# Ministry of Textiles

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)

Source:
* 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

Source:
* 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

* Central Wool Development Board
* National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
* Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International School of Textiles & Management, Coimbatore
* Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology

## Cabinet ministers

| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime minister | Prime minister |
| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | From | To | Period | Political party | Ministry | Prime minister | Prime minister |
| Minister of Supply and Textiles (1985) ||||||||||
| | | Chandrashekhar Singh (1927–1986) MP for Banka (Minister of State, I/C) | 30 March 1985 | 25 September 1985 | 179 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Minister of Textiles (1985–present) ||||||||||
| | | Khurshed Alam Khan (1919–2013) MP for Farrukhabad (Minister of State, I/C) | 15 November 1985 | 22 October 1986 | 341 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | | Rajiv Gandhi |
| | | Ram Niwas Mirdha (1924–2010) MP for Barmer (Minister of State, I/C until 15 February 1988) | 22 October 1986 | 2 December 1989 | 3 years, 41 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | | Rajiv Gandhi |
| | | Sharad Yadav (1947–2023) MP for Badaun | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | 339 days | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | | Vishwanath Pratap Singh |
| | | Hukmdev Narayan Yadav (born 1939) MP for Sitamarhi | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | 212 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | | Chandra Shekhar |
| | | Ashok Gehlot (born 1951) MP for Jodhpur (Minister of State, I/C) | 21 June 1991 | 18 January 1993 | 1 year, 211 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| | | Gaddam Venkatswamy (1929–2014) MP for Peddapalli (Minister of State, I/C until 10 February 1995) | 18 January 1993 | 15 September 1995 | 2 years, 240 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| | | Kamal Nath (born 1946) MP for Chhindwara (Minister of State, I/C) | 15 September 1995 | 20 February 1996 | 158 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| | | Gaddam Venkatswamy (1929–2014) MP for Peddapalli | 20 February 1996 | 16 May 1996 | 86 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) MP for Lucknow (Prime Minister) | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | 16 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| | | H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) Unelected (Prime Minister) | 1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | 28 days | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| | | R. L. Jalappa (1925–2021) MP for Chikballapur (Minister of State, I/C until 6 July 1996) | 29 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | 1 year, 205 days | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| | | R. L. Jalappa (1925–2021) MP for Chikballapur (Minister of State, I/C until 6 July 1996) | 21 April 1997 | 20 January 1998 | 1 year, 205 days | Janata Dal | Gujral | | I. K. Gujral |
| | | Bolla Bulli Ramaiah (1926–2018) MP for Eluru (Minister of State, I/C) | 20 January 1998 | 19 March 1998 | 58 days | Telugu Desam Party | Gujral | | I. K. Gujral |
| | | Kashiram Rana (1938–2012) MP for Surat | 19 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | 5 years, 66 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| | | Kashiram Rana (1938–2012) MP for Surat | 13 October 1999 | 24 May 2003 | 5 years, 66 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| | | Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (born 1968) MP for Kishanganj | 24 May 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 364 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| | | Shankersinh Vaghela (born 1940) MP for Kapadvanj | 23 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | 4 years, 364 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | | Manmohan Singh |
| | | Dayanidhi Maran (born 1966) MP for Chennai Central | 28 May 2009 | 12 July 2011 | 2 years, 45 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Manmohan II | | Manmohan Singh |
| | | Anand Sharma (born 1953) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan | 12 July 2011 | 17 June 2013 | 1 year, 340 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | | Manmohan Singh |
| | | Kavuri Samba Siva Rao (born 1943) MP for Eluru | 17 June 2013 | 3 April 2014 | 290 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | | Manmohan Singh |
| | | Anand Sharma (born 1953) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan | 3 April 2014 | 26 May 2014 | 53 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | | Manmohan Singh |
| | | Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for Bareilly (Minister of State, I/C) | 26 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 | 2 years, 40 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | | Narendra Modi |
| | | Smriti Irani (born 1976) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat, until 2019 MP for Amethi, from 2019 | 5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | 5 years, 2 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | | Narendra Modi |
| | | Smriti Irani (born 1976) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat, until 2019 MP for Amethi, from 2019 | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | 5 years, 2 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | | Narendra Modi |
| | | Piyush Goyal (born 1964) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 2 years, 338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | | Narendra Modi |
| | | Giriraj Singh (born 1957) MP for Begusarai | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 280 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi III | | Narendra Modi |

## Ministers of state

| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime minister | Prime minister |
| Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | From | To | Period | Political party | Ministry | Prime minister | Prime minister |
| | | Rafique Alam (1929–2011) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar | 25 June 1988 | 4 July 1989 | 1 year, 9 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | | Rajiv Gandhi |
| | | Saroj Khaparde Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 4 July 1989 | 2 December 1989 | 151 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | | Rajiv Gandhi |
| | | Gingee N. Ramachandran (born 1944) MP for Tindivanam | 13 October 1999 | 30 September 2000 | 353 days | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Vajpayee III | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| | | V. Dhananjay Kumar (1951–2019) MP for Mangalore | 30 September 2000 | 1 July 2002 | 1 year, 274 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| | | Basangouda Patil Yatnal (born 1963) MP for Bijapur | 1 July 2002 | 8 September 2003 | 1 year, 69 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| | | Gingee N. Ramachandran (born 1944) MP for Tindivanam | 8 September 2003 | 30 December 2003 | 113 days | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Vajpayee III | | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| | | E. V. K. S. Elangovan (born 1948) MP for Gobichettipalayam | 29 January 2006 | 22 May 2009 | 3 years, 113 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | | Manmohan Singh |
| | | Panabaka Lakshmi (born 1958) MP for Bapatla | 28 May 2009 | 31 October 2012 | 3 years, 156 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | | Manmohan Singh |
| | | Ajay Tamta (born 1972) MP for Almora | 5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | 2 years, 329 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | | Narendra Modi |
| | | Darshana Jardosh (born 1961) MP for Surat | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 2 years, 338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | | Narendra Modi |
| | | Pabitra Margherita (born 1974) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 280 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi III | | Narendra Modi |

## National Handlooms & Handicrafts Museum

National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi was set up at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi under the administrative control of the Ministry of Textiles. 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.