Government initiatives and measures to enhance trade preparedness and export competitiveness of India’s textile sector
Government measures to improve textile sector export preparedness through incentives, logistics facilitation, and trade policy extensions
- RELIEF is designed to support exporters affected by disruptions from the evolving geopolitical situation in West Asia and its impacts on maritime logistics across the Gulf and adjoining regions.
- RoSCTL was operational since March 2019 for rebate of embedded State and Central taxes and levies on exports of garments and made-ups and was extended up to 30 September 2026.
- The government described temporary customs-duty exemptions on MMF inputs and GST rate rationalisation to correct an inverted duty structure in the MMF value chain.
The Ministry of Textiles has outlined government initiatives to strengthen India’s textile sector export preparedness and global competitiveness, combining production-linked support, market-access strategy, and recent trade-policy interventions. The government also reported textile and apparel exports at ₹3,25,339 crore in 2025–26 and tied export-support measures to policy predictability and logistics resilience amid disruptions affecting maritime trade routes.
What happened (announced measures and support framework)
The government highlights both ongoing schemes and newly undertaken measures aimed at export competitiveness in textiles and apparel:
Frame the issue as export competitiveness policy design: incentive schemes and capacity-building support must be complemented by tariff/duty corrections and logistics facilitation to offset external disruptions. Consider trade-offs in industry protection versus global market positioning and the administrative challenge of implementing scheme benefits across value chains and districts.
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