Startup India Push: Government's recent decision to further liberalise the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms for more than 21 sectors has made life easier for the startups, SMEs and MSMEs.
MUMBAI – A sudden change in global market dynamics is likely to weigh on India's cotton exports this year. If the current trend is any indication, the world's top cotton producer may miss even the recently lowered target of 4.7 mln bales for the year ending September.
It is hard to say whether the rise in exports in 2018-19 is sustainable.
LAHORE: War of words has erupted between the value-added sector of textiles and the spinning sector that is facing dwindling exports. There is no shortage of yarn in the local market; still the value-added sector demands a ban on yarn exports.
Offshoring of apparel manufacturing has been a blessing for many developing countries. The readymade garments (RMG) industry, employer of 40 million workers, mostly rural women, contributes more than 80 percent to Bangladesh's export revenue.
KARACHI: Federal Secretary for Textile, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Babaron Thursday launched 3rd phase of Stitching Machine Operator Training (SMOT) Program at PHMA’s Institute of Knitwear Technology Karachi.