Ministry of Textiles
{{Short description|Government ministry of India}}
{{About|the ministry of India|the Bangladesh ministry|Ministry of Textiles and Jute|the Pakistan ministry|Ministry of Commerce and Textile Industry}}
{{use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = Ministry of Textiles
| type = Ministry
| seal = Government of India logo.svg
| seal_width = 100px
| seal_caption = Branch of Government of India
| jurisdiction = Government of India
| headquarters = Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi
| budget = {{INRConvert|4389.34|c}} (2023–24 est.){{cite web|url=http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf|title=Budget data|date=2019|website=www.indiabudget.gov.in|access-date=15 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304170727/http://www.indiabudget.gov.in/ub2018-19/eb/sbe95.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2018|url-status=dead}}
| minister1_name = Giriraj Singh
| minister1_pfo = Cabinet Minister
| minister2_name = Pabitra Margherita
| minister2_pfo = Minister of State
| website = {{URL|http://ministryoftextiles.gov.in}}
| logo = Ministry of Textiles India.svg
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| logo_caption = Ministry of Textiles
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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.
Main functions of the ministry
- 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
= Attached offices =
- Office of the Development Commissioner for Hand-looms
- Office of the Development Commissioner for Handicrafts
= Subordinate offices =
- Office of the Textile Commissioner
- Office of the Jute Commissioner
= Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs)=
- 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=
- Jute Manufacturers Development Council
- Central Silk Board
- Textile Committee
- Commissioner of Payments
- National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
- NIFT Foundation for Design Innovation, a Section 8 Company under the Companies Act, 2013 set up by National Institute of Fashion Technology
= Advisory bodies =
- Development Council for Textile Industry
- Co-ordination Council for Textile Research Associations
- Co-ordination Committee of Textiles Export Promotion Council
= Autonomous bodies =
Cabinet ministers
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Minister
{{small|(Birth-Death)
Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Prime minister
|-
! style="width:8em"| From
! style="width:8em"| To
! style="width:6em"| Period
|-
! colspan="10"|
= Minister of Supply and Textiles (1985) =
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| 70px
| Chandrashekhar Singh
{{small|(1927{{ndash}}1986)
MP for Banka}}
(Minister of State, I/C)
| 30 March
1985
| 25 September
1985
| {{ayd|1985|3|30|1985|9|25}}
| Indian National Congress (I)
| Rajiv II
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| style="width:9em"| Rajiv Gandhi
|-
! colspan="10"|
= Minister of Textiles (1985{{ndash}}present) =
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| 70px
| Khurshed Alam Khan
{{small|(1919{{ndash}}2013)
MP for Farrukhabad}}
(Minister of State, I/C)
| 15 November
1985
| 22 October
1986
| {{ayd|1985|11|15|1986|10|22}}
| rowspan="2"| Indian National Congress (I)
| rowspan="2"| Rajiv II
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| rowspan="2"| Rajiv Gandhi
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| 70px
| Ram Niwas Mirdha
{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2010)
MP for Barmer}}
(Minister of State, I/C until 15 February 1988)
| 22 October
1986
| 2 December
1989
| {{ayd|1986|10|22|1989|12|2}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| 70px
| Sharad Yadav
{{small|(1947{{ndash}}2023)
MP for Badaun}}
| 6 December
1989
| 10 November
1990
| {{ayd|1989|12|6|1990|11|10}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
| 70px
| Hukmdev Narayan Yadav
{{small|(born 1939)
MP for Sitamarhi}}
| 21 November
1990
| 21 June
1991
| {{ayd|1990|11|21|1991|6|21}}
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| 70px
| Ashok Gehlot
{{small|(born 1951)
MP for Jodhpur}}
(Minister of State, I/C)
| 21 June
1991
| 18 January
1993
| {{ayd|1991|6|21|1993|1|18}}
| rowspan="4"| Indian National Congress (I)
| rowspan="4"| Rao
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| rowspan="4"| P. V. Narasimha Rao
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| 70px
| Gaddam Venkatswamy
{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2014)
MP for Peddapalli}}
(Minister of State, I/C until 10 February 1995)
| 18 January
1993
| 15 September
1995
| {{ayd|1993|1|18|1995|9|15}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| 70px
| Kamal Nath
{{small|(born 1946)
MP for Chhindwara}}
(Minister of State, I/C)
| 15 September
1995
| 20 February
1996
| {{ayd|1995|9|15|1996|2|20}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| 70px
| Gaddam Venkatswamy
{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2014)
MP for Peddapalli}}
| 20 February
1996
| 16 May
1996
| {{ayd|1996|2|20|1996|5|16}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 70px
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2018)
MP for Lucknow}}
(Prime Minister)
| 16 May
1996
| 1 June
1996
| {{ayd|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| 70px
| H. D. Deve Gowda
{{small|(born 1933)
Unelected}}
(Prime Minister)
| 1 June
1996
| 29 June
1996
| {{ayd|1996|6|1|1996|6|29}}
| rowspan="3"| Janata Dal
| rowspan="2"| Deve Gowda
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| rowspan="2"| H. D. Deve Gowda
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| R. L. Jalappa
{{small|(1925{{ndash}}2021)
MP for Chikballapur}}
(Minister of State, I/C until 6 July 1996)
| 29 June
1996
| 21 April
1997
| rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1996|6|29|1998|1|20}}
|-
| 21 April
1997
| 20 January
1998
| rowspan="2"| Gujral
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| rowspan="2"| I. K. Gujral
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}"|
|
| Bolla Bulli Ramaiah
{{small|(1926{{ndash}}2018)
MP for Eluru}}
(Minister of State, I/C)
| 20 January
1998
| 19 March
1998
| {{ayd|1998|1|20|1998|3|19}}
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| Kashiram Rana
{{small|(1938{{ndash}}2012)
MP for Surat}}
| 19 March
1998
| 13 October
1999
| rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1998|3|19|2003|5|24}}
| rowspan="3"| Bharatiya Janata Party
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="3"| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
|-
| 13 October
1999
| 24 May
2003
| rowspan="2"| Vajpayee III
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 70px
| Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
{{small|(born 1968)
MP for Kishanganj}}
| 24 May
2003
| 22 May
2004
| {{ayd|2003|5|24|2004|5|22}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| 70px
| Shankersinh Vaghela
{{small|(born 1940)
MP for Kapadvanj}}
| 23 May
2004
| 22 May
2009
| {{ayd|2004|5|23|2009|5|22}}
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="5"| Manmohan Singh
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| 70px
| Dayanidhi Maran
{{small|(born 1966)
MP for Chennai Central}}
| 28 May
2009
| 12 July
2011
| {{ayd|2009|5|28|2011|7|12}}
| rowspan="4"| Manmohan II
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| 70px
| Anand Sharma
{{small|(born 1953)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan}}
| 12 July
2011
| 17 June
2013
| {{ayd|2011|7|12|2013|6|17}}
| rowspan="3"| Indian National Congress
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| 70px
| Kavuri Samba Siva Rao
{{small|(born 1943)
MP for Eluru}}
| 17 June
2013
| 3 April
2014
| {{ayd|2013|6|17|2014|4|3}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| 70px
| Anand Sharma
{{small|(born 1953)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan}}
| 3 April
2014
| 26 May
2014
| {{ayd|2014|4|3|2014|5|26}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 70px
| Santosh Kumar Gangwar
{{small|(born 1948)
MP for Bareilly}}
(Minister of State, I/C)
| 26 May
2014
| 5 July
2016
| {{ayd|2014|5|26|2016|7|5}}
| rowspan="5"| Bharatiya Janata Party
| rowspan="2"| Modi I
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="5"| Narendra Modi
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| Smriti Irani
{{small|(born 1976)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat, until 2019
MP for Amethi, from 2019}}
| 5 July
2016
| 30 May
2019
| rowspan="2"| {{ayd|2016|7|5|2021|7|7}}
|-
| 31 May
2019
| 7 July
2021
| rowspan="2"| Modi II
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 70px
| Piyush Goyal
{{small|(born 1964)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra}}
| 7 July
2021
| 9 June
2024
| {{ayd|2021|7|7|2024|6|9}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 70px
| Giriraj Singh
{{small|(born 1957)
MP for Begusarai}}
| 10 June
2024
| Incumbent
| {{ayd|2024|6|10}}
| Modi III
|-
|}
Ministers of state
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait ! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Minister ! colspan="3" |Term of office ! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party ! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry ! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Prime minister |
| style="width:8em"| From
! style="width:8em"| To ! style="width:6em"| Period |
|---|
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| | Rafique Alam | 25 June | 4 July | {{ayd|1988|6|25|1989|7|4}} | rowspan="2"| Indian National Congress (I) | rowspan="2"| Rajiv II | rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| | rowspan="2" style="width:9em"| Rajiv Gandhi |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| 70px | Saroj Khaparde | 4 July | 2 December | {{ayd|1989|7|4|1989|12|2}} |
| colspan="10"| |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| | Gingee N. Ramachandran | 13 October | 30 September | {{ayd|1999|10|13|2000|9|30}} | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | rowspan="4"| Vajpayee III | rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | rowspan="4"| Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 70px | V. Dhananjay Kumar | 30 September | 1 July | {{ayd|2000|9|30|2002|7|1}} | rowspan="2"| Bharatiya Janata Party |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| | Basangouda Patil Yatnal | 1 July | 8 September | {{ayd|2002|7|1|2003|9|8}} |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| | Gingee N. Ramachandran | 8 September | 30 December | {{ayd|2003|9|8|2003|12|30}} |
| colspan="10"| |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| 70px | E. V. K. S. Elangovan | 29 January | 22 May | {{ayd|2006|1|29|2009|5|22}} | rowspan="2"| Indian National Congress | rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"| | rowspan="2"| Manmohan Singh |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| 70px | Panabaka Lakshmi | 28 May | 31 October | {{ayd|2009|5|28|2012|10|31}} |
| colspan="10"| |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 70px | Ajay Tamta | 5 July | 30 May | {{ayd|2016|7|5|2019|5|30}} | Modi I | rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| | rowspan="4"| Narendra Modi |
| colspan="8"| |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 70px | Darshana Jardosh | 7 July | 9 June | {{ayd|2021|7|7|2024|06|09}} | rowspan="2"| Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 70px | Pabitra Margherita | 10 June | Incumbent | {{ayd|10 Jun 2024}} | Modi III |
National Handlooms & Handicrafts Museum
{{main|National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi}}
National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi{{cite web|url=http://texmin.nic.in/tex_10.htm|title=National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum|access-date=12 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619065723/http://texmin.nic.in/tex_10.htm|archive-date=19 June 2009|url-status=dead}} was set up at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi under the administrative control of the Ministry of Textiles.{{cite web|title=National Handlooms & Handicrafts Museum (NHHM)|publisher=Ministry of Textiles|url=http://ministryoftextiles.gov.in/aboutus/tex_10.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130916123954/http://ministryoftextiles.gov.in/aboutus/tex_10.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 September 2013|access-date=2013-09-16}} 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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External links
- [http://ministryoftextiles.gov.in Ministry of Textiles – Official website]
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