Indian Textiles Ministry calls for global participation in Bharat Tex

The session was attended by the Foreign Missions in India namely Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lesotho, Montenegro, Malaysia, Mongolia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Sri Lanka, Somalia, Taiwan, Togo, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

Margherita described Bharat Tex 2025 as the largest and most comprehensive textiles event ever, calling it a unique effort to bring the entire value chain of textiles under one roof. He further highlighted the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian textile industry in finding innovative solutions for the challenges posed by the global textile industry.

The minister underlined that Bharat Tex will reaffirm the attractiveness of India as a reliable, sustainable sourcing destination as well as an investment destination at a large scale for textiles.

He also added that the textile sector has the potential to provide large scale employment across the value chain and touch the lives of people across all social spheres. With innovation, collaboration, and the Make in India spirit at its core, this event is an embodiment of the 5F vision of the Prime Minister - Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign.

The session was attended by secretary (Ministry of Textiles) Rachna Shah. She highlighted the role of Bharat Tex in the global textiles industry. She invited the attendees to participate as a partner country in the mega textile global event. Further she emphasised on India’s focus on the textiles sector with strong policy support backed by various incentives and schemes including PLI and PM-MITRA Parks.

Bharat Tex is a mega global textiles event being organised by a consortium of Textile Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) and supported by the Ministry of Textiles. The programme is scheduled to be held from February 14 to 17, 2025. This is positioned as a global scale textile trade fair and knowledge platform. Bharat Tex 2025 will be held simultaneously at two states of the art venues: Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi and India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida.

The main event will be held from February 14-17 at the Bharat Mandapam and will cover the entire value chain of textiles. Exhibitions pertaining to handicrafts, garment machinery and ethnic apparel will be held from February 12 to 15 at the India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida, as per a press release by the Ministry of Textiles.

Bharat Tex 2025 aims to build on the resounding success of the first edition in 2024. Built around the twin themes of resilient global value chains and sustainability, this year’s show promises to be even more vibrant and attractive than the first edition, attracting top policymakers, global CEOs, international exhibitors, and global buyers, according to the press release.

The event will be attended by a record number of over 5,000 exhibitors, 6,000 international buyers from over 110 countries and over 1,20,000 visitors are expected to participate.

The Bharat Tex 2025 exhibition will feature dedicated pavilions for apparel, home furnishings, floor coverings, fibres, yarns, threads, fabrics, carpets, silk, handlooms, handicrafts, technical textiles, apparel machinery, dyes & chemicals and many more. It will also have a retail High Street focusing on India’s fashion retail market opportunities.

The textile mega event will also provide a platform for global textiles dialogue covering conference, seminars, CEO roundtables, and B2B and G2G meetings across various key topics such as Industry 4.0, Sustainability, Global Value Chain, Investment, Trade among other areas.

Attendees can look forward to live demonstrations, cultural events, and fashion presentations, designer and brand exhibitions and sustainability workshops, and expert talks. Bharat Tex 2025 aims to serve as a unique and consolidated platform to showcase India’s full textile value chain, while highlighting its strengths in fashion, traditional crafts, and sustainability initiatives, added the press release.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (SG)