September, 16-30, 2015

Of late many new notifications are being issued by both the Central and State Governments with regard to sustainable initiatives for the common good of the apparel industry. Almost a year ago the Haryana Government issued a notification for the installation of rooftop solar power systems for commercial buildings having load connection of 50 Kilo Watt (KW) to 1 Mega Watt, and making it mandatory for such factories to produce solar power of 5 per cent of total requirement or 10 KW, whichever is higher. The deadline for installation was September 2015; however, as of now very few factories have come forward for implementation and most of them have already missed the deadline. In fact most of these factories, be it the export hub of Gurgaon or Faridabad, home furnishing hub of Panipat or other emerging industrial areas like Sonepat that Apparel Online talked to, have their own logic for not implementing solar panels. Read more under our ‘Sustainability’ section… Also covered in-depth in this issue is Galleria Intima, the only international sourcing fair in India for the intimatewear industry, which recently concluded successfully in Delhi. Almost 50 participants including fabric, accessory and technology providers participated at the event. Besides the above, our regular columns of Mind Tree, H2F, Fashion Trends, Industry Wire, Resource Centre, Export Statistics, etc. make the issue worth reading.