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NATION
Bharat Tex
farmers, weavers, designers, and traders.
EMPHASIS ON VISIONARY APPROACH
Referring to the solution in the textile sector and
the creation of possibilities, Prime Minister Modi
said that for this we are working with a visionary
and long-term approach. We have announced the
Cotton Productivity Mission to strengthen India’s
share in the world’s cotton market and make it
globally competitive.
FOCUS ON EMERGING SECTORS
Prime Minister Modi said that our focus is on
emerging sectors of the textile industry like
THE BIGGEST PLATFORM FOR INDIA’S technical textiles. He said, that when I was the
TEXTILE INDUSTRY Chief Minister of Gujarat, I used to meet textile
businessmen. At that time, when I used to talk to
Bharat Tex is being organized every year since
them about technical textiles, they used to ask
last year as the largest global event in the
me, what do you want, today I am happy that India
country’s textile sector. This time the event
is making its mark in this. We are promoting
was held from 14 to 17 February at Bharat
Mandapam, New Delhi. Through this, the entire indigenous carbon fiber and products made from
it. India is also moving forward in the direction of
textile value chain from raw materials to finished
making high-quality carbon fiber. Along with
products was brought to one place, on one
platform. The Bharat Tex platform is the largest
these efforts, we are also taking policy decisions
and most comprehensive event of the textile
that are needed for the textile sector.
industry, which includes a mega expo spread
over two places and showcases the entire
textile ecosystem. More than 5000 exhibitors, FROM KHADI FOR NATION TO KHADI FOR
6000 international buyers from more than 120 FASHION
countries along with policy makers and global PM Modi said that earlier other countries of the
CEOs participated in Bharat Tex 2025. world used to tell us to wear black, we used to
wear it. Now we will tell the world what to wear.
That is why today, on the one hand, traditional
SKILLS TO HANDS ALONG WITH
Khadi is also being promoted, and fashion trends
TECHNOLOGY
are also being analyzed through AI. The way Khadi
Prime Minister Modi said that any sector progresses is progressing today and attracting people from all
only when a skilled labor force is available for it. In over the world, we should promote it further. Earlier
the textile industry, skill plays the biggest role. That is when the freedom movement was going on, Khadi
why we are also working to create a pool of skilled was for the nation, now it should be for fashion.
talent for the textile industry. We are also trying to Hundreds of years ago when India was at the
ensure that in this era of technology, the credibility
of handloom and hand skills are given equal peak of prosperity, the textile industry played a
importance. The skills of handloom artisans reach very big role in our prosperity. Today when we
the world markets, their capacity increases and are moving ahead with the resolve of a Viksit
they get new opportunities. We are also working in Bharat, once again the textile sector is going to
this direction. In the last 10 years, more than 2400 make a huge contribution to it. Events like Bharat
big marketing events were organized to promote Tex are strengthening India’s position in this
handloom. An e-commerce platform named India-
sector. I am confident that this event will create
hand-made has also been created to promote
new records of success every year and touch
online marketing of handloom products.
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