Kautilya

Textiles Ministry Plans 5,000–10,000 New Exporters as India Expands District-Led Textile Export Push

India already has a wide geographic base for textile exports. Official Ministry of Textiles data shows that textile and apparel products, including handicrafts, were exported from 548 districts in 2025–26. Major exporting districts included Tiruppur, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bengaluru Urban, Gurugram, Mumbai, Panipat, Surat, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana and Thane.

Gauda — The Western Bengal Country of the Bhagirathi and the Rise of Karnasuvarna

The Mahabharata possesses an extraordinarily detailed knowledge of eastern India. Bhima’s eastern campaign moves through Videha, Magadha, Pundra, Vanga, Suhma and coastal territories, while the Kurukshetra narratives repeatedly mention warriors from Anga, Vanga, Pundra, Kalinga and Tamralipta. The epic also preserves the legendary genealogy in which Anga, Vanga, Kalinga, Pundra and Suhma become the names of five great eastern countries.

Kuttiattoor Mango — Kannur’s Orange-Gold Heirloom and the Mango Heritage of North Malabar

The fruit received formal Geographical Indication protection in September 2021, but the agricultural tradition behind it is much older. Kerala’s official GI documentation records thousands of trees across the Kuttiattoor landscape, while local history connects some surviving specimens with several centuries of cultivation. The GI therefore protects not merely a mango variety but a living orchard culture deeply associated with the people, soils and seasonal rhythms of North Malabar.