The Government has approved 7 PM Mega Integrated Tex
tile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks by finalizing
sites at Tamil Nadu (Virudhnagar), Telangana (Warangal),
Gujarat (Navasari), Karnataka (Kalaburagi), Madhya Pradesh
(Dhar), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow) and Maharashtra (Amravati)
for setting up these Parks.
The total investment interest received across all 7 PM MITRA
parks is Rs 63,177Cr so far. Once completed, it is expected
that each PM MITRA Park will generate 3 lakh (direct/
indirect) employments across all elements of the textile value
chain benefitting all segments of the population.
The PM MITRA Scheme is being reviewed regularly through
regular meetings of various Committees such as Project
Approval Committee (PAC), Park Monitoring Committee and
Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) constituted for Brownfield and
Greenfield Parks.India is the world’s sixth-largest exporter of textiles and
apparel, recording USD 37.75 billion in exports in 2024–25.
With a presence in over 200 global markets, India’s diverse
textile value chain enjoys strong international demand and
growing recognition as a reliable and trusted supplier. The
details of the initiatives being undertaken at the national and
international levels to enhance the global visibility of Indian
textiles, apparel and handicraft products—including unified
branding, market promotion, trade facilitation and supply
chain strengthening—are mentioned below
i.
The Government has approved the Export Promotion
Mission (EPM) which is anchored in a collaborative
framework involving the Department of Commerce, Ministry
of MSME, Ministry of Finance, and other key stakeholders
including Financial Institutions, Export Promotion Councils,
Commodity Boards, industry associations, and State
Governments. The NIRYAT PROTSAHAN component of the
EPM focuses on improving access to affordable trade finance
for MSMEs through a range of instruments such as interest
subvention, export factoring, collateral guarantees, credit
cards for e- commerce exporters, and credit enhancement
support for diversification into new markets.
ii.
The Government is also implementing various
schemes/initiatives to boost the Indian textile and apparel
sector and enhance its competitiveness. The major schemes/
initiatives include RoSCTL / RoDTEP scheme for rebating the
Central and States taxes, duties and levies (not rebated under
any other scheme), Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme
focusing on MMF Fabric, MMF Apparel and Technical Textiles
to boost large scale manufacturing and enhancing
competitiveness.
With a view to boost Technical Textiles sector in the country,
Ministry of Textiles launched National Technical Textiles
Mission (NTTM) in the year 2020 with a financial outlay of
Rs. 1,480 crore. The mission covers Research, Development
and Innovation along with indigenous development of related
machinery; Market Development; Export Promotion; and
Education, Training and Skilling in the field of technical
textiles.
For the modernization and strengthening of handloom sector,
the Government is implementing National Handloom
Development Programme and Raw Material Supply Scheme
across the country. In additional, the Government also
implements two schemes namely National Handicrafts
Development Programme (NHDP) and Comprehensive
Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS) for overall
development and promotion of handicrafts sector across the
country.