Archive · 4 Jan 2026
Textiles Ministers' National Meet in Guwahati
A big meeting of textiles ministers and officials is happening in Guwahati.
It's called 'India’s Textiles: Weaving Growth, Heritage & Innovation'.
The goal is to make India a top place for making textiles.
They want to grow the industry to USD 350 billion and exports to USD 100 billion by 2030.
Important people like the Union Textiles Minister and the Assam Chief Minister will be there.
They will talk about how to improve infrastructure, increase exports, and support traditional textiles like handloom and handicrafts.
There will also be a special meeting about textiles from the North-Eastern region, focusing on silk, handloom, and bamboo-based textiles.
The textiles ministers’ national conference is being held in Guwahati with the theme 'India’s Textiles: Weaving Growth, Heritage & Innovation'.
The conference aims to develop a coordinated national strategy to position India as a global textiles manufacturing hub.
Key attendees include Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Union MoS for Textiles Pabitra Margherita.
The conference will focus on infrastructure, investment, exports, competitiveness, raw materials, technical textiles, research, and revitalizing traditional textiles.
A special conclave will be held to strengthen and empower the textiles sector of the North-Eastern Region of India, focusing on silk, handloom, and bamboo-based textiles.
- Who
- Union and state ministers of Textiles, senior officials of Union and state governments
- What
- Textiles ministers’ national conference
- When
- From Thursday, January 4
- Where
- Guwahati
- Why
- To deliberate on a coordinated national strategy for positioning India as a global textiles manufacturing hub
- Event
- Textiles ministers’ national conference
- Location
- Guwahati
- Duration
- Two days
- Theme
- India’s Textiles: Weaving Growth, Heritage & Innovation
- Organizers
- Ministry of Textiles and Assam state government
- Key Attendees
- Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union MoS for Textiles Pabitra Margherita
- Focus Areas
- Infrastructure, investment, exports, competitiveness, raw materials, technical textiles, research, traditional textiles, handloom, handicrafts
- Special Conclave
- Strengthening and Empowering the Textiles Sector of the North-Eastern Region of India
