India's largest international textile event, Bharat Tex 2025, showcased the country's textile innovations and potential for international trade while taking place in New Delhi

An outline of the Indian textile industry

• India’s share in global textile trade stood at 8. 21%, making it the sixth largest exporter (2023-24).
• Employment Generator: Provides indirect income to over 100 million people including women and rural population and employment to 45 million people directly.
• Export Markets: 47 per cent of India's textile exports go to the US and the EU.
• Government Initiatives 10, 683 crore has been provided for manufacturing promotion under Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme.

Trending Areas in the Textile Sector

• High-performance textiles for infrastructure, medicine and aerospace are called technical textiles.
• India is anticipating for $300 billion in textiles by the year 2047.
• Handloom & Artisanal Textiles Cluster based support to handloom sector is being provided by the Government to conserve the age old Indian weaving tradition.
• Man-Made Fibre (MMF) and Apparel Government focus on synthetic textiles, MMF apparel and high value garments
• Principal Government Initiatives Aiding the Textile Industry
• PM MITRA is a seven mega parks integrated textile apparel region with world class infrastructure, estimated investment of $10 billion.
• The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme provides an incentive of 10, 683 crore for value addition in high-end clothing, technical textiles and MMF fabrics.
• Samarth Scheme: 10 Lakh artisans and textile workers to be trained for skill upgradation.Support for clean processing facilities meeting international environmental standards through the Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS)
• The National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) provides financial assistance, linkages to markets and support to handloom weavers.
• Support programmes for raw materials: programmes to promote cotton, jute, silk and wool, to improve yield and quality.

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India’s textile industry on the path to transformative growth Innovation, sustainability and government support drive growth of India’s textile industry With an export target of 9 lakh crore by 2030, Bharat Tex 2025 has established India as a major global textile hub. Policy support, technology innovation and skilled workforce development will transform the global textile landscape.