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Related Keywords: authorized officers of central and state governments, duplicate version of GI registered products, dwindling market value, fake handloom products, hampering niche market, handloom, manufactured by mechanized sector of textile, pay special attention to complaints, textile marketing companies, Textile Ministry, Textiles

Duplicate versions of Geographical Indication (GI) registered handloom products are being manufactured by the mechanized sector of the textiles and are sold in market by some textile marketing companies hampering the niche market of these products , said the Textiles Ministry on Wednesday in a press release.

Related Keywords: achieve USD three hundred billion textiles exports, address adequate skilled work force, approval from Cabinet, attract investments, create thirty five million jobs, labour reforms, New national textile policy, road map, textile sector, Textile and Clothing industry, Textile Ministry, Union Minister Santosh Gangwar

Textiles Ministry to seek approval for the new national textile policy from Cabinet for which they will be approaching the Cabinet in 10-15 days, said Union Minister Santosh Gangwar today.

The new policy aims to achieve USD 300 billion textiles exports by 2024-25 and envisages creation of additional 35 million jobs.

The policy also aims to address concerns of adequate skilled work force, labour reforms, attract investments in the textile sector, and to provide a future road map for the textile and clothing industry.

Related Keywords: consists of small and medium units, domestic processing industry, largely unorganized, lead to closure of many units, norms inflexible in terms of capital investment, reduce their effluent discharge to zero, review proposal to mandate virtually to textile units, Textile Ministry, urges Ministry of Environment and Forest

The Textiles Ministry has urged the Ministry of Environment and Forests to review its proposal to mandate virtually to textile units to reduce their effluent discharge to zero, as most of the domestic processing industry is largely unorganized and consists of small and medium units. The proposed norms are inflexible in terms of capital investment and it would also have high recurring expenditure, it could lead to closure of many units.

Related Keywords: approached the rural development ministry afresh, average daily income, below the mandatory wage, extension of rural job scheme, Handloom weavers, Job scheme MGNREGS, largest job provider after agriculture, only silk farming covered, seeking extension to entire textile and garment sector, Textile Ministry, weavers are not unskilled workers

At present, within the textile sector, only silk farming is covered under the job scheme (MGNREGS) under which workers are provided the mandatory wage in the range of Rs159-241 day, depending on states and Union territories, for 100 days a year. However, the ministry has been seeking the extension of the MGNREGS to the entire textile and garment sector, which employs some 45 million people and is the largest job provider after agriculture.

Related Keywords: certify product authenticity, India Handloom's countrywide campaign, India International Trade Fair, launched brand made its market debut with handloom products, registered sellers, Textile Ministry

The textile ministry during the 35th edition of India International Trade Fair (IITF) that kicked off at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on Nov 14, Saturday, at a high note launched brand made its market debut with handloom products from registered sellers. Eleven handloom organisations and cooperative societies displayed sarees, stoles, shawls and fabrics tagged with the brand's logo and a label certifying their authenticity and quality.

Related Keywords: Kiran Soni Gupta, ludhiana knitwear club, Textile Industry, Textile Ministry, textile subsidy, textile upgradation fund scheme, TUFS scheme

The textile industry has been facing issues in getting subsidy under the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS). Some member-units had applied for subsidy under the scheme which is pending for the past one and a half years.

The Textile Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) is an interest subsidy scheme aimed at upgrade of technology as part of measures to boost the textile and jute sectors.

Related Keywords: Bathinda, cabinet approval, cotton belt, Malwa region, provide training, textile hub, Textile Ministry, Textile Park, Textile skill centres, various vocations

The cabinet has approved proposal put forward by Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Bathinda MP and union food processing industries minister for opening of two textile skill centres in Malwa region. One such centre would come up in a rural area of Bathinda and the other in Mansa.

Two days ago, the minister was inform about opening of two centres in the region by the textiles ministry.

Bathinda is known as cotton belt and the Centre wants to develop it as textile hub and opening of skill centres is the first step, the minister said.

Related Keywords: anti-dumping duty, global market, high cost of key raw material, in consultation with Finance and revenue department, look at duty cut on MMF, making Indian goods uncompetitive, manufacturing blended garment, most common man-made fibres, Textile Ministry, tonnes of material imported, viscose fibre, World Trade Organisation

The textile ministry in consultation with the finance and revenue departments to look at the possibility of a duty cut on man-made fibre as high cost of key raw material for manufacturing blended garments is making Indian goods uncompetitive in the global market. Each year, nearly Rs . 900 crore worth of man-made fibre material is imported by garment makers.

The textile industry has been intensely lobbying for duty cuts on both domestic and import fronts, had been given hope during the previous year's budget, but the decision is yet to arrive.

Related Keywords: Benares silk sari, factory made Chinese weaves, hand woven traditional fabric, losing popularity strakes to trendy, reinvest the fabric, Textile Ministry, twenty four designers met

Benares silk sari, an age old rich, painstakingly hand woven traditional fabric of India, once the prized possession of every Indian woman and an essential item in a bride’s trousseau is quickly losing out in the popularity strakes to trendy, - factory made Chinese weaves. To save it from turning into a museum relic, top twenty four designers from India recently met in the city of Benares, Uttar Pradesh, along with top officials from India’s textiles ministry, to brainstorm on how to reinvent the fabric.

Related Keywords: AGMC, geo technical textile scheme, geo technical textiles, northeast India, preserving water bodies, problem of landslides, ready-made textiles manufacturing unit, stabilizing roads, Textile Ministry, Textile Park

The textiles ministry recently announced a Rs.427-crore scheme to promote geo-technical textiles in northeast India which would be helpful in stabilizing roads, addressing the problem of landslides and preserving water bodies. Geo-technical textiles provide the functional advantages of higher endurance and durability in roads, embankments and infrastructure projects.

Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar, while appreciating the geo-technical textiles scheme, said his government is keen to implement the scheme in the state.