New Delhi: The Ministry of Textiles organised an interactive session with foreign missions in India for Bharat Tex 2025 at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, New Delhi, on October 21. The event saw participation from over 30 foreign missions in India, including 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.
Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Textiles, Pabitra Margherita, graced the event as the Chief Guest. The session was also attended by Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Rachna Shah; Special Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, P. Kumaran; Additional Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Rohit Kansal; Trade Advisor, Ministry of Textiles, Shubhra; industry leaders and officials.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister invited the ambassadors and representatives of various countries to proactively participate in Bharat Tex 2025. Describing it as the largest and most comprehensive textiles event ever, he highlighted Bharat Tex as a unique effort to bring the entire value chain of textiles under one roof. He emphasised the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian textile industry in finding innovative solutions for the challenges posed by the global textile industry. He noted 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. The 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, he added.
Rachna Shah also 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 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. Scheduled to be held from February 14 to 17, 2025, Bharat Tex 2025 is positioned as a global-scale textile trade fair and knowledge platform. The event will be held simultaneously at two state-of-the-art venues: Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, and India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida. While 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 12-15 at the India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida.
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. A record number of over 5,000 exhibitors, 6,000 international buyers from over 110 countries, and over 120,000 visitors are expected to participate in this year’s event.
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 and 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 conferences, seminars, CEO roundtables, and B2B and G2G meetings across various key topics, such as Industry 4.0, sustainability, global value chains, investment, and trade, among other areas.
Attendees can look forward to live demonstrations, cultural events, fashion presentations, designer and brand exhibitions, 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.
BI Bureau
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