India to Begin Carbon Fibre Production by 2025: Minister Singh

Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh expressed optimism that India will commence production of carbon fibre, a crucial material in aerospace, civil engineering, and defense sectors, by 2025-26. Currently dependent on imports, India is set to adopt extensive measures including the National Technical Textiles Mission and PLI Scheme to boost its technical textiles industry.

Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday expressed confident that India will begin producing niche carbon fibre—used in aerospace, civil engineering, and defense—as an alternative to metal by 2025-26.

Currently, India depends entirely on imports from the US, France, Japan, and Germany for carbon fibre. The European Union's forthcoming Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a tax on embedded carbon imports, is slated to start in 2026.

Singh highlighted the government's initiatives like the National Technical Textiles Mission and Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes, asserting that these measures have balanced imports and fostered industry growth. He expressed confidence in achieving a $10 billion export target for technical textiles by 2030, prominently through sectors like Meditech and Agrotech.