II) Export Promotion Programmes :
 

The Council participated in the following international/domestic textile fairs/exhibition;
 

1.  EGYTEX 2005, Cairo, Egypt 09-11.05.2005
2.  New York Home Textile Show, New York, USA 16-19.10.2005
3.  TECHNOMAS 2005 15-18.12.2005
4.  Tex-Styles India 2006, New Delhi 01-04.03.2006
5.  XXVI Federal Trade Fair, Moscow, Russia 28-31.03.2006
 
6.

The Council projected its various activities in the realms of powerloom development and export  promotion, through the media of advertisement, publicity and publications funded by the Council, as spelt out hereinbelow ;
 

a)

Publicity of the Council was mounted through advertisements released in various publications/ print media during the fiscal year 2005 – 2006. The publicity of the Council’s activities was  supplemented by the support of the press who actively involved themselves by bringing out press communiqué in the concerned newspapers, in the course of the various events of the PDEXCIL round the year.
 

b)

Information was regularly disseminated to the members through the Council’s newsletters.
 

Membership:
 
The membership of the Council stood at 856 as on 31.03.2006.