Ministry of Textiles

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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$530 million) (2023-24 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible|

* Giriraj Singh, Cabinet Minister
* Pabitra Margherita, Minister of State

Website| ministryoftextiles.gov.in

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.

The current Minister of Textiles is Giriraj Singh.[2]

## Main functions of the Ministry

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* 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

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### Attached Offices

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

### Subordinate Offices

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* Office of the Textile Commissioner
* Office of the Jute Commissioner

### Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs)[3]

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* 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[4]

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* Jute Manufacturers Development Council
* Central Silk Board
* Textile Committee
* Commissioner of Payments
* National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

### Advisory Bodies

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

### Autonomous Bodies

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

## Cabinet Ministers

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* Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)

No. | Portrait  | Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency | Term of office  | Political party  | Ministry  | Prime Minister

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From  | To  | Period
Minister of Supply and Textiles
1  |  |  | Chandrashekhar Singh
(1927–1986)
MP for Banka
(MoS, I/C)  | 30 March
1985  | 25 September
1985  | 179 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II |  | Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Textiles
2  |  |  | Khurshed Alam Khan
(1919–2013)
MP for Farrukhabad
(MoS, I/C)  | 15 November
1985  | 22 October
1986  | 341 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II |  | Rajiv Gandhi
3  |  |  | Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
MP for Barmer
(MoS, I/C until 15 February 1988)  | 22 October
1986  | 2 December
1989  | 3 years, 41 days
4  |  |  | Sharad Yadav
(1947–2023)
MP for Badaun | 6 December
1989  | 10 November
1990  | 339 days | Janata Dal | Vishwanath |  | Vishwanath Pratap Singh
5  |  |  | Hukmdev Narayan Yadav
(born 1939)
MP for Sitamarhi | 21 November
1990  | 21 June
1991  | 212 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar |  | Chandra Shekhar
6  |  |  | Ashok Gehlot
(born 1951)
MP for Jodhpur
(MoS, I/C)  | 21 June
1991  | 18 January
1993  | 1 year, 211 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao |  | P. V. Narasimha Rao
7  |  |  | Gaddam Venkatswamy
(1929–2014)
MP for Peddapalli
(MoS, I/C until 10 February 1995)  | 18 January
1993  | 15 September
1995  | 2 years, 240 days
8  |  |  | Kamal Nath
(born 1946)
MP for Chhindwara
(MoS, I/C)  | 15 September
1995  | 20 February
1996  | 158 days
9  |  |  | 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
10  |  |  | R. L. Jalappa
(1925–2021)
MP for Chikballapur
(MoS, 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
11  |  |  | Bolla Bulli Ramaiah
(1926–2018)
MP for Eluru
(MoS, I/C)  | 20 January
1998  | 19 March
1998  | 58 days | Telugu Desam Party
12  |  |  | 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
13  |  |  | Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
(born 1968)
MP for Kishanganj | 24 May
2003  | 22 May
2004  | 364 days
14  |  |  | Shankersinh Vaghela
(born 1940)
MP for Kapadvanj | 23 May
2004  | 22 May
2009  | 4 years, 364 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I |  | Manmohan Singh
15  |  |  | Dayanidhi Maran
(born 1966)
MP for Chennai Central | 28 May
2009  | 12 July
2011  | 2 years, 45 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Manmohan II
16  |  |  | Anand Sharma
(born 1953)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan | 12 July
2011  | 17 June
2013  | 1 year, 340 days | Indian National Congress
17  |  |  | Kavuri Samba Siva Rao
(born 1943)
MP for Eluru | 17 June
2013  | 3 April
2014  | 290 days
(16)  |  |  | Anand Sharma
(born 1953)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan | 3 April
2014  | 26 May
2014  | 53 days
18  |  |  | Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly
(MoS, I/C)  | 26 May
2014  | 5 July
2016  | 2 years, 40 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I |  | Narendra Modi
19  |  |  | 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
20  |  |  | Piyush Goyal
(born 1964)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 7 July
2021  | 9 June
2024  | 2 years, 338 days
21  |  |  | Giriraj Singh
(born 1957)
MP for Begusarai | 10 June
2024  | Incumbent  | 166 days | Modi III

## Ministers of State

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No. | Portrait  | Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency | Term of office  | Political party  | Ministry  | Prime Minister

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From  | To  | Period
1  |  |  | 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
2  |  |  | Saroj Khaparde
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 4 July
1989  | 2 December
1989  | 151 days
3  |  |  | 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
4  |  |  | V. Dhananjay Kumar
(1951–2019)
MP for Mangalore | 30 September
2000  | 1 July
2002  | 1 year, 274 days | Bharatiya Janata Party
5  |  |  | Basangouda Patil Yatnal
(born 1963)
MP for Bijapur | 1 July
2002  | 8 September
2003  | 1 year, 69 days
(3)  |  |  | Gingee N. Ramachandran
(born 1944)
MP for Tindivanam | 8 September
2003  | 30 December
2003  | 113 days | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
6  |  |  | 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
7  |  |  | Panabaka Lakshmi
(born 1958)
MP for Bapatla | 28 May
2009  | 31 October
2012  | 3 years, 156 days | Manmohan II
8  |  |  | Ajay Tamta
(born 1972)
MP for Almora | 5 July
2016  | 30 May
2019  | 2 years, 329 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I |  | Narendra Modi
9  |  |  | Darshana Jardosh
(born 1961)
MP for Surat | 7 July
2021  | 9 June
2024  | 2 years, 338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II
10  |  |  | Pabitra Margherita
(born 1974)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam | 10 June
2024  | Incumbent  | 166 days | Modi III

## National Handlooms & Handicrafts Museum

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Main article: National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi

National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi[5] was set up at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi under the administrative control of the Ministry of Textiles.[6] 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.

## References

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1. ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
2. ^ Desk, Internet (5 July 2016). "Javdekar gets HRD, Irani shifted to Textiles". The Hindu - via www.thehindu.com. `{{cite news}}`: `|last=` has generic name (help)
3. ^ "Public Sector Undertakings". Ministry of Textiles. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
4. ^ "STATUTORY BODIES". Ministry of Textiles. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
5. ^ "National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
6. ^ "National Handlooms & Handicrafts Museum (NHHM)". Ministry of Textiles. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.

## External links

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* Ministry of Textiles - Official website

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