Bharat Tex 2024: India set to unveil global textile powerhouse ambitions in mega exhibition
Bharat Tex exhibition in February aims to showcase the complete textile value chain, featuring participants ranging from farmers to fashion designers. The event, held at both Bharat Mandapam and the newly constructed Yashobhoomi in the capital, marks India's dedication to becoming a global textile powerhouse, combining innovation, collaboration, and the «Make in India» spirit.
Timed strategically, the exhibition, covering an expansive two lakh square feet (equivalent to 45 football fields), is anticipated to coincide with the announcement of general elections.
Textiles has been a major focus sector, given the large number of weavers, artisans and workers involved in the sector.
Bharat Tex 2024 represents India's 5F vision, encompassing Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign.
It emphasizes the nation's readiness to take on global competition in the textile sector, creating products not only for India but the entire world.
The four-day event is expected to attract global CEOs, policymakers, in addition to over 3,500 exhibitors from around the world, 3,000 overseas buyers from over 40 countries, and more than 40,000 domestic buyers, official sources told TOI.
The textiles ministry, which is working with trade bodies, has reached out to global players such as Chanel, LVMH, Uniqlo, Zara and Walmart — which is hosting its first global sourcing meeting around the same time — to join the mega event where nearly 100 top Indian brands such as Fabindia, Nalli, Arvind Mills and Raymond will be showcased as the organisers work on the theme of «local for global».
«Indian manufacturers cater to big brands, largely as vendors.
