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CEPC expects business of a few thousand crore rupees at India Carpet Expo

Aamir H Kaki Mahavir Pratap Sharma, Chairman, Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC), said on Monday that they are expecting a business of a few thousand crore rupees at the 33rd edition of India Carpet Expo (ICE). “We are hoping to generate a lot of business from this edition of ICE. This is one of our bi-annual events and I personally feel that New Delhi is easy for buyers to come. The previous edition was held in Varanasi last year. We have a great list of exhibitors and are expecting business generated would be in a few thousand crores,” he said. “There are more than 300 exhibitors exhibiting their products at the ICE from across the country,” Sharma told The Dollar Business when ...

Two textile parks approved for Uttarakhand

PTI Two textile parks have been approved for Uttarakhand and the state government has to decide where it wants to set them up, Union Minister of State for Textiles, Ajay Tamta, said recently.In these parks, weavers will be provided hi-tech infrastructure facilities, modern technology, training and raw materials, he said.The minister from Almora constituency said he will especially try to improve the conditions of the weavers living in remote areas of Uttarakhand and in the hilly areas along the Sino-Indian border.He said this will help in reducing migration in the hilly areas in search of jobs and not only the weavers but educated and skilled youth will also get work opportunities.  

Centre approves Rs.6000-cr package for textile sector

The Dollar Business Bureau The Textile Ministry on Thursday conveyed that it is taking concrete steps to set up textile parks in India with an emphasis on linking these parks with tourism.  The Centre has provided Rs.10 crore for improvement of Raghurajpur area in Odisha to facilitate textile-tourism linkage. "As many as 24 textile parks have been set up in different parts of the country in the last two years of the BJP-led NDA government. We are trying to link this key sector with tourism," Textile Minister Santosh Gangwar said.  Earlier this week, the government approved a Rs.6000 crore special packages for the textile sector.  Referring to the policies of the previous government, Gangwar said only 16 textile parks had been set up during the ...

India likely to persuade Bangladesh for lifting jute export ban

Deepak Kumar | The Dollar Business Textile Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar held a meeting with the stakeholders to discuss ways to streamline the jute price   Taking note of the steep hike in jute price, the Indian government is likely to approach Bangladesh and ask for the withdrawal of ban on the export of raw jute from that country. Bangladesh government had on November 3 imposed a blanket ban on the outbound shipment of raw jute in order to ensure adequate supply of fibre within the domestic market and help sack makers. The Indian Textiles Ministry has asked the Ministry of Commerce as well as the External Affairs Ministry to persuade the Bangladeshi authorities to allow jute exports. “Department of Commerce ...