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Issue dated - 11th July 2002

Cover Story Quote of the Week

Powerlooms will witness emergence of corporate entities, specialisation
With around 30-40 per cent of the 16.5 lakh powerlooms inoperational for over a year, is a shakeout in this sector imminent? According to industry analysts, a shakeout and restructuring in the powerloom sector has already begun, driven largely by the corporate entitites.

Finance ministry asks SIDBI, PSU banks to expedite TUF scheme for SSIs
The Union finance ministry has asked all the public sector banks co-opted by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to take all necessary measures to enhance the acceptance/reach of the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) in the SSI sector.

Everyone wants to buy the winner’s jersey but it was just impossible to foresee who was going to win
- Ray Evans, a buyer for the European soccer catalog, Kitbag.com, commenting on an unpredictable World Cup which led to jersey shortages.


GARMENTEC 2002
A Special feature

News at a Glance

<Technology Upgradation Fund>
- Recent initiatives by FIs likely to boost TUF scheme for powerlooms
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Experts blame low RoIs for poor TUF response

<New Markets>
Export oriented Turkish textiles and apparel industry
The textile and apparel industry is the locomotive sector of the Turkish economy with a share of around 37 per cent

<News & Views>
- Collaboration is the key in textile industry: PHDCCI
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Jute packaging order lapses

<Oped>
- Mounting losses of National Textile Corporation
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Crucial India-EU talks on textiles soon
- Imports of 300 sensitive items post 4% dip in April

<Tex Trade Monitor>
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Textiles ministry to seek 10% increase in import duty on silk yarn
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ASSOCHAM seeks changes in labour laws

<Yarns & Fibres>
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Cotton prices witness continued gains
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Global yarn output breaks its two-year downtrend
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Govt announces package of incentives for jute industry

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This Week
EDIT
HRD for technical textile
The Centre’s recent move to set up a core group for developing human resource base in the field of technical textiles is a right one.


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