India's largest global textile event, Bharat Tex is returning for another exciting edition next year. The latest edition will be held between Feb.14-17, 2025 in Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.

Bharat Tex showcases India's prowess as a premier textile manufacturing hub, encompassing the entire value chain from raw materials to finished products. This mega textile show will be organized by 12 Indian Textile Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) and supported by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.

A road show was held on Friday in Coimbatore to promote this event amongst entrepreneurs and textile associations in the city. In fact this is the first such event to be held to promote the upcoming grand event. This road show was organized by Manmade and Technical Textiles Export Promotion Council - MATEXIL. Rachna Shah, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India took part as Chief Guest of this road show.

Arun Roy, Industries Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu; Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles - Government of India; Bhadresh Dodhia, Co-chairman, Bharat Tex, A.Sakthivel, Hon.Chairman, Tiruppur Exporters Association and many others attended.

Bhadresh Dodhia, Co-chairman, Bharat Tex said that textile manufacturers of our county need to enter into new markets in the world, and this large-scale textile exhibition will help our Indian Textile Businesses.

Rajeev Saxena in his speech said Bharat Tex 2024 had over 3,500 exhibitors, and more than 3,000 buyers from over 100 countries participated in the exhibition. Talking about the upcoming edition he highlighted that 40% of space for Bharat Tex has already been booked. This year, the organizers expect 5000 exhibitors, 6000+ international buyers, 12,000+ textile products and 1,20,000+ visitors at a venue of 2,20,000+ sq.mtr. area. He underlined that it will definitely be a festival of textiles.

Past Chairman of CITI, Rajkumar while speaking at the event, put forth a request on behalf of representatives of powerloom sector. He urged the Union Textiles Secretary Rachna Shah to consider reducing the participation fee for MSMEs in Textiles like Powerloom sector so that they too can participate in the Bharat Tex Exhibition. He also appealed to her to quickly implement the Powertex program which has been recently approved by the government.

Speaking at the event, Textile Secretary Rachna said that Bharat Tex has become one such initiatives that has helped in positioning India as a favored destination across the world for textile sourcing.

"The world is looking to partner more with India, and Bharat Tex offers an opportunity to showcase the best of Indian Textiles," she said. The secretary expressed hopes that Tamil Nadu Government will consider associating with Bharat Tex as the Partner State. Talking about the Production Linked Incentive Scheme in Textiles, she said that this PLI focuses on Sunrise segments such as MMF apparel & fabrics as well as Technical Textiles.

"We expect that an investment close to the tune of about Rs.25,000 crore will come within this country in a very short span of time under PLI scheme," she said. Talking about the PM Mitra Parks scheme, she said that this scheme is expected to generate Rs.70,000 crore of investment in the next few years and jobs to the tune of about 20 lakh. 

These 2 big initiatives will help in augmenting and modernizing India's manufacturing capacity and strengthen the country's position as a global leading textile manufacturer.