India's Ministry of Textiles concluded its two-day Textiles Summit 2026 on Wednesday, with representatives from state governments, industry, and academia attending to set the tone for the industry's future roadmap, focusing on sustainability, exports, and global market expansion.

Key Points

  • Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh called for a shift from planning to execution, implementing district-level and state-level strategies, and emphasized product-market matching, value addition, compliance with sustainability and environmental standards, effective use of free trade agreements (FTAs), and attention to niche products.
  • Textiles Secretary Neelam Shami Rao stated that suggestions from states, districts, industry stakeholders, and export promotion councils will be incorporated into a comprehensive national textile export roadmap.
  • The summit reaffirmed the industry's goal: achieving $100 billion in textile exports by 2030.

At the closing session, Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh stressed the need to move from planning to execution, implementing district-level and state-level strategies in a proactive manner. He also noted the importance of product-market alignment, value addition, compliance with sustainability and environmental standards, effective use of FTAs, and greater focus on niche products.

Textiles Secretary Neelam Shami Rao said that suggestions gathered from states, districts, industry stakeholders, and export promotion councils will be incorporated into a national textile export roadmap aimed at strengthening exports and enhancing India's position in global textile trade.

A thematic session chaired by Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal focused on how to leverage recently concluded FTAs to boost textile exports. He called on the industry to address information gaps at the district level and encouraged states and union territories to actively participate in the relaunched "Districts as Export Hubs" initiative.

The final sessions of the summit deliberated on issues including quality standards, sustainability certification, textile waste management, recycling systems, and digital product passports, while proposing strategies such as export enablement, market diversification, ease of doing business, promoting man-made fibers, nurturing globally competitive MSMEs, and strengthening the "India Brand" in international markets. Participants reaffirmed the industry's ambition: achieving $100 billion in textile exports by 2030.

Source: DD News · Originally published on 2026-10-06