Category: Editorials
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 [...]
“World Trade in an Uncertain World”
If the global events of the first three months of 2017 are any indication of the kind of future to be expected then it is hard to dismiss the reality [...]