Top Industry Voices: INDIAN TEXTILES REVIEW 2025 - OUTLOOK 2026 (Reforms, Resilience and Recalibration)

As the global textile landscape recalibrates, India’s industry stands at a decisive juncture. Textile Sphere India, in this article examines 2025’s realities and the strategic imperatives shaping competitiveness, resilience, and growth in 2026…

Against a backdrop of uneven global demand and rising geopolitical and cost pressures, India’s textile industry in 2025 navigated cautious growth, policy-led reforms and structural transformation—setting the foundation for competitiveness, diversification and sustainability-driven expansion in 2026, states J.M. Balaji, Vice President of Lakshmi Ring Travellers Pvt Ltd.

In this thought leadership piece, Rajeev Gupta, Joint Managing Director, RSWM Limited, analyses how 2025 reshaped India’s textile industry, highlighting export resilience, fibre diversification, and policy support, while outlining the strategic priorities that will define competitiveness and sustainable growth in 2026 and beyond.

In this reflective and forward-looking article, Avinash Mayekar, Managing Partner – Suvin Expo LLP, reviews India’s textile and apparel performance in 2025 and outlines strategic imperatives for 2026, emphasising brand-building, sustainability, technical textiles, and readiness for shifting global trade dynamics.

Drawing on strategic, policy, and industry-wide perspectives, Dr. Gurudas Aras, Strategic Advisor and Independent Director, examines how the Indian textile and apparel sector confronted unprecedented global disruptions in 2025 and positioned itself for scale, sustainability, and global leadership in 2026.

In this analytical perspective, Sachin Kumar Arora, Executive Director, Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association (India), examines the Indian textile and textile engineering industries’ performance in 2025, highlighting uneven recovery, policy asymmetries, technology challenges, and the strategic choices that will shape competitiveness and self-reliance in 2026.

As India’s textile and apparel industry navigates shifting trade dynamics, policy reforms and structural transformation, 2025 has emerged as a defining year. In this article, Rajiv Ranjan, President, The Textile Association (India), Mumbai Unit, examines industry performance, policy momentum and the strategic priorities shaping India’s textile journey towards 2030.