Textiles
What is SAMARTH scheme?
The SAMARTH (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector) scheme is a demand-driven and placement-oriented umbrella skilling initiative that aims to provide incentives and create jobs in the organized textile industry and related sectors, covering the entire value chain of ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2023
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Textile Advisory Group for Manmade Fibre
The Speaker of the house forms the advisory committees. One such committee was recently formed to look into the issues of the textile sector. The committee also studied the issues faced in the manmade fibres. The Minister of Textiles Shri ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2024
Cotton Council of India
Cotton Council of India has been recently set up by the Union government. Why the council was set up? According to the Union Ministry of Textiles, the objective of the council is to resolve the issues related to cotton & ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
National Conference on PM MITRA Scheme
A National Conference on PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel Park (PM MITRA) Parks Scheme was recently held. Who organized the conference? Ministry of Textiles. What are the highlights of the conference? Officials from 13 State Governments enumerated the ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Ministry of Textiles launches “Local4Diwali” campaign
The Union Ministry of Textiles has launched a campaign for Diwali- “Local4Diwali”. The campaign has been launched to promote the Indian handicraft which is the cultural heritage of the country and also a source of livelihood for many. As per ..