Bharat Text 2024 : PM Modi flagged off textile event with 5F Mantra

February 26, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India’s largest global textile event Bharat Text 2024 on Monday with his 5F mantra and assured the textiles sector that the government would extend all help to give a big push to the industry.

Addressing the event, PM Modi emphasised his 5F vision of Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign to take the sector ahead as it has a crucial role to play in creating large scale employment and making India a fully developed country (Viksit Bharat) in the next 25 years.

PM Modi also gave a clarion call for not only being “vocal for local but also taking local to global” in order to push exports and create more employment.

He urged the textiles industry to adopt environment-friendly technology and avoid the use of chemicals and promote the use of natural colours in the production of textiles as part of a new back to basics approach that had a great demand in the global market.

The PM pointed out that the government had enhanced the outlay of the textiles sector from Rs 7 lakh crore to Rs 12 lakh crore. There has been a 25 per cent jump in textile production in the country and the inflow of FDI into the sector has doubled during the tenure of the present government, he added.

Major Textiles States in the country including Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Karnataka are participating with dedicated pavilions and government representations.

The Bharat Tex exhibition features Apparel, Home Furnishings, Floor Coverings, Fibres, Yarns, Threads, Fabrics, Carpets, Silk, Textiles based Handicrafts, Technical Textiles and many more. It will also have a retail High Street focusing on India’s fashion retail market opportunities.

Other attractions of the show include dedicated pavilions on sustainability and recycling showcasing actual work done by individual industry as well as clusters like Panipat, Tirupur and Surat, an Indi-Haat showcasing India’s traditional sector of Handicrafts and Handlooms, over 10 Fashion shows spread across 4 days on diverse themes ranging from Indian Textiles Heritage to sustainability and global designs.

Bharat Tex also features art demonstrations by master craftsmen, interactive fabric testing zones and product demonstrations and showcases global fashion trends.