Covid cuts Tirupur garment hub biz, 10% orders go to other nations

The industrial belt has seen a production loss of about Rs 10,000 crore during the last two months due to stoppage of manufacturing. IMAGE: Once an export hub, Tirupur is today a ghost......

Textile industry in doldrums

Many of the spinning mills in Tamil Nadu are facing closure and several mills have curtailed production as against the usual practice of working 24/7 round the year. Among the reasons cited by the......

Textile industry in doldrums

Tamil Nadu is the hub for the textile industry; but many spilling mills are on the verge of collapse thanks to appreciation of the rupee, cotton price hike and labour and power shortage. Many of......

Chidambaram: The Jaya angle

Finance Minister P Chidambaram finds himself caught in what the Opposition and some Congress leaders describe as a "domestic torpedo" from Tamil Nadu.The Opposition has demanded Chidambaram's......