Textile Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding an illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …

Global industrial energy efficiency benchmarking

This report compiles a range of benchmark curves and indicators for energy intensive industries and products. The data presented cover approximately 55% of final manufacturing industry energy use including energy use in refineries. The analysis differentiates between ICs and DCs. Based on the benchmarking data, the study provides: an overview …

Lung function decline in cotton textile workers

Long-term occupational exposure to cotton dust containing endotoxin is associated with chronic respiratory symptoms and a more rapid decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1), but the mechanisms of endotoxin-related effects remain unclear. Shi et al. examined associations between recent and past airborne endotoxin exposures, longitudinal change in …

Cotton exports deferred

INDIAN government’s policy to regulate cotton exports to make it available for the domestic textile industry may affect farmers. In a decision that has cotton growers worried, the Centre on September 28 deferred cotton exports from October 1 to November 1. The registration of exports has begun and no duty …

Textiles ministry yet to approve alternative jute bags

Jayajit Dash / Bhubaneswar October 07, 2010, 0:04 IST The woes of the ailing jute industry do not seem to be over even after the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) turned down the proposal for a 25 per cent dilution in jute packaging norms last month. The Union textiles …

India's first foundry cluster set to open

Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore September 28, 2010, 0:19 IST Set up in Belgaum, it will serve more than 150 SMEs supplying castings to automobile, textile and general engineering companies The Belgaum Foundry Cluster (BFC), India

Check discharge of untreated effluents

ERODE: The Kalingarayan Pasana Sabhai has urged the State government to initiate concrete measures to check the discharge of untreated effluents of textile and tannery units into the water carrying channels. A resolution to this effect was adopted at a meeting of the association that was organised here recently. The …

High street and the low road

Neoclassical economics provides an effective ideological cover for modern-day sweatshops. (Editorial)

Toxicity evaluation of ozonation treated textile dyeing wastewater

Toxicity evaluation is an important parameter in wastewater quality monitoring as it provides the complete response of test organisms to all compounds in wastewater. Grab samples of raw and ozonated textile dyeing wastewater was collected from the textile mill in Erode, Tamil Nadu.

Focus shifts to man-made fibre

AIMING to catch up with global competition and India's fibre requirement of the future, the Union Ministry of Textiles put up a draft national fibre policy on its website in June. It has invited comments and suggestions. Though India is the second largest producer of man-made fibre in the world, …

Surat to become mega powerloom cluster

Melvyn Thomas | TNNSurat: The proposed mega powerloom cluster will majorly benefit the powerloom weavers and the workers of the 7.50 lakh powerloom machines in the city weaves about 9,000 million meters of man-made filament fabrics per annum

Andhra Pradesh industrial investment promotion policy 2010-2015

The State considers industrial growth as a means to mitigate poverty and unemployment. Industrial development promotes higher capital formation; raises wage incomes to higher levels; and absorbs surplus workforce, bottled up in rural areas, to industry. To realize these benefits and hasten up the socio-economic changes, industrial development is accorded …

Pseudomonas fluorescens can be used for bioremediation of textile effluent containing Direct Orange-102

Dyes present in the effluent of textile industries are recalcitrant molecules difficult to be degraded biologically. In this study we used Pseudomonas fluorescens to degrade Direct Orange - 102 dye. Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIM 2100 was obtained from National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, that was adapted to grow on Direct Orange …

The warp in the weave

Keya Sarkar / New Delhi May 1, 2010, 0:24 IST Even before reduce, reuse and recycle became the environmental watchwords, Birbhum, the district that Santiniketan falls under, had a tradition of recycled textiles. While Birbhum shares with many other areas of both West Bengal and Bangladesh the tradition of the

Redevelopment of mill lands: HC stays stop-work notice to Bombay Dyeing

Mumbai In a relief for textile major Bombay Dyeing, the Bombay High Court on Monday stayed a stop-work notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to it for redeveloping mill lands. With the stay on the notice, the textile major can now resume construction activities on its two sprawling …

Study: Bonded labour spreading fangs in new avatars

New Delhi, April 15: New forms of bonded labour are being practiced in several parts of the country according to a survey conducted by the National Campaign Committee for unorganised sector workers (NCC-USW) and released in the capital on Wednesday. A new Sumangali system where hundreds of young women are …

Implement marine discharge project

ERODE: The Perundurai SIPCOT Textile Processors Association has urged the State Government to take immediate steps for the implementation of the marine discharge project, which will enable the textile processors in Kongu region to transport and discharge the treated effluents in the sea safely. The knitwear industry in Tirupur is …

Textile units seek funds for setting up effluent treatment plants

ERODE: With the Central government proposing to allocate Rs. 200 crore as grant for the establishment of common effluent treatment plant (CETP) in Tirupur, the industrial associations in Erode, which is home to a large number of textile processing units, have started raising voices seeking funds for a similar project …

Govt presses for Central aid to tackle Tirupur effluent problem

Raises employment generation, allocation of natural gas issues. The Tamil Nadu Government has made a strong pitch for Central aid to tackle the effluent problem faced by the dyeing units in Tirupur, which is a major hub for knitwear production, according to Union Minister for Textiles, Mr Dayanidhi Maran. He …

Reports of Bt contamination stain premium organic cotton exports

Latha Jishnu / New Delhi February 06, 2010, 1:13 IST Widespread reports in Europe that premium organic cotton exported by India is contaminated with genetically modified (GM) cotton have tarnished the image of a fast-growing segment of the country

Sustainable textiles for sustainable development: market research study-India

The Indian textile and clothing industry plays a dominant role in the national economy and has a prominent position in the global textile industry. This study conducted domestic market research to help lay the groundwork for formulating effective marketing strategies for eco-friendly products in the domestic market. Through extensive primary …

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