Textile Current Affairs, GK & News
PLI Scheme for Textiles- Recent update
Under the Rs 10,683-crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the garment and textile sector, the central government of India has given its approval for the financial support of 61 companies. Overview: To receive benefits under this scheme, sixty-seven companies had applied. The total investment expected from the 61 approved applicants is Rs 19,077 crore, with ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: garment and textile sector • Man-made Fibre • PLI Scheme • production linked incentive • Textile
First Solar Powered Textile mill in Asia to come up in Parbhani district, Maharashtra
On November 17, 2020, the chairman of Jai Bhawani Women cooperative textile mill announced that the mill will soon operate on solar power. With this, the mill will become the first Solar Power enabled textile mill in Asia. The mill is located in Parbhani district of Maharashtra. Key Highlights The mill is spread across 30 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: India solar energy • Ministry of Power • Ministry of Textiles • Powerlooms Sector • Solar Energy • Solar Energy Scheme for Power looms • Solar power • Textile • Textiles
Tripura gets its first Special Economic Zone(SEZ)
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Monday, 16th December 2019 has notified the setting up of the first-ever Special Economic Zone(SEZ) in Tripura. The Special Economic Zone(SEZ) in Tripura will be set-up at the Paschim Jalefa region of Sabroom in the South Tripura District, which is about 130 km away from the capital city ..
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Agartala • Bamboo • Income Tax • Industries • Special economic zones • Textile • Tripura • Tripura Industrial Development Corporation
Ministry of Textiles takes to promote speciality fibre in India
The Union Ministry of Textiles is in talks with the Japanese Government and some companies in the U.S. to support the Indian textile industry with technology for speciality fibre and related products. Two committees for speciality fibre and another to see how to take the segment forward have been formed for this. The Ministry had ..
Topics: Clothing industry • Economic sectors • Economy • Human activities • Ministry of Textiles • Speciality chemicals • Technical textile • Textile
Colombo hosts venue of 4th edition of Intex South Asia 2018
On November 14, the fourth edition of Intex South Asia was inaugurated in Colombo by Mr. Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Indian high commissioner to Sri Lanka. It is the largest international textile sourcing show in South Asia. The event has been organized by Worldex India Exhibition and Promotion Pvt. Ltd in partnership with Cotton Textiles Export ..
Topics: Cotton • Culture • Denim • Economy • Jeans • Textile • Textile industry in India • Textiles
New Delhi venue of India International Silk Fair (IISF-2018)
The India International Silk Fair (IISF-2018) has inaugurated by Union Minister Smriti Irani at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on October 16. The fair will give a platform to exporters to display their products and to overseas buyers an opportunity to place orders and source their merchandise. In it, over 108 exhibitors of silk and ..
Topics: Animal products • Biomaterials • Pragati Maidan • Silk • Silk Road • Textile • Textiles