Another promising year awaits Indias textiles exports
Satyapal Menon | The Dollar Business A craftsman uses a handloom to produce rugs in Jodhpur, India Indian history and tradition is woven around the sheer artistry, and pure genius that goes into the creation of intricate and intrinsic cloth patterns conceived by thousands of weavers across the length and breadth of the country. From the mesmerising valleys of Kashmir to the serene shores of Kanyakumari, and, from the dusty and dry habitats on the Deserts of Rajasthan to the freezing terrain of the Himalayan region, India is linked, and, interlinked by a common thread of omnipresent tradition. Many villages and towns across the country reverberate with the pervasive rhythm of looms weaving out exquisite ensemble of textiles. The textile industry ...
India unlikely to place restrictions on trade across LOC
Vanita Peter D’souza | The Dollar Business India is unlikely to place any restrictions on trade along the India-Pakistan’s Line of Control (LoC) as no incidence of adulteration has been reported in the recent years. Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce & Industry Minister, Government of India, informed the Parliament yesterday, “No in incidence of adulteration which adversely affected trade has come to the notice of Government.” The LoC trade in India is usually the trade between India’s Jammu & Kashmir and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) which is not counted as trade with Pakistan. As a part of the Government of India’s Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), a list of essential items are allowed for trade at zero duty. India also has Trade Facilitation ...
Can Varanasis Trade Facilitation Centre lift Indias Handloom Sector?
The move to provide finance and a platform to get international buyers is a beginning, the handloom sector needs much more support to recover Bidhu Bhushan Palo | @TheDollarBiz In one of the last few advises, Mahatma Gandhiji said this about confusion in minds: “Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and ...
