Textile companies claim they face a liquidity crunch preventing them from increasing international sales.

Announces $100m aid for various development projects.

Housewife operates international business dealing in textiles, jewellery.

Cotton, sugarcane and rice growers delay kharif crop sowing as the water levels in Punjab’s rivers stay low.

Margin of textile businesses comes down.

Expert says better seed quality can increase output by 35%.

Say they are forced to sell crop at lower prices.

Directs authorities to address industrialists’ problems.

Demand for the fabric has given boost to garment manufacturers.

Farmers fear damage to crop, drop in per acre yield.