Stitching India’s Apparel Export Strategy: From Farm to Foreign (Rao, Gulati, Kansal, eds.) asks why India’s apparel export share has stagnated near 3 per cent for two decades while Bangladesh and Vietnam surged ahead, missing the China plus one shift. Following the 5F value chain: Farm, Fibre, Factory, Fashion, Foreign it diagnoses cotton, yarn and fabric gaps, benchmarks China, Bangladesh and Vietnam on five export competitiveness pillars, draws on India’s success stories, and sets out a reform roadmap for USD 100 billion exports by 2030.
