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Fabric of Progress - A Decade of Innovation, Inclusion and Identity

This is not revival. It is reinvention. To build a Viksit Bharat by 2047, the foundations must reach beyond concrete and...

30 Jun 2025 12:47 PM IST

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani said Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has failed to connect with the people of India and hence chosen a platform of convenience for berating his political opponents. (Photo: PTI)

FDI in textiles rose 3 times in last 2 years: Smriti Irani

Textile minister asserted that the country's man-made fibre sector can soon look forward to good news.

6 Oct 2017 1:25 PM IST

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani said Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has failed to connect with the people of India and hence chosen a platform of convenience for berating his political opponents. (Photo: PTI)

India can become one-stop sourcing destination for ASEAN: Smriti Irani

She said there exists an opportunity for India to attract textile manufacturers of ASEAN nations to invest in...

23 Jan 2018 4:52 PM IST

The stance of countrys first family in not listening to SCs order on Rafale deal case petition can be termed as, with due respect, amazing audacity, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. (Photo: ANI)

Union Budget 2019: Textiles, apparel industry allocation drops by 30...

In the present Budget, the grant for textile and apparel is budgeted at Rs 4,8318 cr

6 July 2019 7:28 AM IST

The textile sector wants the Union budget to provide adequate provisioning for export incentive schemes and set mechanism for timely disbursal. This will improve the liquidity in the sector and push exports.

Textile sector seeks adequate budget funds for export schemes,...

The last budget had considerably reduced the allocation for the textile sector.

30 Jan 2020 1:39 AM IST

To improve ease of doing business, a new scheme of self-assessment-based duty-free procurement of inputs required for exports has been introduced.

Exports in Feb up 4.5 pc to USD 25.8 bn; trade deficit narrows

Exports growth rate has been steadily declining since November 2017 when it touched a high of 30.5 per cent.

16 March 2018 10:21 AM IST

The policy aims to achieve USD 300 billion (over Rs 20 lakh crore) worth of textile exports by 2024-25 and create an additional 35 million jobs.

GST effect: Hundreds of thousands laid off despite growth

Complexities of GST have driven many small enterprises out of business and forced hundreds of thousands out of jobs.

6 Sept 2018 9:30 AM IST

The policy aims to achieve USD 300 billion (over Rs 20 lakh crore) worth of textile exports by 2024-25 and create an additional 35 million jobs.

FDI in textiles doubled to $619 million in 2016-17

Textile exports during 2016-17 too rose to USD 36 billion from USD 23.9 billion in the previous financial year.

3 Aug 2017 3:19 PM IST

The policy aims to achieve USD 300 billion (over Rs 20 lakh crore) worth of textile exports by 2024-25 and create an additional 35 million jobs.

Chinese investors flock to 'Textile India 2017' road show

About 120 textile companies from fabrics, machinery and yarn sector participated at the Shaoxing Roadshow.

28 March 2017 6:07 PM IST

The policy aims to achieve USD 300 billion (over Rs 20 lakh crore) worth of textile exports by 2024-25 and create an additional 35 million jobs.

Made-ups units in textiles to get additional 10 pc subsidy

Total cap on subsidy for such a unit is enhanced under ATUFS from Rs 30 crore to Rs 50 crore.

11 Jan 2017 8:31 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Jaitley rules out lowering GST rate for textiles sector

GST rate structure for the textiles sector enables ease of classification and determination of rate.

18 July 2017 4:25 PM IST

The policy aims to achieve USD 300 billion (over Rs 20 lakh crore) worth of textile exports by 2024-25 and create an additional 35 million jobs.

Textiles sector looks to 2017 for policy boost

A Rs 6,006-crore special package for textiles and apparel sector was rolled out in June

27 Dec 2016 12:47 PM IST