Tag: Chetan Chauhan

Year in Review: Textiles sector looks to 2017 for policy boost

2016 turned out to be a mixed bag for textiles, as the government unveiled reforms to impart a thrust to the sector, rolled out innovative campaigns like ‘I Wear Handloom’, a new Minister at the helm, and a controversy over the appointment of former cricketer Chetan Chauhan as the NIF…

Import of second hand machines hurting textile industry: Smriti Irani

New Delhi:  Import of second hand machinery with subsidies provided by the government is affecting the technical textile sector and garment designers, Union Minister Smriti Irani said. “If you look at the Indian economy from a textile perspective, most of our subsidies have gone in importin…