Parliament Question: Status of textile and apparel manufacturing units

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TEXTILES RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-951 ANSWERED ON- 06/02/2026 STATUS OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL MANUFACTURING UNITS 951. SHRI DIGVIJAYA SINGH: SMT. PHULO DEVI NETAM: Will the Minister of TEXTILES be pleased to state: (a) the total number of textile and apparel manufacturing units that have been opened, closed and remained operational in the last five years, year-wise and State/UT-wise; (b) employment generated by the textile sector during this period, including gender-wise distribution; (c) whether Government has identified any key barriers to global competitiveness; and (d) if so, measures Government is taking to support MSME units in the textile sector? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA) (a): As per Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI), the State/UT-wise total number of units, number of operational units and other units (factories non-existence, or de-registration, or out of coverage etc.), data on units closed is not maintained seperately, under Textiles and Apparels sector during the period 2019-2023 is attached at Annexure – 1. (b): The textile industry is one of the largest sources of employment generation in the country, estimated to be directly employing more than 45 million people. As per Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) data there are more than 50% women workforce in the textile and apparel sector. (c) & (d): The Government continuously engages with stakeholders to identify and resolve key trade barriers affecting Indian exports and to support MSMEs. In this context, the Government has taken several steps including following to address key barriers for global competitiveness: i. The Government of India prioritises trade negotiations with several countries to get market access and tariff advantages for improving India’s global competitiveness through improved access to international markets under mutually beneficial trade agreements for India’s textiles exports including textiles. ii. To provide access in the different country India has signed 16 FTAs including India-UK, India-Oman CEPA which was signed on December 2025 and India has recently concluded FTA with New Zealand and EU. iii. The Interest Subvention for Pre- and Post-Shipment Export Credit intervention has been launched under the Export Promotion Mission – Niryat Protsahan to facilitate improved access to pre- and post- shipment rupee export credit for MSME exporters by reducing the cost of such credit and providing a rules- based and transparent interest-relief mechanism, with the objective of enhancing liquidity for MSME exporters and enabling them to meet working-capital requirements efficiently.iv. Government is also implementing Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) scheme for Apparel/Garments and Made-ups in order to enhance competitiveness by adopting principle of zero-rated exports. Further, textiles products not covered under the RoSCTL scheme are covered under Remissions of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) along with other products. v. The Government of India implements various schemes/initiatives to encourage and promote the textile sector including support to MSME. The major schemes/initiatives include PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks Scheme; Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme focusing on MMF Fabric, MMF Apparel and Technical; National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) focusing on Research Innovation & Development, Promotion and Market Development; SAMARTH-Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector with the objective providing demand driven, placement oriented, skilling program; Silk Samagra-2 for comprehensive development of sericulture value chain; National Handloom Development Programme and Raw Material Supply Scheme to promote handloom sector and welfare of handloom weavers across the country; National Handicraft Development Program, etc. vi. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) also implements various schemes and programmes aimed at promotion and development of MSME Sector, including Textiles sector. These schemes/ programmes include Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE), PM Vishwakarma etc. Annexure-1 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 Num Num State/ Categor Factor Factor Num Factor Num Factor Num Factor ber ber UT y ies in Oth ies in Oth ber o ies in Oth ber o ies in Oth ber o ies in Oth of of Fa Opera ers* Opera ers* f Fac Opera ers* f Fac Opera ers* f Fac Opera ers* Facto ctorie tion tion tories tion tories tion tories tion ries s Manufactu re of Textil 480 392 88 451 325 126 438 301 137 396 305 91 365 291 74 es Andhra Manufactu Pradesh re of Weari 103 81 22 95 60 35 86 56 30 81 63 18 86 65 21 ng Apparel sub-total 583 473 110 546 385 161 524 357 167 477 368 109 451 356 95 Manufactu re of Textil 32 31 1 33 31 2 32 30 2 28 28 0 31 31 0 es Manufactu Assam re of Weari 6 6 0 3 3 0 4 3 1 3 3 0 5 2 3 ng Apparel sub-total 38 37 1 36 34 2 36 33 3 31 31 0 36 33 3 Manufactu re of Textil 19 18 1 18 17 1 17 17 0 18 13 5 13 12 1 es Manufactu Bihar re of Weari 6 6 0 4 4 0 5 4 1 4 4 0 7 6 1 ng Apparel sub-total 25 24 1 22 21 1 22 21 1 22 17 5 20 18 2 Manufactu re of Textil 15 15 0 18 18 0 20 20 0 19 19 0 23 23 0 es Manufactu Chattisgarh re of Weari 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 8 8 0 8 7 1 ng Apparel sub-total 22 22 0 25 25 0 27 27 0 27 27 0 31 30 1 Manufactu re of Textil 359 240 119 315 226 89 316 232 84 366 204 162 296 209 87 Dadra & es Nagar Manufactu Havelli and re of Weari 38 32 6 38 33 5 40 33 7 34 32 2 32 32 0 Daman & ng Apparel Diu sub-total 397 272 125 353 259 94 356 265 91 400 236 164 328 241 87Manufactu re of Textil 110 90 20 116 75 41 116 90 26 95 73 22 91 87 4 es Manufactu Delhi re of Weari 401 293 108 395 246 149 362 246 116 371 193 178 309 238 71 ng Apparel sub-total 511 383 128 511 321 190 478 336 142 466 266 200 400 325 75 Manufactu Goa re of Textil 10 9 1 9 9 0 9 9 0 10 10 0 9 9 0 es Manufactu re of Textil 2,969 2,143 826 2,991 2,180 811 2,839 2,051 788 2,971 2,257 714 3,227 2,372 855 es Manufactu Gujarat re of Weari 481 342 139 448 298 150 479 296 183 510 287 223 579 364 215 ng Apparel sub-total 3,450 2,485 965 3,439 2,478 961 3,318 2,347 971 3,481 2,544 937 3,806 2,736 1,070 Manufactu re of Textil 1,087 774 313 1,158 893 265 1,213 904 309 1,107 833 274 1,125 896 229 es Manufactu Haryana re of Weari 818 487 331 856 529 327 766 447 319 704 409 295 665 440 225 ng Apparel sub-total 1,905 1,261 644 2,014 1,422 592 1,979 1,351 628 1,811 1,242 569 1,790 1,336 454 Manufactu re of Textil 85 67 18 81 81 0 86 62 24 102 75 27 86 57 29 es Himachal Manufactu Pradesh re of Weari 7 7 0 6 6 0 5 5 0 8 5 3 5 5 0 ng Apparel sub-total 92 74 18 87 87 0 91 67 24 110 80 30 91 62 29 Manufactu re of Textil 25 24 1 30 24 6 20 19 1 22 22 0 24 23 1 es Jammu & Manufactu Kashmir re of Weari 11 11 0 11 11 0 15 15 0 13 8 5 11 11 0 ng Apparel sub-total 36 35 1 41 35 6 35 34 1 35 30 5 35 34 1 Manufactu re of Textil 6 5 1 6 5 1 5 4 1 5 5 0 5 5 0 es Manufactu Jharkhand re of Weari 7 7 0 20 20 0 15 14 1 17 17 0 17 15 2 ng Apparel sub-total 13 12 1 26 25 1 20 18 2 22 22 0 22 20 2 Manufactu re of Textil 296 182 114 272 178 94 258 215 43 293 215 78 308 216 92 es Manufactu Karnataka re of Weari 994 679 315 975 693 282 932 672 260 967 638 329 985 671 314 ng Apparel sub-total 1,290 861 429 1247 871 376 1,190 887 303 1,260 853 407 1,293 887 406 Manufactu re of Textil 433 415 18 439 389 50 414 404 10 434 383 51 405 392 13 es Manufactu Kerala re of Weari 62 61 1 62 56 6 65 61 4 64 64 0 66 66 0 ng Apparel sub-total 495 476 19 501 445 56 479 465 14 498 447 51 471 458 13 Manufactu re of Textil 163 154 9 176 154 22 183 166 17 173 160 13 162 148 14 es Madhya Manufactu Pradesh re of Weari 64 64 0 74 72 2 64 64 0 64 64 0 68 67 1 ng Apparel sub-total 227 218 9 250 226 24 247 230 17 237 224 13 230 215 15 Manufactu re of Textil 1,759 1,151 608 1,756 1,220 536 1,764 1,246 518 1,705 1,221 484 1,725 1,292 433 Maharashtres a Manufactu re of Weari 933 535 398 1,018 623 395 998 577 421 1055 678 377 950 632 318 ng Apparelsub-total 2,692 1,686 1,006 2,774 1,843 931 2,762 1,823 939 2,760 1,899 861 2,675 1,924 751 Manufactu Manipur re of Textil 3 3 0 4 4 0 4 4 0 6 6 0 6 6 0 es Manufactu re of Textil 31 31 0 29 29 0 29 29 0 27 27 0 27 27 0 es Manufactu Mizoram re of Weari 29 29 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 ng Apparel sub-total 60 60 0 60 60 0 60 60 0 58 58 0 58 58 0 Manufactu re of Textil 32 32 0 32 32 0 34 29 5 29 25 4 27 25 2 es Manufactu Odisha re of Weari 3 3 0 3 3 0 4 4 0 6 5 1 5 5 0 ng Apparel sub-total 35 35 0 35 35 0 38 33 5 35 30 5 32 30 2 Manufactu re of Textil 27 24 3 29 29 0 27 27 0 30 23 7 25 23 2 es Manufactu Puducherry re of Weari 4 3 1 4 4 0 4 3 1 4 4 0 4 4 0 ng Apparel sub-total 31 27 4 33 33 0 31 30 1 34 27 7 29 27 2 Manufactu re of Textil 808 613 195 801 594 207 770 557 213 750 642 108 743 619 124 es Manufactu Punjab re of Weari 826 664 162 845 652 193 889 780 109 972 798 174 974 804 170 ng Apparel sub-total 1,634 1,277 357 1,646 1,246 400 1,659 1,337 322 1,722 1,440 282 1,717 1,423 294 Manufactu re of Textil 1,257 1,154 103 1,261 1,187 74 1,268 1,197 71 1,292 1,259 33 1,302 1,147 155 es Manufactu Rajasthan re of Weari 351 309 42 387 279 108 457 374 83 487 374 113 537 450 87 ng Apparel sub-total 1,608 1,463 145 1,648 1,466 182 1,725 1,571 154 1,779 1,633 146 1,839 1,597 242 Manufactu re of Textil 6,250 4,670 1,580 6,387 4,806 1,581 6,505 4,867 1,638 6,468 4,713 1,755 6,382 4,552 1,830 es Manufactu Tamil Nadu re of Weari 4,825 3,828 997 4,906 3,780 1,126 4,955 3,904 1,051 4,964 3,770 1,194 5,085 3,951 1,134 ng Apparel sub-total 11,075 8,498 2,577 11,293 8,586 2,707 11,460 8,771 2,689 11,432 8,483 2,949 11,467 8,503 2,964 Manufactu re of Textil 225 134 91 229 179 50 161 140 21 176 146 30 239 183 56 es Manufactu Telangana re of Weari 54 38 16 56 24 32 33 13 20 22 22 0 25 20 5 ng Apparel sub-total 279 172 107 285 203 82 194 153 41 198 168 30 264 203 61 Manufactu Tripura re of Textil 3 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 es Manufactu re of Textil 959 702 257 972 704 268 1,013 763 250 1,102 891 211 1,174 1,010 164 es Uttar Manufactu Pradesh re of Weari 1,190 779 411 1,170 761 409 1,538 1,067 471 1662 1,190 472 1,917 1,536 381 ng Apparel sub-total 2,149 1,481 668 2,142 1,465 677 2,551 1,830 721 2,764 2,081 683 3,091 2,546 545 Manufactu re of Textil 46 46 0 31 22 9 30 25 5 39 37 2 44 36 8 es Uttarakhan Manufactu d re of Weari 7 6 1 6 6 0 7 6 1 7 7 0 7 7 0 ng Apparel sub-total 53 52 1 37 28 9 37 31 6 46 44 2 51 43 8 Manufactu West re of Textil 505 417 88 524 441 83 469 354 115 459 381 78 484 386 98 Bengal esManufactu re of Weari 346 323 23 404 356 48 400 324 76 486 447 39 442 329 113 ng Apparel sub-total 851 740 111 928 797 131 869 678 191 945 828 117 926 715 211 Manufact ure of Tex 17,994 13,539 4,455 18,171 13,853 4,318 18,040 13,762 4,278 18,122 13,973 4,149 18,348 14,077 4,271 tiles Manufact All India ure of We 11,573 8,600 2,973 11,824 8,557 3,267 12,161 9,006 3,155 12,544 9,121 3,423 12,820 9,758 3,062 aring App arel Total 29,567 22,139 7,428 29,995 22,410 7,585 30,201 22,768 7,433 30,666 23,094 7,572 31,168 23,835 7,333 Others* - Factories with fixed assets but not maintaining its staff and not having production for 3 years, or non-existence, or de-registration, or out of coverage etc. Source : Annual Survey of Industries (E-Sankhyiki Portal), MoSPI; Note: The above data pertains to the data coverage of the Annual Survey of Industries which extends to the entire Factory Sector comprising industrial units (called factories) registered under the Sections 2(m)(i) and 2(m)(ii) of the Factories Act, 1948, wherein a ‘Factory’, which is the primary statistical unit of enumeration for the ASI, is defined as: ‘Any premises’ including the precincts thereof: - i. Wherein ten or more workers are working or were working on any day of the preceding twelve months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on with the aid of power or is ordinarily so carried on, or, ii. Wherein twenty or more workers are working or were working on any day of the preceding twelve months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on without the aid of power or is ordinarily so carried on, but does not include a mine subject to the operation of the Mines Act, 1952, or a railway running shed. The ‘manufacturing process’ referred to above has been defined [vide Section 2(k)] in the Factories Act, 1948 as: ‘Any process’ for i. making, altering, ornamenting, finishing, packing, oiling, washing, cleaning, breaking up, demolishing or otherwise treating or adapting any article or substance with a view to its use, sale, transport, delivery or disposal; or, ii. pumping oil, water or sewage; or, iii. generating, transforming or transmitting power; or, iv. composing types for printing by letter press, lithography, photogravure or other similar process or book binding; or, v. constructing, reconstructing, repairing, refitting, finishing or breaking up ships or vessels; or vi. preserving or storing any article in cold storage. The above definition is slightly modified due to the amendment of the Factories Act, 1948 for the State of Maharashtra and Rajasthan, which is applicable from ASI 2015-2016 onwards and for Goa, which is applicable from ASI 2022-2023 onwards. In addition to the above states, the definition has been modified for ten other states, namely; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, Punjab, Tripura, and Uttar Pradesh, which is applicable from ASI 2023-2024 onwards. The amendment section is as follows: “Section 2m(i) has been modified, i.e., from 10 or more workers with power to 20 or more workers with power and also Section 2m(ii), i.e., from 20 or more workers without power to 40 or more workers without power”. ****