Ministry of Textiles

This article is about the ministry of India. For the Bangladesh ministry, see Ministry of Textiles and Jute. For the Pakistan ministry, see Ministry of Commerce and Textile Industry.

The Ministry of Textiles is an Indian government national agency responsible for the formulation of policy, planning, development, export promotion and regulation of the textile industry in India. This includes all natural, artificial, and cellulosic fibers that go into the making of textiles, clothing and Handicrafts.

Ministry of Textiles

Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Textiles
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi
Annual budget	₹4,389.34 crore (US$520 million) (2023–24 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible	Giriraj Singh, Cabinet Minister Pabitra Margherita, Minister of State
Website	ministryoftextiles.gov.in

Main functions of the ministry

• Textile Policy & Coordination
• Man-made Fibre/ Filament Yarn Industry
• Cotton Textile Industry
• Jute Industry
• Silk and Silk Textile Industry
• Wool & Woollen Industry
• Decentralised Powerloom Sector
• Export Promotion
• Planning & Economic Analysis

Organizations

Attached offices

• Office of the Development Commissioner for Hand-looms
• Office of the Development Commissioner for Handicrafts

Subordinate offices

• Office of the Textile Commissioner
• Office of the Jute Commissioner

Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs)

Source:^[2]

• National Textile Corporation Ltd. (NTC)
• British India Corporation Ltd. (BIC)
• Cotton Corporation Of India Ltd. (CCI)
• Jute Corporation of India (JCI)
• National Jute Manufactures Corporation Limited (NJMC)
• Central Cottage Industries Corporation (CCIC)
• National Handloom Development Corporation Ltd. (NHDC)

Statutory bodies

Source:^[3]

• Jute Manufacturers Development Council
• Central Silk Board
• Textile Committee
• Commissioner of Payments
• National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
• NIFT Foundation for Design Innovation, a Section 8 Company under the Companies Act, 2013 set up by National Institute of Fashion Technology

Advisory bodies

• Development Council for Textile Industry
• Co-ordination Council for Textile Research Associations
• Co-ordination Committee of Textiles Export Promotion Council

Autonomous bodies

• Central Wool Development Board, Jodhpur
• National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International School of Textiles & Management, Coimbatore
• Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology

Cabinet ministers

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime minister
			From	To	Period
Minister of Supply and Textiles (1985)
		Chandrashekhar Singh (1927–1986) MP for Banka (Minister of State, I/C)	30 March 1985	25 September 1985	179 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Textiles (1985–present)
		Khurshed Alam Khan (1919–2013) MP for Farrukhabad (Minister of State, I/C)	15 November 1985	22 October 1986	341 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
		Ram Niwas Mirdha (1924–2010) MP for Barmer (Minister of State, I/C until 15 February 1988)	22 October 1986	2 December 1989	3 years, 41 days
		Sharad Yadav (1947–2023) MP for Badaun	6 December 1989	10 November 1990	339 days	Janata Dal	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
		Hukmdev Narayan Yadav (born 1939) MP for Sitamarhi	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
		Ashok Gehlot (born 1951) MP for Jodhpur (Minister of State, I/C)	21 June 1991	18 January 1993	1 year, 211 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
		Gaddam Venkatswamy (1929–2014) MP for Peddapalli (Minister of State, I/C until 10 February 1995)	18 January 1993	15 September 1995	2 years, 240 days
		Kamal Nath (born 1946) MP for Chhindwara (Minister of State, I/C)	15 September 1995	20 February 1996	158 days
		Gaddam Venkatswamy (1929–2014) MP for Peddapalli	20 February 1996	16 May 1996	86 days
		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister)	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee I		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
		H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) Unelected (Prime Minister)	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Janata Dal	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
		R. L. Jalappa (1925–2021) MP for Chikballapur (Minister of State, I/C until 6 July 1996)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	1 year, 205 days
			21 April 1997	20 January 1998			Gujral		I. K. Gujral
		Bolla Bulli Ramaiah (1926–2018) MP for Eluru (Minister of State, I/C)	20 January 1998	19 March 1998	58 days	Telugu Desam Party
		Kashiram Rana (1938–2012) MP for Surat	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	5 years, 66 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
			13 October 1999	24 May 2003			Vajpayee III
		Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (born 1968) MP for Kishanganj	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	364 days
		Shankersinh Vaghela (born 1940) MP for Kapadvanj	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
		Dayanidhi Maran (born 1966) MP for Chennai Central	28 May 2009	12 July 2011	2 years, 45 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Manmohan II
		Anand Sharma (born 1953) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan	12 July 2011	17 June 2013	1 year, 340 days	Indian National Congress
		Kavuri Samba Siva Rao (born 1943) MP for Eluru	17 June 2013	3 April 2014	290 days
		Anand Sharma (born 1953) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan	3 April 2014	26 May 2014	53 days
		Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for Bareilly (Minister of State, I/C)	26 May 2014	5 July 2016	2 years, 40 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
		Smriti Irani (born 1976) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat, until 2019 MP for Amethi, from 2019	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	5 years, 2 days
			31 May 2019	7 July 2021			Modi II
		Piyush Goyal (born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days
		Giriraj Singh (born 1957) MP for Begusarai	10 June 2024	Incumbent	329 days		Modi III

Ministers of state

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime minister
			From	To	Period
		Rafique Alam (1929–2011) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar	25 June 1988	4 July 1989	1 year, 9 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
		Saroj Khaparde Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra	4 July 1989	2 December 1989	151 days
		Gingee N. Ramachandran (born 1944) MP for Tindivanam	13 October 1999	30 September 2000	353 days	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
		V. Dhananjay Kumar (1951–2019) MP for Mangalore	30 September 2000	1 July 2002	1 year, 274 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
		Basangouda Patil Yatnal (born 1963) MP for Bijapur	1 July 2002	8 September 2003	1 year, 69 days
		Gingee N. Ramachandran (born 1944) MP for Tindivanam	8 September 2003	30 December 2003	113 days	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
		E. V. K. S. Elangovan (born 1948) MP for Gobichettipalayam	29 January 2006	22 May 2009	3 years, 113 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
		Panabaka Lakshmi (born 1958) MP for Bapatla	28 May 2009	31 October 2012	3 years, 156 days		Manmohan II
		Ajay Tamta (born 1972) MP for Almora	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	2 years, 329 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
		Darshana Jardosh (born 1961) MP for Surat	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	2 years, 338 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II
		Pabitra Margherita (born 1974) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam	10 June 2024	Incumbent	329 days		Modi III

National Handlooms & Handicrafts Museum

Main article: National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi

National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi^[4] was set up at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi under the administrative control of the Ministry of Textiles.^[5] The Museum is a structured village complex consisting of 15 structures representing village dwellings, courtyards and shrines from different states spread over an area of 5 hectares. The museum collection contains about 20,000 most rare and distinctive pieces reflecting the continuing tradition of Indian craftsmen.