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Hindustan Times
4 days ago
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Weave the Future textile exhibition to focus on regenerative practices, indigenous cotton
New Delhi, The second edition of Weave the Future will bring together 30 brands and initiatives, including farmers, designers, and textile artisans, with an aim to reimagine the future of fashion through regenerative and handmade practices. Weave the Future textile exhibition to focus on regenerative practices, indigenous cotton The handloom exhibition, organised by the Development Commission for Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles, will be inaugurated by Minister of Textile Giriraj Singh on August 7 at the Crafts Museum on National Handloom Day. The second edition of the exhibition will highlight the role of handlooms in 'enabling mindful, culturally rooted, and circular production systems'. The event will focus on traditional, nature-aligned practices that encourage slower, more conscious consumption cycles, and highlight indigenous cotton varieties such as Kala cotton, Punasa cotton, Konda patti cotton, and Gavran Kapus cotton that are drought-resistant crops supporting ecological balance and rural livelihoods. From traditional farming knowledge to design innovation, from grassroots implementation to responsible branding, the edition will create space for engagement between the stakeholders in the textile value chain. 'Weave the Future – Regenerative Edition stands as a testament to the resilience, beauty, and profound cultural significance of India's handloom traditions. On National Handloom Day, we are honoured to create a platform that not only honors our weavers and our heritage but also sparks vital conversations around sustainability, circularity, and regenerative practices. "This initiative represents our collective commitment towards shaping a future where handlooms are not merely celebrated as a craft, but as living system of knowledge, community, and ecological harmony," M Beena, development commissioner , told PTI. Some of the participants include Laudes Foundation, IDH, and the Regenerative Production Landscape Collaborative in Madhya Pradesh, grassroots implementers like Udaanta Trust, KORA Collective, and Khamir, and brands such as Eka, Dhi Earth, Lafaani, and re-ceremonial. Apart from focussing on regenerative practices and indigenous cotton, the exhibition will feature installations to expand the conversation around sustainability, craft, and storytelling. A soundscape installation by fashion designer Sonam Khetan features large-scale textile panels, translating the disappearing natural sounds of a Californian wilderness area into woven spectrograms. Another installation by Kora Design Collaborative showcases 12 native varieties of cotton seeds and traces their journey through the entire indigenous cotton processing cycle 'What if every thread remembered' by Lafaani is a meditative eco-printed panel, marked with petals and hand-appliqued dried flowers reflecting memory and the sacredness of the handmade. The event will also host workshops on natural dye, regenerative fashion, and indigenous cotton. The exhibition will come to an end on August 17. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
Time of India
21-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
SGCCI submit demands related to QCO
Surat: In a meeting with senior officials of the textile ministry in New Delhi, various demands related to the quality control order (QCO) were discussed by officials of the Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI). The meeting was organised by the ministry, and various stakeholders were invited to discuss issues. The meeting was chaired by the commissioner of textile, M Beena. Representatives from textile machinery manufacturers and user industries from across India, the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), SGCCI, and others were present at the meeting. SGCCI was represented by vice president Ashok Jirawala, former presidents Vijay Mewawala and Ashish Gujarati, who submitted recommendations. It was suggested to the ministry that Europe, China, and Japan are the global leaders in textile machinery. To develop the textile machinery industry in India, it is necessary to study two factories each from Europe and China, and one from Japan. The study should cover how these manufacturers determine parameters for textile machinery design, the standard operating procedures they follow for manufacturing, the kind of facilities and locations they have for making machine components, if they have intellectual property protection for their sub-assemblies and components, and whether they have in-house laboratories to test machine performance parameters. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Neues Produkt hilft tausenden Deutschen bei Gelenkschmerzen Medizinmonitor Jetzt lesen Undo SGCCI suggested forming a task force to conduct this study, which should include members from the user industry as well. Additionally, to reduce the import of textile machinery, the SGCCI submitted suggestions that 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) approval should be given to top-level global original equipment manufacturers to start manufacturing in India. The central govt should formally invite them. SGCCI further suggested a production-linked incentive scheme should be introduced specifically for textile machinery manufacturing. Research and development facilities of large Indian companies should be leveraged to design world-class textile machinery in India. Manufacturing should take place through joint ventures with Surat's textile manufacturers. GST on textile machinery should not exceed 12%. Regarding impact assessment, the SGCCI stated that any funds utilised for the development of textile machinery in India should be evaluated by comparing the value of machinery developed domestically and the subsequent reduction in imports against the funds spent.
