DISHA news and archive

Kids’ ethnic wear emerges a promising segment in India

Kids’ ethnic wear is still niche with not too many big players venturing into this space. However, it’s a growing market with many new brands and established one vying for space. Weddings drive up demand For brands to carve out a niche takes constant innovation, with fabrics, pricing along with the right marketing avenues to attract customers....

Apparel

AEPC-ATDC Smart Bhawan opens in Faridabad

AEPC-ATDC Smart Bhawan, the 4th permanent campus building was inaugurated by K S Rao, Minister of Textiles at Faridabad in Haryana. The new campus is situated amidst a cluster of 50 apparel export and 30 fabric processing units employing over 60,000 people. The Faridabad apparel cluster holds a key importance in the apparel industry in Northern...

Apparel

EU Parliament takes an overview of DISHA

Richard Howitt MEP, European Parliament Rapporteur, on Corporate Social Responsibility took an overview of government sponsored programme-DISHA, run by Apparel Export Promotion Council. Driving Industry towards Sustainable Human Capital Advancement (DISHA’s) objective is, bridging the gap in apparel factories in the implementation of social and...

Fashion

Eurozone Crisis: India worried but exports remain positive

As the Eurozone wrestles with a debt crisis, confidence level remains desperately low. And it has had a negative impact on India’s economy as well. As finance minister Pranab Mukherjee rightly pointed in recent press conference at Manila after taking over as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the crisis in...

Apparel

AEPC’s Disha: Stakeholders forum for the apparel industry

The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) under the Ministry of Textiles has started the formation of stakeholder forum. The aim is to integrate perspectives, voices and concerns as well as seek assistance and contributions of various players in the apparel industry towards developing strategies to improve India’s image as an ethical sourcing...

Apparel

Indian apparel exporters to stop child labour

After global apparel brands stopped sourcing from Indian apparel exporters for engaging child labour, the industry has decided to adopt zero tolerance to child labour and cleanse the supply chain. Though the extensive auditing of the supply chain will add an additional cost of 5 per cent, but it will at least keep India off trade barriers owing...