The Union government plans to focus on skills upgradation and financial assistance in the textile sector and integrating it sector with latest technology. At an international webinar on textile traditions organized by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), PM Modi said Indian textile sector offers many opportunities. It is highest employment generating sector in India while internationally, it helps build trade and cultural relations with the world.

He lauded the ICCR and the Uttar Pradesh Institute of Design for their efforts in bringing people from different countries to participate in the webinar on the theme ‘Weaving Relations: Textile Traditions’. Modi also highlighted the rich textile traditions of the nation's tribal communities. Noting that the program was organized in the context of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary celebrations, he said Gandhi saw a close link between the textile sector and social empowerment and converted the simple 'charkha' into a key symbol of India's independence movement.