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Related Keywords: Asia Pacific region, attract investors, immensely increase investment competitiveness, National Industrial Corridor Development Authority, NICDA, R&D, seeks support of Centre, set up Integrated Machine Tool Park, set up Japan Industrial Township at Medak, Technology Development Centre of Excellence, Telangana government, textile machinery

The Telangana state government seeks support of the Centre in set up Japan Industrial Township at Medak in the proposed National Industrial Corridor Development Authority (NICDA) which will immensely increase the investment competitiveness and attract more investors from the Asia Pacific region.

The setting up of NICDA between Central government and Japan is in the offing, which will be finalized in October, mostly before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed tour to Japan in October or November.

Related Keywords: absence of electricity and gas in textile city, attract investors, establish unit, failed to allot single plot to industrialists, generation of jobs died down, Karachi Textile City, prime reason for project failure, project of achieving export target, return acquired land to Port Qasim Authority, shut down, Under developed project

With the close down of the under developed project, Karachi Textile City, the hopes attached with the project of achieving export target of $2 billion and generation of 80,000 jobs has died down, said a senior official in the Ministry of Textile Industry.

Related Keywords: agro processors, attract investors, Cotton to Clothing strategy, develop and support consuming industries, develop and support cotton consuming industries, increase productivity of cotton, strategy advocates construction of local industry, TEGAMAT, Textile and Garment Manufacturers Association of Tanzania, urged government to execute

Textile and Garment Manufacturers Association of Tanzania (TEGAMAT) to develop and support consuming industries urged the government to execute the Cotton to Clothing Strategy (2016-2020). The strategy advocates construction of local industry, especially the agro-processors.

TEGAMAT Vice President Sylvester Kazi in Dar es Salaam, speaking at the official launch of leather, sunflower oil, cotton to clothing strategies and value chain roadmap, said that the government should use the strategy to implement the second five year development plan.

Related Keywords: attract investors, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, cotton output, exports of unprocessed cotton, hindering policy implementation, lack of funds, Uganda textile industry, Uganda textile policy, value addition

A decade ago, Uganda produced 254,000 bales of cotton annually, each weighing 185kg. About 10 percent of Uganda's annual cotton output is processed locally and 90 percent of its cotton as lint (primary form) is exported as value addition continues to elude the industry due to the delayed National Textile Policy. The country has more than 38 cotton lint exporters with some ginning.

Related Keywords: apparel industry, attract investors, creating favourable conditions, FDI, Germany-based Tchibo, labour unrest, Major brands from Ethiopia and Kenya, rising wages, Sweden-based H&M, UK-based George at Asda, USA-based Phillips-Van Heusen, various countries in South Asia

Major brands are beginning to source from Ethiopia and Kenya due to rising wages in China, labour unrest and violence in Cambodia, and ineffective compliance with rules and regulations in various countries in South Asia – leading to fires and, in particular, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh. Also, the governments in Ethiopia and Kenya are creating favourable conditions in order to attract investors, according to a new report from the global business information company Textiles Intelligence.