The Ministry of Textiles is stepping up efforts to expand India’s textile manufacturing base beyond established clusters such as Tirupur, Surat, Panipat and Ludhiana, as part of a broader strategy to promote balanced industrial growth and attract fresh investments across new regions. The
Few industrial cities in India have crafted a transformation as remarkable as Bhilwara, a city that rose from modest commercial beginnings to become one of the country’s most influential textile manufacturing centres. Today, widely recognised as the Textile City of Rajasthan, Bhilwara represents the power of industrial vision, entrepreneurial resilience and sustained
India’s textile and apparel exports declined in April 2026 as a sharp fall in apparel shipments offset moderate growth in textile exports, reflecting continued pressure from weak global demand and geopolitical uncertainties. According to trade data analysed by the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, overall textile and apparel exports fell to US$ 2.881 billion in














