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India’s textile sector is poised for remarkable growth, but fragmented regulations and uneven infrastructure have the potential to stall its rise. JD. Giri, Director at Shahi, highlights how unified policies 📃 and strategic investments 💸 are essential to unlock the industry’s full potential. 👁️ Dive into his recent  blog to explore how policy and industry must evolve together.  https://lnkd.in/dBQbYpHA #GlobalLeadership #Skilling #Sustainability #Innovation #Regulation #Policy

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Shri Anjani Prasad, Co-Chairperson, ASSOCHAM Development Council on Textiles and Technical Textiles, calls the India–UK FTA a defining moment for India’s textile industry. By opening up market access and strengthening economic ties, the agreement is set to unlock new global demand, boost exports, and enable deeper collaboration across the textile value chain. A powerful push for growth, innovation and competitiveness across the sector. #IndiaUKFTA #TextileIndustry #ExportBoost #MarketAccess #EconomicPartnership #MakeInIndia #GlobalTrade Narendra Modi Piyush Goyal Anjani Prasad ANI News, The Economic Times Press Trust of India (PTI)

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**NEWS UPDATE** Textile firms brace for US tariffs, fear job losses :   As the Trump administration's 50% tariff on India becomes effective Wednesday, textile exporters are in a huddle to discuss how to manage their current and future orders from the US. Several of them are flying to the US this week to negotiate with buyers on current orders. Amid this chaos, the biggest worry for the industry is about potential job losses and the challenge of developing alternative markets. Ratings firm Crisil estimates the pace of revenue growth for readymade garment manufacturers to halve because of the tariffs. "Exporters are sitting down with their management teams to decide about what to do with the current orders, the future orders and the factories," said Vijay Agarwal, chairman of the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council. "Our biggest worry is about the expected job loss, which is likely to be about half a million including direct and indirect employment. We are worried about what work we will do at our factories."   Agarwal, who is also chairman of garment exporter Creative Group, said he will be travelling to the US this week to meet with his buyers. The industry expects that the government will instruct banks to not take action against exporters for delayed return of debt and interest, he said. Raja Shanmugam, a former president of Tirupur Exporters Association and managing director of Warsaw International, said it would be difficult for Indian exporters to compete with those from nations like China, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia, who face a much lesser US duty. #newsupdate2025 #Manufacturing #Liveconnections #weplacepeoplefirst

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CAIF’s mission is to build a circular future - Read the interview of Siddharth Lulla, Partner, Intellecap's Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF) in Indian Textile Journal (ITJ) latest issue (Print and Online). The story highlights CAIF’s efforts to accelerate the textile industry’s shift toward circularity and sustainability across India, Bangladesh, and Africa, while also spotlighting the organization's work in driving green skilling, waste innovation, and climate-smart financing. Launched in 2018, the ‘Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF)’ is a pioneering initiative by Intellecap with the objective of driving the clothing & textile sector to become circular. The initiative aims to increase the use of sustainable inputs and materials, maximize the usage of textile & clothing, bring in business model innovations, increase recycling and boost production through the use of renewable inputs. In the interview, Siddharth talks about CAIF’s mission, its ongoing efforts to drive sustainability in the textile industry, and how its initiatives aim to enhance the livelihoods of textile and waste sector workers. Read more - https://ow.ly/flba50WwyMb #CircularEconomy #TextileandApparel #Circulairty #Sustainability Venkat Kotamaraju | Somatish Banerji | Fazal Shahed | Sweta Kumari | Avantika Agarwal | Shraddha Karol | The DOEN Foundation | H&M Foundation | Saamuhika Shakti | Zibi Jamal | Target | SWITCH-Asia Official | Vikas Bali | Rahul Chatterjee | IKEA Foundation | Karnika Yadav | Alwaleed Philanthropies | Marks and Spencer

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Our commitment to traceable and responsible cotton sourcing deepens with today’s milestone, the signing of an MoU with TEXPROCIL - The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council for the procurement of bales of Kasturi Cotton. This collaboration, formalized during the #WorldCottonDay 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 celebrations alongside the 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 on the theme 𝘾𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙣 2040: 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮, 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 & 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, held in New Delhi. Our shared focus is on strengthening India’s position in sustainable and high-quality cotton value chains. Ministry of Textiles, Government of India | Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) | Kasturi Cotton | Cotton Corporation Of India Ltd #ArvindLimited #FashioningPossibilities #KasturiCotton #SustainableTextiles #ResponsibleSourcing #TextileInnovation #FutureOfFabrics #PeopleOfArvind

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The first Odisha Textile Summit (Odisha TEX 2025) organised by the State Government recently attracted investment proposals worth around Rs 7,808 crore that would generate more than 53,300 employment opportunities in the textile and apparel sector. Hemant Sharma, Invest Odisha, Sportking India Limited, MCPI Private Limited, Creative Group , Hindalco Industries Limited, SCM Garments Pvt Limited - India, KPR MILL LIMITED #OdishaTEX2025 #TextileSummit #OdishaTextiles #MakeInOdisha #TextileInvestment #ApparelIndustry #HandloomHeritage #OdishaDevelopment #TechnicalTextiles #OdishaGovt #IndustrialGrowth #SustainableFashion #EasternIndia #TextileHub #TextilePolicy2022 #EmploymentOpportunities #SkillDevelopment #IndiaTextiles #ApparelManufacturing #InvestInOdisha #TextileClusters To read more, click here 👉- https://lnkd.in/gcP2Mpqf

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