Author: GD Jasuja
The Future, as usual, is Bright. But…..
Let’s examine the 2018-19 Union-Budget’s key points alongside the industry’s plight:
The proposal to provide an outlay of Rs. 7148 crore for [...]
Biodegradable Textiles From Algae, Fungi, Orange, Fruits….
It takes approximately ca. 8000 L of fresh water to grow 1 kg of cotton fibers; for the production of 1 kg of viscose or Tencel fibers, only ca. [...]
2018 to Bring Unique Crisis as well as Unique Opportunities
Despite several disrupting experiments by PM Modi like Notebandi and GST, India has managed to achieve a GDP growth rate of more than 7% - a figu [...]
Emotional Blackmailing in the name of Sustainability?
"Sustainable Textile Innovation" has perhaps become the most talked of phrase in the textile and clothing industry. Most conferences being held t [...]
Cotton : Farmers’ Interests Are Supreme
With regard to the export of cotton, the country faces a very strange and tricky situation every year making the government’s decision irrelevant [...]
Goods and Services Tax (GST) Vs. Bullet Train (Shinkansen)
Post GST, one major announcement made by the government has been the launch of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet Train project. The GST and the Bullet Train [...]
“Industry 4.0″ is the New Buzzword For Factories of the Future”
“Industry 4.0” is the new buzzword becoming very fashionable, and hence, considerably over used. Industry 4.0 - also termed as the 4th generation [...]
GST & Textile Industry in India Today
"Same Side of Two Coins"
Which Coin Do You Have?
G.D. JASUJA
Managing Editor
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The Countrywide Protests by Textil [...]
“The Ghost Of GST will be Set Free On July 1. Are You Ready?”
GST - Goods and Services Tax - which will be a single destination based consumption tax - is all set to replace existing taxes, including CENVAT, Octr [...]
“Indian Exporters Must Seriously Explore Japan”
First the official factsheet on Indian Textiles (Source: Textiles India 2017 to be held in June in Gandhinagar). Fibre: 2nd largest fibre producer in [...]