India

PM Modi to inaugurate Bharat Tex 2024, one of largest-ever global textile events in country

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Bharat Tex – 2024, one of the largest-ever global textile events to be organised in the country, at Delhi’s Bharat Mandapam on Monday.

Taking to social media, PM Modi wrote on X, “Will be inaugurating Bharat Tex 2024 at 10:30 AM today. This forum will showcase India’s vibrant textile heritage and innovation. Together, let us weave a brighter future for trade, investment and exports in the important textiles sector.”

Bharat Tex 2024 is being organised from February 26-29. Drawing inspiration from the 5F Vision of the Prime Minister, the event has a unified farm to foreign via fibre, fabric and fashion focus, covering the entire textiles value chain.

It will showcase India’s prowess in the textile Sector and reaffirm India’s position as a global textile powerhouse.

Organised by a consortium of 11 Textile Export Promotion Councils and supported by the government, Bharat Tex 2024 is built on the twin pillars of trade and investment, with an overarching focus on sustainability.

The four days event will feature over 65 knowledge sessions with more than 100 global panelists discussing various issues facing relevant to the sector.

It will also have dedicated pavilions on sustainability and circularity, an ‘Indi Haat’, fashion presentations on diverse themes such as Indian Textiles Heritage, sustainability, and global designs, as well as interactive fabric testing zones and product demonstrations.

Bharat Tex 2024 is expected to witness participation of policymakers and global CEOs, over 3,500 exhibitors, over 3,000 buyers from over 100 countries, and more than 40,000 business visitors, besides textiles students, weavers, artisans and textile workers.

With more than 50 announcements and MoUs expected to be signed during the event, it is envisaged to provide further impetus to investment and trade in the textile sector and help push up exports. It will be another key step to further the Prime Minister’s vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Viksit Bharat.

IANS

Recent Posts

India, Eritrea discuss ways to further broaden and deepen cooperation

India and Eritrea held a second round of Foreign Office Consultations in Delhi on Wednesday…

10 hours ago

India registers record export at USD 778 billion in 2023-24

India registered record exports in the just concluded financial year 2023-24 at USD 778 billion,…

12 hours ago

Activist decries PoJK government’s electricity tariff reduction notification as fraudulent

Prominent activist from Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir, Amjad Ayub Mirza, has raised serious concerns about a…

12 hours ago

India, UAE hold 5th meeting of Joint Committee on Consular Affairs in New Delhi

The fifth meeting of the India-UAE Joint Committee on Consular Affairs took place in New…

12 hours ago

World Sindhi Congress chairperson Rubina Shaikh elected president of UNPO

World Sindhi Congress Chairperson Rubina Shaikh has been elected President of the Unrepresented Nations and…

12 hours ago

Choose France Summit: TCS to set up AI centre, Motherson to invest in aerospace

Two major commitments were made by Indian companies at the Choose France Summit held in…

14 hours ago