India has signed 14 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and 6
Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) with its trading
partners to give boost to India’s exports.
The Government is implementing various schemes/
initiatives to promote Indian textiles sector and enhance its
competitiveness. The major schemes/initiatives include PM
Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA)
Parks Scheme to create a modern, integrated, world class
textile infrastructure; Production Linked Incentive (PLI)
Scheme focusing on MMF Fabric, MMF Apparel and
Technical Textiles to boost large scale manufacturing and
enhancing competitiveness; National Technical Textiles
Mission focusing on Research Innovation & Development,
Promotion and Market Development; SAMARTH – Scheme
for Capacity Building in Textile Sector with the objective
providing demand driven, placement oriented, skilling
program.
Further, Government is also implementing Rebate of State
and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) scheme for
Apparel/Garments and Made-ups in order to enhance
competitiveness by adopting principle of zero rated exports.
Further, textiles products not covered under the RoSCTL
scheme are covered under Remissions of Duties and Taxes
on Exported Products (RoDTEP) along with other products.
In addition, Government provides financial support to
various Export Promotion Councils and Trade Bodies under
Market Access Initiative Scheme implemented by
Department of Commerce for organising and participating
in trade fairs, exhibitions, buyer-seller meets etc at
national and international levels.
Ministry of Textiles through Office of Development
Commissioner (Handlooms) promotes Handloom products
of the country by implementing following schemes:
i. National Handloom Development Programme;
ii. Raw Material Supply Scheme;
• Under the above schemes, financial assistance is
provided to eligible handloom agencies/weavers for raw
materials, procurement of upgraded looms & accessories,
solar lighting units, construction of workshed, skilling,
product & design development, technical and common
infrastructure, marketing of handloom products in domestic
& international markets, concessional loans under weavers’
MUDRA scheme and social security etc.
• Assistance in establishing international marketing
linkages to suitable Apex/Primary handloom cooperative
societies, corporations, producers’ companies, handloom
awardees, exporters, other talented weavers etc. who are
producing exclusive exportable handloom products.
• Market penetration through organisation/participation
in international fairs/exhibitions, big ticket events, Buyer
Sellers Meet, Reverse Buyer Sellers Meet etc., for export
promotion of handloom products. Publicity and brand
development through India Handloom Brand (IHB),
Handloom Mark (HLM) and other measures.
• Raw Material Supply Scheme (RMSS) is being
implemented throughout the country to make available
yarn to handloom weavers. Under the scheme, fright
charges are reimbursed for all types of yarn; and
component of 15% price subsidy is there for cotton hank
yarn, domestic silk, wool and linen yarn and blended yarn
of natural fibres.
Around 2,600 handicrafts exporters registered with Export
Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) were supported
through participation in International trade fairs and
Buyer Seller Meets organized in India and abroad under
MAI Scheme of Department of Commerce. Around 582
member exporters of the Handloom Export Promotion
Council (HEPC) were provided marketing support during
2024-25 (upto February 2025) under various schemes of the
ministries.
Ministry of Textiles promotes the provision of Geographical
Indication (GI) of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act
1999, in respect of handloom & handicrafts products of pan
India under the scheme, National Handloom Development
Programme (NHDP) & National Handicrafts Development
Programme (NHDP) respectively. Under the above scheme,
financial assistance is provided for meeting the expenses in
registering the designs/products, imparting training to
personnel of implementing agencies and effective
enforcement of G.I. registration. So far, a total no. of 214
handicrafts products and 104 handloom products, out of a
total no. of 658 GI tagged products have been registered
under the GI Act.
To increase more marketing opportunities, the office of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) implementing
various domestic & international marketing events under
National Handicraft Development Programmes (NHDP)
across the country wherein artisans are being provided a
platform to sell their products. Further, an e-commerce
portal (www.Indiahandmade.com) has been launched
specifically for artisans & weavers where they can sell their
products to buyers from all over the country. Artisans are
being also onboarded on GeM portal where they can sell
their products to government offices/PSU etc.
India’s export of Cotton, Man-made, Wool, Silk during the
last three years:
Value in USD Million
Source: DGCIS provisional data
India’s export of Technical Textiles during the last three
years:
Value in Rs. crore
Source: Ministry of Commerce
Commodity FY 2021-2022 FY 2022-2023 FY 2023-2024
Cotton Yarn 5,498 2,752 3,780
Other texile yarn, fabrics, madeups
etc
650 730 731
Cotton Raw Incld. Waste 2,816 781 1,117
Cotton Fabrics, Madeups Etc. 8,201 6,821 6,630
Cotton Texles 17,166 11,085 12,258
Manmade Staple Fibre 680 463 402
Manmade Yarn, Fabrics, Madeups 5,615 4,949 4,679
Man-made texles 6,294 5,412 5,081
Wool Raw 0 1 1
Wollen Yarn, Fabrics, Madeups Etc. 166 204 192
Wool & Woolen texles 166 205 192
Natural Silk Yarn, Fabrics, Madeup 79 72 79
Silk Raw 2 0 2
Silk Waste 28 22 38
Silk Products 109 95 119
Commodity FY 2021-2022 FY 2022-
2023 FY 2023-2024
Technical Texles 21,194.62 20,095.52 21,407.38