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Amritsar shawl makers innovating with designs

Shawl makers in Amritsar are planning to tie up with design houses for diversification and introduction of innovative designs. This is an effort to fight dwindling sales. Changing consumer preferences have affected the industry. Youngsters are losing interest in shawls and preferring other hosiery products like jackets, pullovers over shawls....

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TUF may be reintroduced

Textile Commissioner A B Joshi, has revealed that the termination of the Technology Upgradation Fund (TUF) Scheme in June last year was for the sake of reviewing the present structure, and that the government is expected to restore the scheme, shortly. He said this at a recent seminar where major players of India’s textile industry were in...