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Lok Sabha reply: PLI Scheme for Textiles—approved companies, Maharashtra investment and 2025 revisions
Lok Sabha reply stated that 170 companies are approved under the Textiles PLI, with 24 in Maharashtra and revised terms notified in October 2025.
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Samachar Pathshala Desk
Published 29 Jul 2026 · 1 min
Key takeaways
- PLI for Textiles links government support to production outcomes to push capacity and value addition in specific textile segments.
- MMF means man-made fibre-based textiles; technical textiles include textiles made for functional uses like industrial, protective, or medical applications.
- The Ministry of Textiles reported 170 approved PLI companies across India, with 24 companies linked to Maharashtra.
- October 2025 revisions expanded eligible products via 17 additional HSN codes and relaxed some setup and investment criteria.
What happened (Lok Sabha written reply)
The Ministry of Textiles, through a Lok Sabha written reply by Minister of State for Textiles Shri Pabitra Margherita (Lok Sabha US Q1507), described implementation status and revisions under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Textiles.
Key implementation details mentioned in the reply were:
The UPSC angle
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Textiles PLI revisions: incentive design and participation effects
UPSC can frame this as an industrial-incentive design question: how expanding eligible products and lowering investment/turnover thresholds can change who participates (including MSMEs), and how reported outcomes can be used in data-based answers.
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