New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI/GPRC): Needless to say, TEA is important to Indians and Chaai Seth came into being upholding this element back in 2015 when the co-founder Arpit Raj joined his College to purse his bachelor's.

Coimbatore Mar 23 PTI Export of knitwear from Tirupur near here clocked US 4 billion this financial year Tirupur Exporters Association TEA has said With this the exports from Tirupur have contributed one per cent to the total exports worth 400 billion from the country the TEA said in a press release President of TEA Raja M Shanmugham thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for rebate on State and Central taxes and levies RoSCTL for three years for the garment sector remission of duties and taxes on export products RoDTEP for other industries additional 10 per cent credit under emergency credit-line guarantee scheme ECLGS continuance of interest equalisation scheme with retrospective effect from October last year said the release PTI NVM NVG NVG

Coimbatore Jan 20 PTI Tirupur Exporters Association TEA on Thursday thanked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin for raising the issue over price increase of cotton and yarn with Union Textile Minister Piyush Goyal In a statement TEA president Raja M Shanmugham said he had written to Stalin to address the issues like removal of duty on import and export of cotton to control the prices He expressed confidence that the Central government would take quick action and protect the value-added garment sector and the workers The Chief Minister has urged the Centre to avert a crisis gripping the powerlooms apparel and home textile units owing to the 11 per cent import duty These units may soon become unviable resulting in closure and consequent large-scale unemployment and industrial unrest in the State he has said I request you to urgently intervene in this matter to resolve this precarious situation that has widespread ramifications the Chief Minister told the Union Textile Minister PTI NVM NVG NVG

Ahmedabad Dec 24 PTI The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on the entrepreneurial activities in the country with the total early-stage entrepreneurial activity declining to 534 per cent in 2020-21 as compared to 15 per cent in the previous year According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor GEM India Survey conducted by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India EDII the entrepreneurial intentions among individuals have declined due to the setback of the pandemic The survey was conducted in over 45 countries of the world of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial perceptions EDII Gandhinagar conducted this GEM India survey with a sample size of 3317 adults and national level experts The survey has found out that the major indicator of entrepreneurial activity - the TEA - has declined significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic Of the total population in the work age group in 2019-20 TEA was 15 per cent which has declined to 534 per cent EDII Director General and team leader of GEM India Sunil Shukla told PTI The survey further noted that the TEA decline is more severe in case of the female youth Female entrepreneurial activities decreased by 79 per cent while the male entrepreneurial activities fell by 53 per cent Overall entrepreneurial intentions in public had been 333 per cent in 201920 which fell to 2031 per cent in 202021 the survey said Shukla noted that in the Indian context and given its socio-economic challenges as well as its size and scope entrepreneurship development can bring transformational changes to the socio-economic landscape of the country In this trying times those who have gone online have survived and thrived Indian unicorns like Paytm BYJUs Swiggy and Zomato have thrived because they were using online he said In a bid to improve the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country measures should be taken to include entrepreneurship education at school and college levels there should be greater support from the government Further research and policy advocacy in the field of entrepreneurship and pool of business mentors would also be beneficial for the entrepreneurial landscape of the country Though in the last five-six years the government has focused on entrepreneurship development and creating a start-up ecosystem more needs to be done to promote the ecosystem so that more and more people take entrepreneurship for self-employment and can give jobs to others Shukla said PTI PD NP DRR

Coimbatore Nov 25 PTI Tirupur Exporters Association TEA will extend support to the general strike to be observed by a joint platform of trade unions and associations on Friday to protest against anti-people policies of the Central government In a statement TEA President Raja M Shanmugham appealed to the association members to ensure success of the protest so as to draw the attention of the Central government and to do the needful for the best interests of the Value Added Garment sector The Association will continue to take all the necessary efforts to resolve the issue of skyrocketing yarn prices for the last two months he said PTI NVM SS SS

Washington [US], November 23 (ANI): To absolutely no one's surprise, British singer and songwriter Adele's new album '30' has now become the top-selling album of 2021, achieving the feat in just three days.