Textiles
Narendra Modi hardsells dreams of Varanasi's weavers
08 Nov 2014
While the `Banarasi Saree’ needed no sales push as "every mother wanted to gift a Banarasi saree to her daughter for her wedding,” Narendra Modi said there is a need to meet this demand and satisfy the customer with modern design, products and service
Textiles ministry ropes in Flipkart to boost handloom marketing
25 Aug 2014
The union ministry of textiles today announced a unique partnership with e-commerce major Flipkart to provide online marketing platform to handloom textiles across the country
India emerges world's 2nd largest textiles exporter; beats Germany, Bangladesh
03 Jun 2014
India has improved its ranking in global textile trade to emerge as the second biggest exporter, beating its competitors like Italy, Germany and Bangladesh, while China retains its top position
