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Time of India
10-08-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Mills' Association urges EPFO to revert to old way of generating UAN
Coimbatore: The Southern India Mills' Association (SIMA) has urged the Employees' Provident Fund Organization ( EPFO ) to withdraw its recent circular mandating the allotment and activation of Universal Account Numbers (UANs) exclusively through the UMANG application, citing technical glitches and operational delays. In a circular dated July 30, the EPFO mandates that UAN allotment and activation must be done through the UMANG app using facial authentication technology. In a letter to Central Provident Fund Commissioner Neelam Shami Rao, SIMA secretary general K Selvaraju said the member mills were facing significant difficulties since the new mandate was enforced. According to him, the app frequently crashes, logs out users, displays server errors and fails to map existing UANs for employees who previously worked elsewhere. "These issues have led to severe delays in UAN generation, creating a backlog of applications and hampering day-to-day operations. Employers were neither given any time nor adequate sensitization before the circular came into effect," Selvaraju said. SIMA has requested the EPFO to revert to the previous system-based UAN generation process until the UMANG app's technical problems are resolved, and to conduct awareness programmes before introducing such changes. The association, which represents more than 1,500 textile mills and the entire textile value chain in South India, has also shot off a letter to the Union labour and employment ministry in this regard. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area.
Economic Times
06-08-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
Electricity, wood usage, chemical inputs top sources of carbon footprint in India's handlooms
Synopsis A recent report highlights the carbon footprint of India's handloom sector. The report identifies electricity consumption, wood usage and chemical inputs as major contributors. The Textiles Ministry and IIT Delhi prepared the report. The assessment maps the carbon footprint of eleven handloom products. The initiative aims to promote carbon trading. This will cut emissions and benefit handloom artisans. Agencies Electricity consumption, wood usage, chemicals inputs are the top sources of carbon footprint in India's handloom sector, an official report released Wednesday showed. Prepared by the ministry and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, the report showed that improving energy efficiency, transitioning to renewable electricity sources and substituting chemical use in dyeing and finishing can help cut emissions and help increase exports of sustainable handloom products from India in the future. The report titled 'Carbon Footprint Assessment in the Indian Handloom Sector' maps the carbon footprint of 11 products including Banarasi Saree, Cotton Bedsheet, Floor Mat and Kullu Shawl."Real progress in sustainability requires measuring the carbon impact at every stage of textile production. Out of the 17 parameters set by the United Nations for its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by working on this alone, we are making efforts in the direction of achieving 10 out of the 17 SDG goals,' said textiles minister Giriraj report is part of an initiative aimed at promoting carbon trading in the sector to cut emissions, earn revenue, and help handloom artisans benefit financially from green practices in the future. As per the report, the carbon footprint analysis for Banarasi silk saree manufacturing reveals that electricity consumption is overwhelmingly the primary contributor, accounting for 85% of total emissions, followed by chemicals including dyes and finishing agents, making up the next largest share at 8.5%.In case of natural Tussar silk dress material, electricity consumption is the dominant source of emissions followed by soap while for the Kullu shawls, the top sources are electricity consumption and chemicalinputs as the primary sources of emissions, followed by yarn Saree, Tangail Saree, Ikat Saree, Silk Dyeing Process, Ashawali Saree, Tasar Silk and Dharmavaram Saree are the other products mapped in the report.'Now the idea is basically to make it sellable at some point of time that the carbon trading can be done, as far as this is concerned. Apart from the carbon trading part of it, a more sustainable product would find better markets, higher costs, and thus empower the handloom industry workers,' said textiles secretary Neelam Shami Rao.
Time of India
06-08-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Electricity, wood usage, chemical inputs top sources of carbon footprint in India's handlooms
Electricity consumption, wood usage, chemicals inputs are the top sources of carbon footprint in India's handloom sector, an official report released Wednesday showed. Prepared by the ministry and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, the report showed that improving energy efficiency, transitioning to renewable electricity sources and substituting chemical use in dyeing and finishing can help cut emissions and help increase exports of sustainable handloom products from India in the future. The report titled 'Carbon Footprint Assessment in the Indian Handloom Sector' maps the carbon footprint of 11 products including Banarasi Saree, Cotton Bedsheet, Floor Mat and Kullu Shawl. "Real progress in sustainability requires measuring the carbon impact at every stage of textile production. Out of the 17 parameters set by the United Nations for its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by working on this alone, we are making efforts in the direction of achieving 10 out of the 17 SDG goals,' said textiles minister Giriraj Singh. The report is part of an initiative aimed at promoting carbon trading in the sector to cut emissions, earn revenue, and help handloom artisans benefit financially from green practices in the future. As per the report, the carbon footprint analysis for Banarasi silk saree manufacturing reveals that electricity consumption is overwhelmingly the primary contributor, accounting for 85% of total emissions, followed by chemicals including dyes and finishing agents, making up the next largest share at 8.5%. In case of natural Tussar silk dress material, electricity consumption is the dominant source of emissions followed by soap while for the Kullu shawls, the top sources are electricity consumption and chemical inputs as the primary sources of emissions, followed by yarn waste. Balramapuram Saree, Tangail Saree, Ikat Saree, Silk Dyeing Process, Ashawali Saree, Tasar Silk and Dharmavaram Saree are the other products mapped in the report. 'Now the idea is basically to make it sellable at some point of time that the carbon trading can be done, as far as this is concerned. Apart from the carbon trading part of it, a more sustainable product would find better markets, higher costs, and thus empower the handloom industry workers,' said textiles secretary Neelam Shami Rao. Economic Times WhatsApp channel )
