Sustainability Shaping India's Textile Sector: PM Modi
PM Modi highlights how recycling, cleaner production and green technologies are shaping India's textile future, as the sector targets $350 billion by 2030.
Key Highlights:
- PM Modi shared an article by Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh on how sustainability is reshaping India's textile industry.
- Singh highlighted textile recycling, cleaner production and green technologies as key drivers of a more circular, competitive industry.
- India's domestic textile market grew from about Rs 6 lakh crore in 2014-15 to over Rs 16 lakh crore.
- The sector currently provides direct employment to more than 5.3 crore people, with nearly 2 crore additional jobs expected over the next three years.
- India is targeting a $350 billion textile and apparel industry by 2030, with sustainability central to its competitiveness strategy.
Sustainability at the Core of Textile Growth
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that sustainability has long been integral to India's ethos and is now shaping the future of the country's textile sector, lending his voice to a broader conversation about how environmental considerations are increasingly influencing one of India's largest employment-generating industries.
Amplifying the Textiles Minister's Message
PM Modi shared an article on X, written by Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh, that highlights how initiatives around textile recycling, cleaner production and green technologies are helping build a more circular and competitive textile industry. PM Modi remarked that Singh's article highlights "how initiatives around textile recycling, cleaner production and green technologies are helping build a more circular and competitive textile industry," directly endorsing the minister's framing of sustainability as central to the sector's future.
A Vision of Growth and Sustainability Together
Giriraj Singh wrote that from recycling and waste recovery to cleaner technologies, responsible manufacturing and stronger market opportunities, the focus is on making India's textile industry more competitive while simultaneously building a greener and more resilient future. "Under the leadership of PM Modi, the government is committed to ensuring that India does not have to choose between growth and sustainability, but that both move forward hand in hand as an integral part of India's textile growth story," Singh wrote, framing environmental responsibility not as a constraint on economic growth but as a complementary pillar of it.
