvested from the August through October. According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Turkmenistan, they plan to procure 1.5 million tons of raw cotton this season.
 
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting with the level of heads of regional administrations of the country to discuss the issue related to cotton harvest.
 

Related Keywords: cotton, hand-woven, Indian weaving method, Indonesian brocade family of textile, silk, Songket textile, Tanoti, Tanoti Sdn Bhd, traditional craft

Indian weaving and design methods, songket textiles were brought in to trade or as gifts for the sultan and his entourage as early as the 15th century in Malacca. Hand-woven from silk or cotton and intricately patterned with gold or silver thread, songket is a fabric that belongs to the brocade family of textiles of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
 

Related Keywords: Ceylon Leather Products, Fabric Maker, LCI Group Company, SAT, shares, South Asia Textile Industries, ultra modern manufacturing plant, weft knitted fabric

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Leather Products, a company with a proud history of 74 years in processing and manufacturing of leather and leather products. The company plans investment of Rs.306.4 million in South Asia Textile Industries Pvt Ltd, a fabric maker.
 
Ceylon Leather Products will buy 3.06 million shares in rights issues raising its stake to 80 percent, the firm said in a stock exchange filing.
 

Related Keywords: ITRHD, NITHM, Pochampally, Pochampally textile, Pochampally weaves and pattern, Telangana state, tourism, traditional loom, weaver, workshop-cum-exhibition

A cluster of 80 villages in Nalgonda district of Telangana state forms Pochampally which has traditional looms whose design is more than a century old. Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development (ITRHD) and Dr YSR National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management (NITHM) was signed MoU to promote Pochampally in different manners and thereby enhance the livelihood of the weavers.
 

Related Keywords: 2014 budget, construction MSMEs, CRISIL, employment, infrastructure investment, mega cluster, semi-skilled workforce, skilled, textile sector, TUFS

The textiles sector and construction MSMEs is set to witness a substantial increase in employment following the 2014 budget. Though, it already offers numerous opportunities to the country's skilled and semi-skilled workforce.

With the budget 2014 allocating Rs.330 crore for textile sector, which includes enhancements to the Technology Upgradation Funds Scheme (TUFS) and plans to set up six new mega-clusters across the country.

Related Keywords: Brother International, digital printing, garment decoration, IEC, SGI Dubai 2015, SGI Textile, technical fabric, textile printing

The Exhibition arm of the Dubai-based conglomerate, the Falak Holding; International Expo Consult (IEC) is the organizer of key exhibitions including Sign and Graphic Imaging (SGI Dubai) and the Dubai, Entertainment, Amusement and Leisure (DEAL). IEC has announced that 'SGI Dubai 2015' will include an exclusive textile printing focused pavilion called 'SGI Textile' that will see the introduction of new technologies under two broad printing categories namely 'technical fabric' and 'garment decoration' alongside other major pavilions.