Apex traders' body Federation of Indian Exporters Organisation (FIEO) on Friday demanded extension of the interest subsidy scheme to all sectors with a view to make them globally competitive.
Measures to promote ease of doing business, cut in tax rates for smaller enterprises to 25 per cent, and reduction in interest rates are creating the right atmosphere for new businesses to flourish, particularly SMEs.
Designers Atsu Sekhose and Nimish Shah offer plenty of inspiration for the girls.
Lakme Fashion Week Gen Next designer, Chandrima Agnihotri, tells Rediff.com what she has planned for her runway debut.
Tamil nadu Chief Minister and All India Dravida Munetra Kazhagam supremo J Jayalalithaa on Monday sacked three ministers and six district heads in the backdrop of her party's defeat in three Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
One thing is clear from watching MPs on the Lok Sabha's biggest day: the only thing that unites them is the words "outlay was doubled".
The 12th edition of EORS will be held from June 19-22. There will be a dedicated central virtual war-room for tactical problem solving across all phases of the event. Shoppers across the country will have access to over 700,000 styles from over 3,000 fashion and lifestyle brands. Myntra is expecting 3 million people to shop from the safety of their homes.
The labour ministry had started quarterly surveys on employment after the global financial crisis hit the Indian economy in September 2008.
The Reserve Bank of India has already notified interest subsidy of two per cent for handicrafts, handlooms, carpets and small and medium exporters.
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If rural artisans are today able to spin yarn in the confines of their homes, it is because of the micro-spinning line of carding machine, draw-frame and flyer-frame, designed by L Kannan, a mechanical engineer from IIT-Madras.
Former Tamil Nadu Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader N K K P Raja and four others were arrested in Erode on Thursday in connection with a land grabbing case.
CM Palaniswami condoled the deaths and announced cash relief to their families, besides jobs for their kin.
'For me one's identity is very important and being true to at least one's self is a must,' says Manish Malhotra.
Celebrate the last day of Navratri with purple, the colour that symbolises luxury and power.
Showstopper Sona Mohapatra and fashion designers impressed on Day two at Amazon India Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2017.
Dia Mirza walked the ramp in a black kanjivaram for Santosh Parekh.
She began her career as an aspiring model in the late 1990s. A few decades later, she is one of India's best known politicians.
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GenNext designer Sumiran Sharma, 30, of ANAAM talks about his collection, design inspiration and why he wants to style Kangana Ranaut.
Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran has hailed the Budget proposals-2010-11 presented in Parliament on Friday. The minister said that these initiative for the textiles sector as a growth spurring initiatives , which dovetail with economic revival, infrastructure development, agriculture development, inclusive growth and restoring export growth.
Sanjeev Nayyar offers a roster of things to do to see the India of our dreams.
Taking a veiled swipe at the Congress party, he said one of the things he found when he came to Delhi was that those who got opportunity to rule the nation for "many, many years, loved to keep things in a pendulum mode".
Jaipur Rugs Foundation and IRMA launch Artisans Forum for transforming craftsmen into entrepreneurs.
With the heat rising well above normal levels, sales of Indian khadi clothes have picked up in Ahmadabad. Wholesalers and boutique owners weigh in.
The Uppada Handloom Weavers Co-operative Production and Sales Society Limited and two other registered societies, representing the weavers community in several villages in the Uppada Kothapalli mandal of East Godavari district, have been given the GI registration.
'My walk at LFW was not around feminism at all. Kabir wanted me to show my ink and that's why I removed my jacket'
The interest subvention on pre-shipment credit for seven sectors, including handlooms, handicrafts, carpets, leather, gems and jewellery, marine products will now be available till March 31, 2010. "Our exporters by virtue of their close links to the external sector have borne the brunt of the global economic crisis. It is appropriate that we continue to provide them all possible assistance to them overcome the short term disadvantages," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said
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Celebrities make a splash at the launch of Splash Autumn/Winter collection launch.
The minister hoped that the steps taken by the government would increase foreign investment in the country.
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Mirror lehengas, organza skirts, pre-stitched sarees, necklet gowns, dhoti-crop tops in handwoven fabrics and hand-done embroideries with traditional textile techniques will trend.
Popular Telugu film star-turned-politician Chiranjeevi launched his public contact program on Saturday by undertaking his first visit to Sricilla, a town of handloom weavers in Karimnagar district in the heart of the Telangana region.
From January-March this year, 64,000 jobs were created in eight crucial sectors of the economy.
The Uttar Pradesh Export Corporation Limited (UPECL), a state government undertaking engaged in the development and marketing of handicrafts and handloom items produced in Uttar Pradesh, is set to apply for patenting of Lucknow chikan. Once the office of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) gives its certificate, chikan would exclusively be linked with Lucknow city.
The youth have to turn into entrepreneurs if India's massive demographic dividend is to be taken advantage of: Smriti Irani.
If purists are surprised as to why and how people are not demanding prohibition or not talking about past promises, both in the election manifestos five years back and even those made to the courts, the answer lies in how the state has been evolving and changing these past few years, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
High interest rates, lack of credit, high raw material prices and recession in the US and Europe have hurt the country's cotton textile industry, the Economic Survey said.
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