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The exports of Handicrafts has grown by 10% in rupee terms

The exports of Handicrafts has grown from Rs. 13,460 crore, during April-December 2014 to Rs. 14,782 crore by 10% in rupee terms during April-December 2015. In dollar terms, the value of exports has increased by 3%, from US$ 2,215 million during April-December 2014 to US$ 2,282 million during Apr…

Russia, CIS countries a great opportunity to enhance exports: PHD Chamber

Bilateral trade with CIS countries could touch US$35bn by 2022 While apprehending about deceleration in India’s exports which have been declined for the 13th month in a row, President PHD Chamber, Mahesh Gupta expressed his view that there is enough scope to enhance our exports towards CIS countr…

Technotex to be held in April in Mumbai

Technotex 2016,India’s premier exhibition on technical textiles, is to be held in Mumbai from April 21-23 in a bid to make India a global manufacturing hub for technical textiles. Organised by the union government  in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICC…

Pharma Cos to meet audit-readiness requirement

The Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA) and UK based agency NSF have collaborated to start qualified pharmacists course from April this year to help quality control heads of Indian Pharma companies enhance audit-readiness and implement compliance in areas of good manufacturing practices …

FICCI & TSMG Study on plastic industry throws interesting insight

Organized retail and boom in e-commerce to fuel growth of plastic packaging, per capita consumption to be doubled in five years. Myth regarding the polluting characteristic of plastic needs to be addressed in a scientific manner. A report prepared by FICCI and Tata Strategic Management Group (TSM…

East has a lot of catching up to do| CRISIL Study

Credit rating agency CRISIL, which has analysed the performance of about 830 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the eastern region of the country,  found that they lagged behind other regions in growth. The companies were rated on the basis of their 2013-14 (April 1-March 31) finan…