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Lok Sabha replies from the Ministry of Textiles detail the PLI Scheme for Textiles, the National Technical Textiles Mission (and its GREAT start-up scheme), the National Handloom Development Programme, and India's FY2025-26 textile export performance.
PLI-Textiles was revised in October 2025 — new HSN codes, a 50% cut in the minimum investment threshold and a lower turnover criterion — after which MSMEs made up 68% of Round-3 applications.
India's textile & apparel exports (incl. handicrafts) touched a record ₹3,25,339 crore in FY2025-26, growing in over 100 countries, backed by 16 in-force FTAs including the India-UK CETA.
Boost large-scale manufacturing and competitiveness in MMF apparel/fabrics and technical textiles
Key: ₹10,683 crore outlay, Cabinet-approved 8 September 2021; 170 companies approved nationally; revised October 2025 (new HSN codes, 50% lower investment threshold, turnover criterion cut from 25% to 10%); ₹386.30 crore incentives released till date
Boost indigenous technical-textiles development across agro-, geo-, medical, industrial, protective and sportech segments
Key: Launched 2020, ₹1,480 crore outlay across four components — R&D (₹1,000 cr), Promotion & Market Development (₹50 cr), Education/Training/Skilling (₹400 cr), Export Promotion (₹10 cr); FY2025-26 trade surplus ₹3,420.20 crore
Support start-ups translating technical-textiles research into commercial products
Key: Running since 2023; 31 start-ups approved at ₹15.40 crore total cost (₹13.65 crore Government of India share); maximum ₹50 lakh support per start-up
Financial support for looms, worksheds, credit and marketing for handloom weavers
Key: 237 Handloom Producer Companies formed (2020-21 to 2025-26); Weaver MUDRA credit at 6% concessional interest; 1.50 lakh weavers onboarded on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM)
Integrated textile value-chain parks combining spinning to garmenting at one site
Key: 7 parks — Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu), Warangal (Telangana), Navsari (Gujarat), Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Dhar (Madhya Pradesh), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Amravati (Maharashtra); ₹4,445 crore outlay, announced in Budget 2021-22, targeted for completion by 2026-27
| Scheme | Launch | Outlay | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLI Scheme for Textiles | 2021 (Cabinet-approved 8 Sep) | ₹10,683 crore | MMF apparel/fabrics & technical-textiles manufacturing scale-up |
| National Technical Textiles Mission | 2020 | ₹1,480 crore (2020-21 to 2023-24) | R&D, market development, skilling & exports in technical textiles |
| PM MITRA Parks | 2021 (Budget announcement) | ₹4,445 crore | 7 integrated textile-value-chain parks (spinning to garmenting) |
| National Handloom Development Programme | Ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme | Need-based | Loom upgradation, worksheds, credit & marketing for handloom weavers |
Third edition held 14-17 July 2026 — India's flagship global textiles trade event showcasing the value chain these schemes support
Tax-rebate schemes working alongside PLI and NTTM to keep Indian textile exports price-competitive; RoSCTL extended to 30 September 2026
GS Paper 3 > Industrial Policy & Growth; Economy > Textile Sector Schemes
Textile schemes recur almost every budget cycle in Prelims and Mains GS3
Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks — a 7-site scheme combining the entire textile value chain (spin to garment) at one location