The Ministry of Textiles’ Year End Review 2025 outlines a period of comprehensive and multi-faceted growth, driven by strategic policy reforms, significant infrastructure investments, and a strong focus on empowering the entire value chain from farm to foreign markets. Key achievements centre on promoting domestic manufacturing, enhancing global competitiveness, and ensuring the welfare of millions of farmers, weavers, and artisans.
REFORMS (Policy, Regulatory, Structural & Ease-of-Doing-Business Changes)
- Rescinding of QCO on Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF) w.e.f. 18 Nov 2025;
- Customs duty exemption on raw cotton (Aug–Dec 2025);
- Deferment of QCO 2023 for cotton bales to Aug 2026
- Enabling Reforms for Sector Supported by the Ministry:-
- Rescinding of QCO on MMF in polyester segments w.e.f. 12th Nov 2025
- Rescinding of QCO on textiles machinery w.e.f. 27th August 2025 – Extension of implementation of QCO on textile machinery to 1 Sept 2026
- Major GST rationalisation (56th GST Council): – Garments & made-ups: 5% up to ₹2,500/piece – MMF fibres 18%→5%, MMF yarns 12%→5% – Carpets, handicrafts, handlooms, sewing machines reduced to 5%
- Extension of Export Obligation period from 6 to 18 months under Advance Authorisation for QCO-covered items
- Key Revision in Production Linked Incentive Scheme for removal of hardships
- Expansion of Eligible Products
- Relaxation from setting up new companies
- Reduction in minimum threshold of investment
- Reduction in incremental turnover Criteria for incentives from earlier 25% to 10%
- Expansion and Digitisation of the Cotton Procurement Systems with strengthened monitoring
- Formulation of Land Utilisation and Allocation Framework for PM-MITA Park
- Approval & rollout of 7 PM MITRA Parks (₹4,445 Cr outlay)
- 100% land acquired & handed over to SPVs; Environment clearance for all parks; Land allotment policy approved (MP, TN)
- Extension of RoDTEP to EOUs/SEZs/Advance Authorisation units &RoSCTL for garments/made-ups till 31 Mar 2026
Decriminalisation of provisions under Jan Vishwas Bill 2025 in Central Silk Board Act, Textiles Committee Act, and Handloom Reservation Act
PERFORMANCE (Key Execution, Delivery & Physical Achievements)
- Strengthening Fibre Chain: –
- Cotton: ₹37,450 crore paid to farmers through record MSP procurement of 525 lakh quintals (100 lakh bales)
- Jute: MSP procurement of 4.16 lakh quintals worth ₹209 crore, benefiting over 83,000 farmers; certified jute seeds distributed to 72,000 farmers across 23,000 hectares
- Silk: Rising silk production with 38 sericulture modernisation projects sanctioned in the North-East
- Wool: Sanction of 6 Common Facility Centres (CFCs); distribution of shearing machines, predator-proof corrals, tents and creation of a ₹4 crore revolving wool fund
- Fast-tracking PM MITRA: –
- Foundation stone laid for the Dhar (Madhya Pradesh) park by the Prime Minister
- Infrastructure works worth ₹2,591 crore initiated across all seven parks
- Internal park infrastructure projects worth ₹7,024 crore approved
- Investment MoUs exceeding ₹27,434 crore signed
- Commercial production commenced in Telangana with ₹4,000 crore investment, generating 25,000 jobs
- Consolidating Production Linked Investment Scheme
- 40 Units have started investment (22 achieved threshold & 30 commenced production)
- Skilling People and generating Employment
- SAMARTH: 5.41 lakh persons skilled of which 88% are women,
- SAMARTH: 75% placement through new partners
- Approval of a new NIFT Campus at Raipur – will start functioning in the next academic year, new courses in existing NIFTs added for the next
- India Handmade:- Handloom and Handicrafts-
- 307 handloom marketing events, 462 handicraft marketing events, 1,225 CDAP, 746 design programmes, 517 skill programmes
- Raw material supply: 495.33 lakh kg yarn to 5.38 lakh handloom weavers
- 11,544 MUDRA loans & 2.35 lakh new social security enrolments for weavers
- 1.30 lakh artisans issued Pahchan cards; 67 Handicraft Producer Companies approved
- Emerging areas of exports
- Textiles & apparel exports USD 37.8 billion (2024-25), +5% growth, trade surplus USD 28.2 billion
- BHARAT Tex 2025: 5,000+ exhibitors, 1,20,000+ visitors from 120+ countries
- Others
- 59 textile parks sanctioned and 22 were completed under SITP
TRANSFORM (Long-Term Game-Changing Initiatives)
- A 5-year Mission for Cotton Productivity focused on higher yields, ELS varieties and sustainability
- Kasturi Cotton Bharat Programme for certification, traceability and global branding
- Blockchain-enabled QR-coded cotton bales and the CotBiz digital platform
- Extension of the National Technical Textiles Mission till March 2026, supporting R&D, startups and academic institutions
- Expansion of NIFT’s academic footprint to 19 campuses, including NIFT Varanasi and Begusarai extension centre
- Launch of ShilpiDidi campaign to promote women handicraft entrepreneurs
- Vision 2030 target of USD 100 billion textile exports
INFORM (Digitisation, Transparency, Farmer/Artisan Interface & Real-time Information)
- KapasKisan app (cotton farmer self-registration & slot booking)
- Real-time cocoon & raw silk price SMS to sericulture farmers
- Web/mobile platforms for silk seed units & chawki centres registration/inspection
- E-pehchan online portal for weaver ID cards; online mela& cluster applications
- IndiaHandmade.com &Bharatiya Vastra EvamShilpaKosh e-commerce portals
- Establishment of state-of-the-art Pashmina product testing facilities with DNA analysers(Leh& Srinagar)
- Jute Crop Information System (JCIS) with ISRO for scientific area & yield assessment
- Satellite-based monitoring & mobile procurement in jute
- End-to-end digitisation of RoSCTL
- Data-driven mapping of 520 exporting districts
- The release of the second VisioNxt Trend Book and India-specific size charts under INDIA size by NIFT
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