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Weekly Textile Newspaper 27 March- 4 April 2018 Page-12 MRP-10/-

Published & Edited By: Shatrughan Ram from SURAT Email: [email protected] Cell: 9327495467 Trivendra Singh India to export 65-70 lakh bales of cotton in 2017-18 Rawat discusses Source: Navhind Times shipment in April-May. bales have been shipped to ways to promote followed by 11 textile industry NEW DELHI: India will According to him, Indian lakh bales to Pakistan, 10 export 65-70 lakh bales of cotton exports would lakh to Vietnam, seven in Uttarakhand cotton in the ongoing cot‐ reach 65 lakh bales by lakh to China, 7 lakh to ton season 2017-18 (Octo‐ May-end as Bangladesh, Indonesia and Taiwan, and Source: he Economics Times ber-September) amid ag‐ the world's largest cotton 3 lakh to other countries gressive demands from importer, does not have including Sri Lanka, Tur‐ Uttarakhand: Chief minis‐ neighbouring countries ter Trivendra Singh Rawat like Bangladesh, Pakistan on Monday met represen‐ and China, said an official tatives of the Apparel Ex‐ on hursday. port Promotion Council (Government of India) at Atul Ganatra, President, s t a t e s e c r e t a r i a t i n Cotton Association of In‐ Dehradun and discussed dia (CAI), said that apart the ways to promote tex‐ from the neighbouring tile industry in Uttarak‐ countries, India has also hand. been receiving demands for cotton from several CM Rawat underlined the other countries, including need for creating job op‐ Vietnam, Indonesia and portunities for the youths. Turkey. According to a press re‐ lease issued by the Uttark‐ According to the CAI, In‐ hand' Information and dia had exported 63 lakh Public Relations Depart‐ bales of cotton last year. ment, the state govern‐ Each bale has nearly 170 ment has planned to en‐ kg of cotton. courage small industries in hilly ar .. Foreign buyers are inter‐ ested in sourcing cotton Read more at: from India as they ind it much of its own produc‐ key and hailand, among //economictimes.india‐ cost effective and less ex‐ tion and its spinning mills others," the CAI chief told times.com/articleshow/ pensive in comparison to largely depend on imports. IANS. 63583154.cms?utm_‐ other countries, said source=contentointerest& Ganatra. India has already "In the early six months of In case China's demand utm_medium=text&ut‐ shipped nearly 53-55 lakh this cotton production and shits from the US to m_campaign=cppst bales in the current season marketing season 2017-18 India, its largest supplier, it and contracts have been (October-March), India will be a win-win situation signed for another 8-10 has sold 55 lakh bales of for both cotton growers lakh bales scheduled for cotton, of which 17 lakh and suppliers as the prices of Indian cotton will move CBIC issues refunds sanctioned equal to Rs. TIRUPUR: he job work‐ up, he said. 5,510 crore by end of this ing power loom units' of Rs 17,616cr iscal. owners have urged the "But at present China has under GST He said that as per the lat‐ central and state govern‐ huge stocks in its govern‐ Source: UNI est available data 1,61,325 ments to waive off their ment vault for current refund applications have bank loans as the govern‐ year's consumption, there‐ New Delhi: Government been iled in FORM GST ments had failed to ensure fore, it will not source has issued total Rs 17,616 RFD-01A on the common that the right weaving much. However, by the crore of refunds under p or t a l, in w hich an charges reached them. end of season, India's cot‐ GST along with approving amount of Rs. 17,471crore Ironically, even now, most ton exports to China may 90 per cent of IGST eligi‐ has been claimed. Of of the master weavers (tex‐ touch 10 lakh bales," ble claims. these, 60,183 refund ap‐ tile manufacturers) were Ganatra added. Brieing media persons on plications are in relation to providing the weaving Monday, Finance Secre‐ zero rated supplies, in charges which were ixed he CAI had pegged In‐ tary cum Revenue Secre‐ which an amount of Rs. as per a common contract dia's cotton crop at 362 tary, Hasmukh Adhia said 14,649crore has been signed in 2011 between lakh bales for 2017-18 in that the efforts of the min‐ claimed. Taxpayers are re‐ them and the job working its monthly report on istry was very successful. quired to submit a copy of units. While two rounds of March 9, 2018, down ive He said, "he success of these RFD-01A applica‐ talks held between both lakh bales from the previ‐ these efforts is visible in tion to the jurisdictional the parties, before labour ous month as pink ball the amount of refunds tax office, along with all department authorities, worms infestation and dry sanctioned during this pe‐ supporting documents. failed, the job working weather caused severe riod. By the end of 31st However, only 26,620 re‐ unit owners are worried damage to the cotton crop March, 2018 another Rs. fund applications (out of that the banks concerned this year in the Maharash‐ 4265 crore IGST refund 1,61,325 applications) have were putting pressure/tak‐ tra and Telangana regions has been sanctioned in the been actually received in ing stringent ac tion - the two key cotton pro‐ refund fortnight taking the the Central or State tax of‐ against loan defaulters. ducers in India. total tally to Rs. 9604 ices. Of these, 17,734 ap‐ crore. Total 2,73,017 Ship‐ plications have been dis‐ As a part of their protest, As per the Association es‐ ping Bills with the pay‐ posed off. Of the total more than 400 job work‐ timates, the consumption ment of IGST have been amount claimed of Rs. ing unit owners took part of local mills is 330 lakh iled by the exporters till 17,471 crores, an amount in a mass petition submit‐ bales. Taking into account 31st January, 2018." of Rs. 8,012 crores has al‐ ting stir at Tirupur district the export igure of 65-70 As per data provided by ready been sanctioned (Rs. collectorate on Monday. lakh bales, the aggregate Dr Adhia, the number of 5,510 crore by Centre and According to the associa‐ demand works out to Shipping Bills disposed of Rs. 2,502 crore by States). t i o n , c o l l e c t o r K S nearly 400 lakh bales. till 31st March, 2018 is Read more at http:// Palanisamy assured them 2,28,829 which is about 83 www.uniindia.com/cbic- that he will recommend As for the supplies, it is per cent of those Shipping issues-refunds-of- the banks not to pressurize pegged at 412 lakh bales, Bills iled till January end. rs-17-616cr-under-gst/ the loan defaulters at least with 362 lakh bales of the he eligible IGST claims business-economy/news/ for next three months. current year's production transmitted by GSTN to 1186948.html#DDT71pj‐ and 30 lakh carry-forward Customs of the period till wObOO981F.99 More than two lakh job bales, while imports are 31st January, 2018 are of working power loom units expected to be around 20 Rs 10,720 crore, out of were in the operation in lakh bales. Hence, the which Rs 9,604 crore have Waive off bank Tirupur and Coimbatore, closing stocks would be been sanctioned which is especially distributed in around 12 lakh bales. about 89.6 per cent of loans, ensure new Somanur, hekkalur and those eligible claims trans‐ contract for Palladam areas. he mas‐ mitted by GSTN. weaving charges: ter weavers would supply Advertise Here As regards to ITC yarns to the job working refunds, Rs. 1,136 crore Power loom units units and provide weaving has been sanctioned dur‐ charges per metre to them. ing the special drive mak‐ Source: TOI he charges would vary ing the total igure of ITC based on the varieties. step in 2015. and Customs (CBIC) on 2,73,017 shipping bills Every three years, the Monday announced the with the payment of IGST master weavers and the R Devathammal, the disbursal of Rs 17,616 have been iled by the ex‐ job working units should mother of the deceased crore worth Goods and porters till January 31, enter into a contract on Murugesan, told TOI: "he Services Tax (GST) re‐ while the number of ship‐ weaving charges. Ater the unit of her son was contin‐ funds to exporters, along ping bills disposed of till contract was signed before uously incurring loss, with the approval of nearly March 31 is 2,28,829 (83 the government authori‐ mainly due to the inade‐ 90 percent of IGST claims. percent of the January ties in 2011, the master quate weaving charges giv‐ bills). weavers provided the en. With Rs 18 lakh loan Addressing a press confer‐ charges as per the contract default in a nationalized ence here, CBIC Chair‐ Meanwhile, eligible IGST but later they started re‐ bank, Murugesan succeed‐ manVanaja Sarna noted claims transmitted by the ducing the charges claim‐ ed in suicide bid in third that the disbursal was pri‐ GST Network (GSTN) to ing that cloth market had attempt. Now, her family marily a result of the re‐ customs of the period till been hit. It took lots of was struggling to save a cently concluded refund January 31 are of Rs struggles to bring on the two-acre property from fortnight which was held 10,720 crore, out of which contract in 2014 as the being auctioned by the from March 15 to 31. Rs 9,604 crore has been master weavers were not at bank, for better future of sanctioned, thus entailing ready to accept it, said S his two children." "By the end of March 31, the completion of 89.6 Prakash, a functionary of Tirupur district Job Work‐ ing Power loom Unit Owners' Association.

"But the master weavers followed the charges as per 2014 contract only up to three months and again returned to 2011 contract charges citing so-called cloth market slump. Still now, the same charges were given amid strong price inlation. As per the custom, the new contract should have been signed in 2017 but not done," he added.

"We were running the units with wafer thin prof‐ its, which would oten be‐ come unreal as we have to spend from hands. If so, the loans obtained from the banks and private money lenders were taking a huge toll on us. Many Govt disburses GST another Rs. 4265 crore percent of those eligible owners were being forced IGST refund has been claims transmitted by the to commit suicide because refunds of Rs 17.6K sanctioned in the refund GSTN. of the burden of loans," crore to exporters fortnight, taking the total said K Eswari, a power Source: Business Standard tally to Rs. 9604 crore," she As regards to input tax loom unit owner from added. credit (ITC) refunds, Rs. Karuvalur, whose close New Delhi: he Central 1,136 crore was sanctioned relative took such extreme Board of Indirect Taxes As per the CBIC, a total of during the CBIC's special drive, taking the total ig‐ ing units and set up new prevent farmers' suicides. ure of ITC sanctioned to ones in the next few He said that the sug‐ Rs. 5,510 crore by the end years," said Akhtar. gestions given by his insti‐ of the iscal. Textile major tution are being allegedly Arvind is presently in the dumped into the dustbin. 1 , 6 1 , 3 2 5 r e f u n d ap‐ Arvind plans to process of demerging its plications have been iled produce 40% of branded apparel and engi‐ He also said that the gov‐ in FORM GST RFD-01A garments in-house neering businesses, and ernment's explanation for on the common portal, in intends to list its branded suicides as owing to the which an amount of Rs. Source: Live Mint apparels business, Arvind lack of irrigation is also 17,471 crore has been Fashions, as a separate en‐ false as one of the most ir‐ claimed. Of these, 60,183 Mumbai: Textile major tity. r i g a t e d d i s t r i c t s i n refund applications are in Arvind Ltd is planning to Marathwada has seen the relation to zero rated sup‐ produce 40% of garments Arvind shares closed h i g h e s t n u m b e r o f plies, in which an amount in-house from 10% at 2.81% higher to Rs395.50 suicides. of Rs. 14,649 crore has present as it looks to notch on BSE, while the Sensex been claimed. Taxpayers up the turnover of its tex‐ rose 0.87% to close at Mr Tiwari has been work‐ are required to submit a tile business to Rs10,000 33,255.36 points. ing for the families of the copy of these RFD-01A crore in the next ive years. farmers who have com‐ application to the jurisdic‐ mitted suicides for many tional tax office, along "Presently, about 10% of with all supporting docu‐ our fabrics are made into ments, the CBIC said. garments internally. We are targeting to grow this ‐ Advertise However, only 26,620 re to 40% of our production," fund applications (out of Aamir Akhtar, chief exec‐ 1,61,325 applications) have utive, Denims, Arvind been actually received in toldPTI. For this, the com‐ ‐ Here the Central or State tax of pany is adding capacity of ices, out of which 17,734 1 million metres annually, applications have been dis‐ and expects 1 million gar‐ posed off, the chamber ments to be produced in‐ added. ternally per month over Call: the next few years, he In totality, Sarna noted added. that Rs 9,604 crore (IGST refunds), Rs. 5,510 crore Akhtar highlighted that 9327495467 (ITC refund by Centre) Arvind's denims business and Rs 2,502 crore (ITC has about 40% market‐ refund by States) were share in the organised Farmers’ body years. He was given post of sanctioned, adding up to denim market at present, the new body formed by Rs 17,616 crore. registering a 8-10% annual chairman slams state government to em‐ growth. "he company is govt over peasants’ power the farmers for self- Apart from this, the CBIC looking to increase it to suicides employment. chief said Rs 16,680 crore 15%," he said. duty drawback was dis‐ Source: Asian Age "We are giving various bursed to exporters during he apparel major had suggestions to prevent the the period from July 1 last earlier said it expects to Mumbai: he chairman of farmers suicides. We are year to March 31, while increase the turnover from Vasantrao Naik Shetkari asking government for the approximately Rs 1,833.25 its textiles business to Swavalamban Mission, a immediate release of com‐ crore was disbursed to ex‐ Rs10,000 crore in four to government body to em‐ pensations to the farmers porters against remission ive years, from Rs6,000 power farmers, Kishor Ti‐ who suffer loss due to pink of state levies (RoSL) crore at present. "he com‐ wari has slammed the state ball-worm. Now three claims during FY 2017-18. pany is also looking to ex‐ government for the alleged months has been passed pand its capacities in exist‐ lack of concrete steps to but where is that relief?" asked Mr Tiwari.

Marathwada has seen 155 farmers suicide till March 4 this year. Beed district has seen highest suicides i.e. 36 farmers whereas Osmanabad has seen 33 farmer's suicides.

"Ususally there is tendency to cite less irrigation as reason for the farmers sui‐ cides. But in Parabhani district, which is highly ir‐ rigated up to 24 per cent with the help of river, Go‐ davari's water has seen 24 suicides.

In comparison to Beed, it is smaller district still seen so many suicides. So, not just irrigation but the gov‐ ernment's approach to deal with the issue is basic reason," said Mr Tiwari.

He also said that the an‐ nouncements regarding minimum support price to crops like Tur, Cotton need to be implemented on ground. "Today farmers are getting less money than Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the Tur and Cotton. A minister keeps announcing the de‐ cisions and rates but the situation on ground is completely different. In ‐ Advertise such cases, farmers' sui cides are the unfortunate TIRUPUR: Knitwear in‐ result of the situation." dustrialists in the dollar said Mr Tiwari. city were relieved as the Here state government decided to exempt the state from Textile owners intrastate e-way bill tem‐ porarily. relieved as state "It would take at least 17 Email: puts off intra-state different processes to e-way bill manufacture a garment. [email protected] Unlike many other indus‐ implementation tries, most of the processes would be done by different job work units. hese units are spread across the dis‐ 10km. While the central line as lakhs of traders Palaniswamiin February trict between 30 and 40 government has decided would be engaged at a and urged him not to im‐ km. So, it would be very to implement the inter‐ time. So, the industrialists plement the e-way bill at difficult if e-way bill would state e-way bill across the would be in haste to com‐ all, especially intrastate," be made mandatory," said country on April 1, the plete the process, which he added. knitwear industrialists. state government passed would worsen already af‐ an order recently to ex‐ fected business," said K S "But it is important to Post-GST, the central gov‐ empt e-way bill within the Babuji, general secretary make the exemption per‐ ernment announced that state. of South Collar Shirts and manent. We believe that e-way bill was mandatory Innerwear Small Scale the state government will for transporting consign‐ "It would be difficult to M a n u f a c t u r e r s make it permanent since it ment worth above Rs obtain e-way bill for every Association. "We have met would beneit thousands 50,000 or more than consignment through on‐ chief minister Edappadi K of manufacturers," said the industrialists. GST ushers in new payment system for textile industry

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Businesses and trans‐ porters moving goods worth over Rs 50,000 from one state to another will have to carry an electronic or e-way bill from April 1.

Touted as an anti-evasion measure that would help boost tax collections by clamping down on trade that currently happens on cash basis, the e-way bill provision of the goods and services tax (GST) was irst introduced on Feb‐ ruary 1.

However, its implementa‐ tion was put on hold ater the system developed glitches in generating per‐ mits. With several states also starting to generate intra-state e-way bills on the portal, the system de‐ veloped a snag.

To ensure a fool proof sys‐ tem, the GSTN has acti‐ vated only that facility on its portal where e-way bill can be generated when goods are transported Chhattarpur, New Delhi. from one state to another he Award recognize his by either road, railways, twenty years contribution airways or vessels. Advertise in the ield of fashion. "We will block any at‐ Apart from professional tempt to generate e-way career Kappil is well con‐ bill for intra-state move‐ nected with the society, he ment of goods," an official Here started, Vaatsaalyaa Chari‐ said. table Trust for Education for students of Fashion & he GST Council, earlier Textile. his nonproit this month, decided on a aims to bridge-the-gap be‐ staggered rollout of the e- tween professionals and way bill starting with Call: the deserving candidates inter-state from April 1 who are actually keen to and intra-state from April learn. 15. DsyNBlooM is the newest he platform has been 9327495467 venture of Vaatsaalyaa! It made more robust and as is a contest, one-of-a-kind many as 75 lakh inter-state Fashion Guru Kappil Kishor for such students in India, e-way bills could be gener‐ where they get this oppor‐ ated daily without any Received Hundred Masterpieces tunity to showcase their glitch. he system has collection directly in Fash‐ been designed and devel‐ Award from Padamabhusan Dr Uma ion Weeks! oped by National Infor‐ Sharma matics Centre (NIC). "I am really happy to ded‐ Source: Business Wire India "he NIC has assured us that the system should work ine on April 1. NIC has conducted extensive tests so that it doesn't de‐ velop snag at the last mo‐ ment," an official said.

He said that GST Network had advised all trans‐ porters and businesses to enrol on the portal for trial on how to generate e-way bills.

Till earlier this week, 11 lakh entities had registered on e-way bill portal. his compares to 1.05 crore registered businesses under the GST and about 70 lakh iling monthly re‐ New Delhi: Kappil Kishor ceived 'Top Hundred Mas‐ icate this award to all my turns. a Fashion Guru & well- terpieces' award from hardworking students who known name in fashion 'Padamabhusan' Dr Uma always inspire me to work education industry re‐ Sharma at Belmonde more & more for them. Touching heights in fash‐ (ATUFS), the scheme ap‐ issues and is trying to sort ion industry, not only me Fashion shows and beauty proved by Centre to mod‐ them out. Earlier, under they are making India pageants bring an amount ernise the textile sector in ATUFS scheme, 30 per proud in the ield of fash‐ of exclusivity when Kappil a bid to attract more in‐ cent subsidy was given. ion," says Kappil. is invited to judge. Fashion vestments and create over Now it has been reduced shows and beauty pageants three million jobs, had to 10 per cent due to Spending twenty years in bring an amount of exclu‐ started. which many businessmen fashion education Kappil sivity when Kappil is invit‐ do not beneit. We are has imparted his knowl‐ ed to judge. Needless to Tamta, who was in Surat working to make certain edge with reputed names say, he has more than hun‐ on hursday to attend an changes in it," Tamta said. like National Institute of dred fashion shows to his event at the Southern Gu‐ Fa s h i o n Te c h n o l o g y name. jarat Chamber of Com‐ Apart from textile traders (NIFT, Min. of Textiles merce titled "Global Op‐ and businessmen, presi‐ Govt. of India), Footwear As the saying goes… Be‐ portunities in Textiles", or‐ dents and secretaries of Design & Development hind the success of a man, ganised by Global Fabric t e x t i l e t r a d e r s ' Institute (FDDI, Min. of there's a Woman. Shivangi, Research and Resource associations, powerloom Trade & Commerce Govt. his better half, who's been Centre, said that Central associations, dyeing and of India), JD Institute of through all thick and thin government was putting printing associations and Fashion Technology, In‐ of his life, is the one, with‐ all possible efforts to solve embroidery sector associa‐ ternational Polytechnic for out her all this wouldn't issues related to the textile tions met Tamta and Women (IPW) & Jankide‐ have been a reality. industry. "he Surat Tex‐ handed him a list of issues vi Vocational Center as a tile businessmen should their sectors face. senior professor, his con‐ O n t h i s o c c a s i o n see business opportunities tributions are now salient 'Padamshri' - Shahnaz Hu‐ in medical textiles, agri‐ Beat the heat with features of progress for sain, Veteran Actor Sush‐ cultural textile and techni‐ these organizations. ma Seth, Naseer Abdullah, cal textiles sectors," Tamta summer friendly author & Editor Aruna said. fabrics His students are placed in Vasudev & Uma Vasudev, all corners of the globe - Legend in Makeup indus‐ "hey have given more im‐ Source: he India Express Rohini Gugnani is one try Meenakshi Dutt grace portance to man-made i‐ such student - now an es‐ the occasion as Guest of bres, but they should also tablished name in Bolly‐ honour. he award func‐ go ahead with natural i‐ Fabrics like wood, she is designing for tion was organized by Kr‐ bres. We are focusing one of the Khans! & Gau‐ ishan Te war i E ditor more on resources and de‐ cotton, , tam Gupta - a well- known Zoomdelhi. velopment of textile indus‐ fashion designer of FDCI. try," he added. Tamta, who chanderi silk, As a mentor, he is guiding attended a meeting con‐ students for 'FIT New vened by Union Minister georgette and York', 'London College of Work on 1,300 of Textiles Smriti Irani Fashion' & 'Domus Uni‐ with textile businessmen Llnen are no versity' & consultant to cases of textile tech across the country in Del‐ many well-known fashion upgradation has hi on March 23, said that less than houses abroad. started 2,100 cases under ATUFS had been put forward be‐ rescuers in this Well-known fashion de‐ Source: IndianExpress fore them at the meeting. signer and FDCI member blazing Ms Sonia Jetleey adds, He added, "It has become "With his personal initia‐ Ahmadabad: necessary to change the summer heat. tive Kappil will be regard‐ format of ATUFS scheme ed as a trailblazer in the Union Minister of State for and we are looking into it. If worn in history of Indian fashion Textile Ajay Tamta said on he textile traders of Surat who spearheaded the 'Il‐ hursday that work on are facing problems in pastel colours lustration movement' to 1,300 cases under Amend‐ Goods and Services Tax lend a new dimension to ed Technology Upgrada‐ (GST). Our government is like beige, this subject." t i o n F u n d S c h e m e actively working on all the As the summer heat gets intense and sweaty, every‐ one needs a set of breath‐ able and comfortable fab‐ rics in their wardrobe. Along with keeping it cool during the scorching days, staying updated with on‐ going trends is a fashion must. Sandeep Sharma, Director, Fabriclore.com, an online platform dedi‐ cated to India's rich her‐ itage of textile crats, sug‐ gested some tips:

* Breezy summer-staple fabrics: Fabrics like cotton, muslin, chanderi silk, georgette and Llnen are no less than rescuers in this blazing summer heat. If worn in pastel colours like beige, mint, aqua, fuchsia and off-white, these fabrics can beautifully be crated into a plethora of ethnic a n d f u s i o n e n s e m‐ bles.hese light shades do not absorb heat unlike their darker counterparts, thus giving a subtle and soothing look.

* Majestic mughal motifs on cotton and chanderi silk: Prints inspired by the palatial Mughal gardens, done on summer sot fab‐ rics like cotton and chan‐ deri Silk, fashioned into asymmetrical kurtis, palazzos, skirts, anarkalis, capes, maxi dresses,done in shades of beige, white, mustard, salmon, teal and more,are selling hot this mint, aqua, beautifully be fusion summer. fuchsia and crated into a ensembles, * Hand block designs crowning fusion dresses: off-white, these plethora of says an expert. Hand blocks have lately been lighting up fashion fabrics can ethnic and New Delhi: ramps with modern sil‐ houettes and designs. Achieved on summer- trict. She vividly remem‐ found it mind-boggling to is a collage of the Rabari friendly fabrics like cotton, bers one weaver: Dibakar, watch artisans produce women she met while rayon, muslin or cotton a skilled printer who went such exquisite crats in the travelling in Kutch. "I took silk, motifs of lowers, on to win the President's midst of extremely modest that picture about 30 years jharokas, bootis, fruits, ob‐ Award for hand-block work conditions," she says. ago, and I think this world j e c t s , a u t o m o b i l e s , printing. In an ode to his "I'd keep notes of my trav‐ is not going to come back," animals, are being shaped exceptional crat, Kumar els-where I went, who I'd she says. into breezy modern dress‐ made a collage of the met, what I'd watched-and es. printer about three years watche d t hes e are as Kumar has also created ago, reimagining him at change over the years. his backgrounds for the exhi‐ *Occasion-apropos chan‐ work in azamindari man‐ story has been in the bition and included her deri suits teamed with ba‐ sion when these crats telling for a long time." p e rs ona l c ol l e c t i ons narasi : Lustrous lourished under aristo‐ among the displays. hese and light-weight chanderi Ritu Kumar include a specially com‐ suits adorned with dabka missioned Kalamkari or Gotta Patti work, he travelogues cover Ku‐ canopy, Ikat robes from teamed with bright Ba‐ mar's travels across 12 re‐ Uzbekistan, gossamer- narasi Dupattas decked gions-Uzbekistan, Bhutan, light Banarasis and Jamda‐ with zari designs of My a n m a r, K a s h m i r, nis, and metal block prints bootas, jaal and more, are Varanasi, Bengal, Tamil from her early business a fashion-faithful option Nadu, Machilipatnam, units in Kolkata. Also on for light summer occa‐ Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat display are chintz prints sions. cratic patronage. and Rajasthan. he exhibi‐ from Ahmedabad's Calico tion is a visual representa‐ Museum of Textiles, bro‐ Rishabh Khanna, Director, Dibakar, as the mixed me‐ tion of Kumar's stories, cades from French em‐ Fabricasa, a one-stop des‐ dia collage is titled, is one curated in collaboration broiderer Jean-Francois tination for all the fabric of several exhibits on dis‐ with textile designer and Lesage's Chennai-based needs, also shared a few play at New Delhi's India expert Mayank Mansingh atelier Vastrakala, and vin‐ tips: Habitat Centre, where the Kaul. Much like the travel‐ tage Tanjore paintings. veteran designer and ogue, the exhibition moves * : his is the most handloom revivalist is like a map across time and he irst travelogue on renowned soothing and hostingCrossroads: Textile place, using anecdotes, Uzbekistan was published eco friendly fabric till date. Journeys With Ritu Kumar. memorabilia, vintage tex‐ in tandem with the exhibi‐ he natural making proce‐ he exhibition stems from tiles, and mixed media tion, with the rest (11 trav‐ dure makes it highly skin a series of travelogues that collages created by the de‐ elogues) likely to be re‐ friendly and soothing dur‐ Kumar, 73, is writing, signer herself. leased in a three-part se‐ ing summers. Khadi chronicling her journeys ries next year. Kumar sarees, salwar suits and across South Asia and Eu‐ Kumar says, "I found it hopes the series will in‐ even khadi kurtis makes rope in the quest for elu‐ difficult to narrate some of spire travellers to engage an extremely stylish intru‐ sive textiles and crat tra‐ the sights in writings and with crats communities sion this summer. ditions. decided to make collages and contribute to their for the books-I used pho‐ preservation. "Many of the * Seeesucker: It is light in Kumar's appreciation for tographs to make the col‐ world's textiles are now weight and thus is the best natural fabrics and crat lages and then painted only seen in museums and during the summer heat. traditions has evolved into over them." Clothing is the ateliers. I don't know if the an aesthetic signature, vis‐ main subject of these col‐ next generations will be Ritu Kumar’s atlas ible in her intricate em‐ lages, whether it is a crats able to access some of the broideries and block-print cluster in Varanasi creat‐ textiles that my generation of textiles patterns. hese motifs and ing an intricate needle‐ has worn and felt. he val‐ Source: Live Mint techniques have been work pattern on a river ue of textiles may not be drawn from her travels bank, or Ikat garments on immediately apparent, but It was the 1960s and Ritu over four decades, during women who look like they these are histories waiting Kumar was working with which she sought out local have stepped out of an to be told." block printers in West markets, designers, and Ajanta mural. One of Ku‐ Bengal's Serampore dis‐ crat communities. "I've mar's personal favourites he future of denims is sustainable brands like Flying Ma‐ ment sectors, in India, ac‐ chine. he company pro‐ cording to a March 2017 Source: Live Mint duces over 100 million study conducted by West‐ cultivating cotton to ibre metres of fabrics and six side, a retail chain. Close Arvind Ltd, previously to product at 11,000 litres, million pairs of jeans, ac‐ to 650-700 million pairs of known as Arvind Mills according to a 2009 study cording to the company's jeans are sold annually in Ltd, a 150-year-old apparel by Arjen Y. Hoekstra, pro‐ website. India, Akhtar had told‐ manufacturing company fessor in Water Manage‐ Mint in an interview in and one of India's largest m e nt , Un i v e r s it y of Denim constitutes approx‐ April 2017. denim producer, plans to Twente, the Netherlands, imately 30% of Arvind's reduce its water footprint and scientiic director, Wa‐ fabric and garment busi‐ Interestingly, the usage of to make jeans from denim ter Footprint Network. ness, said Akhtar, adding jeans is higher outside of fabric by over 95%. that currently about 6-7% the top ive metros in tier Given the growing con‐ of denims fabric is con‐ II and tier III towns like "On an average it takes c e r n s a r o u n d verted into jeans. he Guhawati, Ranchi and about 70 litres of water to sustainability, Arvind has company is targeting Jharkhand. Hazaribagh, a make a pair of jeans from been working on address‐ 40-50% of denim fabric to small town with a popula‐ the denim fabric and we ing its environmental im‐ get vertically converted tion of less than 2 lakh can now make a pair with pact for the last few years. into jeans over the next people, has the highest just one glass of water," A year ago, it had moved 3-4 years, said Akhtar. he sales density in the coun‐ said Aamir Akhtar, chief to zero discharge of haz‐ new technology will also try, according to Pepe executive officer, lifestyle ardous chemicals from its be on offer as a solution to Jeans India's managing di‐ fabrics - denim, Arvind units. For reducing its wa‐ its clients to make sustain‐ rector Kavindra Mishra. Ltd, in an interview with ter footprint, the company able jeans in India, he said. Mint. has worked with technolo‐ gy providers in the US and Brands like Levi's, Polo According to Akhtar, the imported machines from Jeans, Hiliger Denim and he curious case of global benchmark for wa‐ Europe that now allow it Abercrombie & Fitch and ter consumption is 70 to replace the water used H&M have tied up with the lungi litres for making a pair of in washing of denim to Spanish company Jeanolo‐ jeans from denim fabric manufacturing instead gia, which emphasizes on Source: he Daily Star for the top four denim with machines to give the reducing water and chemi‐ manufacturers-Vicunha same washed look. Akhtar cal consumption in manu‐ Summer is knocking and Textile, Brazil; ISKO Tur‐ did not disclose the names facturing of denims. maximum comfort is the key; Tavex Corp., Spain of the companies due to a About 35% of the 5 billion only style you need to and Arvind. non-disclosure agreement jeans produced each year look forward to. he or the investments. in the world are made with tubular garb a.k.a. lungi he highly polluting na‐ Jeanologia technologies. is no longer just a ture of the wardrobe stable "Such technologies are ini‐ he company believes that summer essential for has been under the spot‐ tially expensive as we are by 2025 all the jeans in the men. his week at Star light with documentaries setting it up," said Akhtar. world could be manufac‐ Lifestyle, we are looking like River Blue released in However as there is a huge tured 100% water-free. into the myriad fusion 2016, which pointed out movement globally to‐ possibilities with this that chemical waste from wards sustainability it will he global jeans market is versatile wear - be it the manufacturing of indi‐ be cost neutral once its valued at $92.9 billion and donning the wrap with a go blue jeans has turned rolled out, he said, without is expected to grow by pleated knot, to making the rivers to an unnatural specifying any time frame. 4.2% for men and 3.7% for trendy western wear for shade of blue in countries women, according to Eu‐ women, we have it all! like China and India. Arvind denims is a suppli‐ romonitor. er to brands like Tommy So gentlemen and ladies, Moreover the water foot‐ Hiliger, Calvin Klien, Even in India, it is one of do not let the heat and print of a pair of jeans Gap, Levi's, VF Corp the fastest growing seg‐ humidity rule you; be weighing one kilogram is brands Lee and Wrangler, ments. Jeans is the most bold this summer and even higher when you H&M and Hugo boss. It preferred outit to work, at reach out to the lungi for look at its journey from also has its own in-house least in the non-govern‐ your seasonal statement in fashion! again with the help of panjabi - be aware that Up Coming quirky theme songs and white potentially gives the While saying the words, movie roles portraying the 'uncle' vibe. Events t h e n a w a b o f h i s eccentric village chair‐ dominion, raised his man's residing in the pe‐ White lungi has an unpar‐ Yarn Fabric & sword, tagging the bright ripheries of our nation. allel glamour quotient. 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