India-EU trade deal in 4 days: Textile minister
While inaugurating the India International Garment Fair, Singh said that garment exports have increased from Rs 95,000 crore ($11.3 billion) during April-Dec 2025 to Rs 1,01,000 crore ($11.6 billion) and cited market diversification as one of the reasons.
He said 40 new destinations were identified with countries, such as Argentina seeing 77% rise in exports, Egypt (30%), Poland and Japan (20% each), Sweden, UAE and France (10% each) and Spain and Germany (5%) each.
The comments came just as Rahul Gandhi took to social media to claim that 50% US tariffs have crippled Indian textiles sector.
“This isn’t a shutdown…
Rahul Gandhi, stop speaking against the country.
It’s a shutdown of your mind, not an industry shutdown,” Singh told reporters, while accusing the Congress lawmaker of making misleading claims.
