Handloom Policies & Research

Handloom Policy

India has a tradition in textiles since centuries. From the olden times when textiles were only handspun and hand woven to the current age when there is tremendous investment in large mills having ...

News, Views, Policies and Perceptions over the last one year in the Textile Industry of India

It is always good to hear news from the world of fibres and fabrics, especially something good news concerning Indian Textiles. Here is a pot-pourri of news, views and policies concerning them star...

How healthy are Government Interventions in the Khadi Sector for the Industry?

For quite some time there has been a simmering discontent at the manner in which the Khadi sector has been controlled and run by the govt. that has been felt to be largely instrumental in creating ...

Spearheading skill development across India Samarth

The textile and apparel industry is one of the earliest industries developed in India. Its entire value chain from fiber to apparel manufacturing has a strong presence within the country. It is the...

Spearheading skill development across India

The textile and apparel industry is one of the earliest industries developed in India. Its entire value chain from fiber to apparel manufacturing has a strong presence within the country. It is the...

Budget proposals for the Textile industry – welcomed hugely by all quarters

When the Union Govt. presented its proposals for the budget since the elections were due in April-May 2019, was proposed for the textile industry was hailed by various quarters of the industry, cal...

The India Size Chart for fabrics soon to become a reality

A recent announcement from the portals of the Indian government, more specifically, from the Textiles Ministry, that spoke of the long debated and much awaited ‘India Size’ chart is to soon become ...

Announcement of new Textile Policy by Tamil Nadu Govt. in 2019

When the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu made an announcement in March 2019, he sounded the bugle for a new awakening for the Textiles sector of the state. For something that would have a bearing on t...

Anakaputhur – a legacy of fine weaving losing out to ‘lack of encouragement’

Anakaputhur, a south-western suburb of Chennai is a case in example. With a population close to 50,000 inhabitants, a sex ratio of 989 females to 1000 males, an average literacy rate of 78 % compar...

Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (IGKV) achieves a breakthrough in getting linen yarn using the flax plant

In 2017 when the Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (IGKV) announced its achievement of being able to use the stem of the flax plant to obtain linen yarn, it was seen as a major breakthrough that...