The Textile Expansion and Employment Scheme will seek to modernise traditional textile clusters through capital support for ...

The third component is the National Handloom and Handicraft Programme (NHHP), designed to integrate and strengthen existing schemes while ensuring targeted support for weavers and artisans.

“For the labour-intensive textile sector, I propose an integrated programme with five sub parts,” Sitharaman said in her ...

"I propose a dedicated initiative for high-quality sports goods manufacturing, research and innovation in equipment design as well as material sciences," Sitharaman said. India, she said, has the ...

A new scheme named after Mahatma Gandhi was anniunced by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget 2026 in Parliament on Sunday, an apparent counter to the ongoing row over the ...

The India-EU FTA grants zero-duty access across the full spectrum of textile and apparel tariff lines, thereby positioning ...

Nirmala Sitharaman unveils Union Budget 2026 with new schemes for India's textile sector, including National Fibre Scheme, TEX-ECO, and SAMARTH 2.0.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman set the tone early in her Budget 2026 speech, describing it as the first Budget prepared ...

Gokaldas Exports, Welspun Living, KPR Mill, and other textile stocks jumped up to 5% after the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed setting up mega textile parks with focus on value addition ...

The finance minister said the scheme aims to provide global market linkages and branding support, streamline training and ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the House that the government has fulfilled its commitment made in 2021–22 to ...