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.