In the environs of Tirupur, a reputed boom town in the southeast Indian state of Tamil Nadu, close to a thousand garment workers or their family members have committed suicide during the past two ...

With India’s merchandise exports in October dwindling to $29.78 billion compared to $35.73 billion in the same month last year, the garment industry in Tirupur is staring at an uncertain future.

In the environs of Tirupur, a reputed boom town in the southeast Indian state of Tamil Nadu, close to a thousand garment workers or their family members have committed suicide during the past two ...

At first glance, the numbers look glossy – garment exports from the knitwear hub of Tirupur have recorded an estimated increase of ₹825 crore in 2022-23 compared to the previous year. So, Tirupur has ...

India’s largest exporter hub, Tirupur garments/knitwear cluster, is all set to resume its operations after more than 40 days of lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic. Having lost their summer exports due ...

Placards announcing job vacancies in garment manufacturing units, which used to be a common sight in Tirupur, is a rarity now. But, a cross-section of garment manufacturers maintain that there is ...

Tirupur-based industry representatives spoke to PTI about their ordeal in terms of order cancellations and margins being hit owing to the yarn price hike, and appealed that the Centre must regulate ...

After months of protracted negotiations, the Tirupur Employers’ Association (garment/knitwear units at Tirupur) has entered a four-year new wage agreement with trade unions on Tuesday. Under the new ...

The garment hub of Tirupur in western Tamil Nadu has come to the aid of the government with over a 100 companies now manufacturing masks and protective equipment instead of t-shirts and other knit ...

Garment manufacturers based in Tirupur, a major textile cluster in Tamil Nadu, will shut their units on Monday to protest against the steep hike in yarn prices over the last six months which industry ...