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PM Modi flags textiles as biggest job engine of decade, highlights Giriraj Singh’s vision

New Delhi, Jan 20 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spotlighted Minister Giriraj Singh’s assessment of India’s textile sector, underscoring the government’s push to transform the traditional industry into a future-ready, job-creating growth engine anchored in Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Sharing Singh’s write-up, the Prime Minister said in a social media post, policy interventions such as PM MITRA Parks, the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme and a series of new Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are driving the next wave of employment and exports. “In this article, Minister Giriraj Singh outlines the rise of India’s textile sector from a legacy industry to a powerful, job-creating, people-centric engine of growth,” the Prime Minister said in his post on handle X, adding that the reforms are opening up new global markets and strengthening domestic manufacturing capacity.

Central India's Premier English Daily

Central India's Premier English Daily

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Key Highlights

  • Singh, the Minister for Textiles, said the sector is poised to emerge as the biggest job creator of the decade under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership.
  • “Key growth drivers include doubling of per capita textile consumption, an export surge powered by FTAs opening new global markets, sustainability-led growth creating fresh opportunities for the handicrafts and handlooms sector, and technology and innovation transforming productivity and value chains,” he said.
  • Describing textiles as central to inclusive development, Singh stressed that the industry is no longer confined to its legacy status.
  • “Textiles are no longer a legacy sector.
  • It is a future-ready engine of inclusive, sustainable and women-led growth, strengthening Atmanirbhar Bharat and accelerating Viksit Bharat,” he said.
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