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Considering the surge in import of Man-made Fibre Fabrics, the Manmade and Technical Textiles Export Promotion Council (MATEXIL) Council has called upon the government to impose Minimum Import Price on MMF woven fabrics. Government has fixed MIP on certain specified HS codes of MMF knitted fabrics. In view of this imposition, the government should also fix similar Minimum Import Price on MMF woven fabrics, urged Mr. Bhadresh Dodhia, Chairman, MATEXIL, here. On the PLI Scheme, Mr. Dodhia informed that the Council has represented to the Government to introduce PLI 2.0 scheme with a lesser benchmark for investments and turnover criteria. This will enable a large number of companies especially from the MSME category to invest and take advantage of the scheme, he pointed out. On the RoDTEP Rates & RoSCTL Rates front, Mr. Dodhia said that the Council has submitted data for revision in the RODTEP and ROSCTL rates. However, after the announcement of the Union Budget 2024, the Council is now working on furnishing revised data to the Department of Revenue for an increase in the RoDTEP and ROSCTL rates for Man-made Fibre textiles and technical textiles products. In this regard, the Council will be constituting an expert committee very shortly to review the duty incidence and to calculate the embedded taxes and duties incurred on the export products for submission to the Government, he added. Mr. Dodhia has urged all our stake-holder to come forward and submit the required data to the Council. This will enable the Council to submit proposals for an increase in the RoDTEP and ROSCTL rates. Since both the RODTEP and ROSCTL schemes are data driven and based purely on the facts and figures submitted to the Department of Revenue, Mr. Dodhia therefore, appealed to all stake-holder for their support and called upon them to furnish the data to the Council.
Source: Tecoya Trend
A Roadshow to promote Bharat Tex 2025 was organized at Hotel LeMeridien in Coimbatore on October 4, 2024, by MATEXIL, an Export Promotion Council that promotes exports of Manmade Fibre textiles and technical textiles with the support of another Export Promotion Council PDEXCIL. The Roadshow was well attended by over 450 people, senior officials from the Ministry of Textiles and Tamil Nadu Government and Chairmen & MDs of leading textiles companies in the State of Tamil Nadu. The Secretary Textiles, Smt Rachna Shah, who was the Chief Guest on the ocassion said that Bharat Tex has now become the Worldʼs biggest exhibition for textiles and apparel in a short time and covers the entire value chain of textiles. She assured that the Government will support the event in making it bigger in scale and coverage. She also urged Tamil Nadu to become partner State in Bharat tex 2025. Shri Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles in his Presentation highlighted the huge success the first edition of Bharat Tex that was held in February 2024. He spoke Bharat Tex 2025 is expected to attract over 5,000 exhibitors, 6,000 foreign buyers, 1,20,000 trade visitors and over 60 knowledge sessions. He further stated that the event has gained traction both domestically and internationally and exhibitors and buyers are looking forward towards participating in Bharat Tex 2025 in large numbers. He also informed that large portion of exhibition area is already sold and urged the Companies to come forward and book their space to participate. Shri V. Arun Roy, Secretary Industries), Tamil Nadu Government who was present on the occassion , invited Companies from Tamil Nadu to participate in Bharat Tex 2025. Shri Bhadresh Dodhia Chairman MATEXIL and who is the Co-Chairman of the Core Committee to organize Bharat Tex mentioned that Bharat Tex is in line with the Vision of 5 Fs i.e Farm to fibre; fibre to factory; factory to fashion; fashion to foreign. He said that India always felt the need for an exhibition for textiles & Apparels of global scale and standard and Bharat tex has successfully fulfilled that requirement. This year Bharat Tex 2025 will cover an area of about 2,20,000 sq.mtrs and exhibitors will display the entire value chain of Textiles such as Fibre, Yarn, Fabrics, Garments, Made ups and Technical Textiles. Bharat Tex 2025 will be held at Bharat Mandapam and IEML in Delhi NCR. The event will be organized collectively by all the Textiles Export Promotion Councils with the active support from the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.
Source: Textile Valuechain
Ministry of Textiles has enthusiastically participated in the Swachhata Hi Seva 2024 Campaign. 449 activities have been completed by the organizations under the Ministry. More than 23, 000 people participated in the Campaign.
Swachhata Mein Jan Bhagidari Ministry of Textiles initiated the campaign by the Swachhata Pledge. It was attended by the staff to disseminate awareness of sanitation. Various activities including Cleanliness Drive, Installation of Selfie Point, Debate Competition, Poster Making Competition, and workshop on cyber hygiene were undertaken to mobilize and sensitize staff. Sanitary Pad Vending machines have been installed in Ministry for female staff. All the organizations had conducted various programs reaching to masses including students, public, industry stakeholders, and NGOs. People were involved at large scale to participate and contribute toward the Swachhata at large. A total of 269 events have been conducted involving mass public participation.
Cultural programs Cultural programs were organized artistically boosting the message of cleanliness. 49 cultural events (Workshops, Music, Singing, Dance performances, film screenings, and others) Cultural programs were organized at the NIFT campuses and offices.
Waste to ArtInstallations The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has proactively taken part in spreading awareness about cleanliness and hygiene across campuses by conducting skits/ nukkadnatak / reel competitions. Waste-to-art installations were skillfully handcrafted from the waste material.
Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam This campaign has also been merged with current Swachhta Hi Seva Campaign, since the inception of the campaign 2761 plants have been planted across the country by the organizations under the Ministry in collaboration with civil society and NGOs. 44 organizations conducted mass plantation drives under Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam Initiative.
Cleanliness Target Units (CTUs), focused on time-bound transformation of specific target units and overall cleanliness. 74 Black Spots at nearby office places have been cleaned and revamped and 61 Mass cleanliness drives (Shramdaan Activities) were conducted at public places including beaches, parks, godowns, water bodies, and others.
Safai Mitra Suraksha Shivirs Ministry of Textiles had organized a health camp for the safaimitras/ housekeeping staff of the Ministry. 30 safaimitras were provided with health check up facilities. Similar activities were organized across the offices of the Ministry of Textiles. 45 such camps, awareness campaign, health camps, and distribution of masks and sanitizers were organized at the Office of Development Commissioner Handicraft, Office of Textiles Commissioner, Textile Committee, Cotton Corporation of India, and NIFT. Swachhata Hi Seva concluded on 2 October 2024 with the celebration of Swachhata Diwas. Safai Mitras were felicitated and appreciated for their contribution. Senior Officials monitored the progress of the campaign regularly, visits were made to their concerned sections/divisions/organizations. All the organizations meticulously cleaned and took steps to beautify the workspaces. Saplings were planted in office premises, wall paintings were done, damages were repaired and many similar activities were done to make the office space more pleasant. The event was a huge success with participation coming from all walks of life. Government Officials, Weavers, Artisans, Students, Civil Society, NGOs, Safai Mitras, and others covering the whole gamut of textile industry.
Source: India Education diary
