Extracted Data Points:

  • TEXPROCIL (Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council) organized export awards ceremony to recognize outstanding performers in India's cotton textile export sector
  • Awards presented in categories recognizing employment generation, innovation, ESG initiatives and excellence in e-commerce
  • Advanced Certificate Program in International Trade (ACPIT) launched to strengthen India's export ecosystem
  • Textile growth targets set: $100 billion in exports and $250 billion in textile production by 2030
  • India is the sixth-largest textile exporter in the world
  • Textile sector supports nearly 6 crore livelihoods directly and indirectly
  • Textile sector contributes around 2.3% to GDP
  • Textile sector accounts for nearly 12% of India's total export earnings
  • India is the world's second-largest producer of silk
  • Textile exports reached approximately $33.5 billion in 2025–26
  • Seven world-class textile parks being developed under PM MITRA Scheme across the country
  • Investment MOUs worth over ₹27,000 crore already signed for PM MITRA Parks
  • Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS) launched in 2016 provides capital and interest subsidies
  • TEXPROCIL's 2,000 exporters contribute nearly $11 billion in exports
  • Wider textile ecosystem supports around 35 million jobs
  • Government initiatives mentioned: Textile Expansion and Employment Scheme, National Fibre Scheme, Tex-Eco Initiative, Samarth 2.0, Aatma Nirbhar Bharat package, ECLGS, MSME support
  • Kasturi Cotton branding, certification, and traceability initiatives promoted