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Opinion | An Opportunity in Crisis for India's Garment Industry
As Chinas and Bangladesh's dominance wanes, the world is searching for the next textile hub.
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Millions Of Home-Based Garment Workers Feared Losing Out On COVID-19 Aid
Millions of "hidden" home-based garment workers in India who help prop up the global fashion industry risk missing out on aid during the coronavirus pandemic, labour rights campaigners said.
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India To Soon Get Its Own Standard Of Apparel Size: Smriti Irani
Union minister Smriti Irani on Sunday said Indian textiles and garments industry would soon get its own country-specific apparel size.
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Crackdown On Leather Units Hits Jobs, Exports Despite PM Modi's Goal
The drop in exports of shoes and leather garments comes as a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has sought to create millions of jobs by more than doubling the leather industry's revenues to $27 billion by 2020.
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In Tamil Nadu's Spinning Mills, Long Working Hours, Torture And Child Labour Common: Research
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...
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Import Of Second Hand Machines Hurting Textile Industry: Smriti Irani
Import of second hand machinery with subsidies provided by the government is affecting the technical textile sector and garment designers, Union Minister Smriti Irani today said.
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Bihar Government To Go For Branding Of Khadi Clothes
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the Bihar government would go for branding of finer quality of khadi clothes made in the state to attract the "newer generation" through designer garments made of it.
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How Sexual Harassment Has Scarred Women In India's Garment Industry
Truth vs Hype investigation into India's booming garment industry found women workers saying that sexual propositioning was a common aspect of their work environment and that they are 'tutored' to keep it under wraps or lose their jobs.
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Government for Developing Entrepreneurial Skills in North East Youth: Union Minister
Union Minister for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Kalraj Mishra today said the Centre was focussing on developing entrepreneurial skills in the youth of North East.
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Bangladesh building collapse: Retailers to compensate victims
Two Western retailers have promised to compensate families of garment workers killed while making their clothes in a Bangladesh factory building that collapsed last week in the country's worst industrial accident.
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Opinion | An Opportunity in Crisis for India's Garment Industry
As Chinas and Bangladesh's dominance wanes, the world is searching for the next textile hub.
-
Millions Of Home-Based Garment Workers Feared Losing Out On COVID-19 Aid
Millions of "hidden" home-based garment workers in India who help prop up the global fashion industry risk missing out on aid during the coronavirus pandemic, labour rights campaigners said.
-
India To Soon Get Its Own Standard Of Apparel Size: Smriti Irani
Union minister Smriti Irani on Sunday said Indian textiles and garments industry would soon get its own country-specific apparel size.
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Crackdown On Leather Units Hits Jobs, Exports Despite PM Modi's Goal
The drop in exports of shoes and leather garments comes as a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has sought to create millions of jobs by more than doubling the leather industry's revenues to $27 billion by 2020.
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In Tamil Nadu's Spinning Mills, Long Working Hours, Torture And Child Labour Common: Research
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...
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Import Of Second Hand Machines Hurting Textile Industry: Smriti Irani
Import of second hand machinery with subsidies provided by the government is affecting the technical textile sector and garment designers, Union Minister Smriti Irani today said.
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Bihar Government To Go For Branding Of Khadi Clothes
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the Bihar government would go for branding of finer quality of khadi clothes made in the state to attract the "newer generation" through designer garments made of it.
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How Sexual Harassment Has Scarred Women In India's Garment Industry
Truth vs Hype investigation into India's booming garment industry found women workers saying that sexual propositioning was a common aspect of their work environment and that they are 'tutored' to keep it under wraps or lose their jobs.
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Government for Developing Entrepreneurial Skills in North East Youth: Union Minister
Union Minister for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Kalraj Mishra today said the Centre was focussing on developing entrepreneurial skills in the youth of North East.
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Bangladesh building collapse: Retailers to compensate victims
Two Western retailers have promised to compensate families of garment workers killed while making their clothes in a Bangladesh factory building that collapsed last week in the country's worst industrial accident.
