Hank Yarn Packing Notification 2026

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PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)

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No. 3067] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2026/JYAISTHA 27, 1948

MINISTRY OF TEXTILES
(Office of the Textile Commissioner)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 15th June, 2026

S.O. 3189(E).— WHEREAS, the Textiles (Development and Regulation) Order, 2001 (hereinafter referred to
as the said Order) has been issued under section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955);
AND WHEREAS, Handloom Sector is an important source of livelihood in rural and semi-rural areas of the
country and the said order empowers the Textile Commissioner appointed by the Central Government to make statutory
provisions for the protection of the handloom industry by way of ensuring that the yarn in hank form is available in
adequate quantity at reasonable prices to the handloom industry and for that purpose, secure compliance to the said
statutory provisions by the textiles industry, all the concerned associations, federations, firms, persons, nongovernmental organizations, councils, bodies, co-operatives and public sector undertakings, etc.;

AND WHEREAS, a notification in exercise of the power conferred by clauses 8 and 11 of the Textiles
(Development and Regulation) Order, 2001 was issued vide Notification No. 2/TDRO/8/2003 dated 17.04.2003, which
was published in the Gazette of India Part-I – Section 1, dated 21.04.2003 and same was amended vide Notification
No. 04/TDRO/8/2010 dated 31.03.2010, Notification No. 05/TDRO/8/2015 dated 02.09.2015, Notification No.
06/TDRO/8/2018 dated 25.05.2018 and Notification No. 7/TDRO/6/2019 dated 07.03.2019;

NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the power conferred by clauses 8 and 11 of the Textiles (Development and
Regulation) Order, 2001 and in supersession of Notification No. 2/TDRO/8/2003 dated 17.04.2003, except as respects
things done or omitted to be done before the such supersession, the Textile Commissioner, with the prior approval of
the Central Government and in public interest, hereby issues the following directions for compliance of the Textile
Industry, namely: –

2. Definitions. – In this notification, unless the context otherwise requires, –
(a) “captive consumption” means the consumption of yarn used by a producer of yarn for producing
cloth in the weaving or loom shed or knitting department of such producer;
(b) “quarterly period” means a period from July to September or October to December or January to
March or April to June in a year;
(c) “transferee mill” shall means the mill which has packed hank yarn in excess of its own obligation
and seeks to accept, to the extent of such excess packing, the obligation on account of another mill
with a shortfall in fulfilment of its hank yarn packing obligation;
(d) “transferor mill” shall means the mill which has a shortfall in the fulfilment of its hank yarn
packing obligation and seeks to fulfil the said shortfall by transfer of obligation to another mill
which has packed hank yarn in excess of its own obligation;
(e) “yarn” shall means, yarn made or spun wholly out of cotton or its waste but does not include the
following, namely: –

(i) hosiery yarn;
(ii) sewing thread;
(iii) industrial yarns, like tyre cord, multiple yarn (more than 2 ply yarn), as defined by the
Bureau of Indian Standards from time to time;
(iv) mixed yarn of various counts reeled off from cop bottoms and yarn comprising single
count yarn reeled off from cop bottoms having loose ends or knots at short lengths;

(f) “yarn packed for domestic consumption” shall means, the yarn packed for sale in the domestic
market and includes the following, namely: –
(i) in the case of a producer of both yarn and cloth, the yarn packed for delivery, transfer
and sale in India other than exports and deemed exports as defined in the Export and
Import Policy in force, in excess of the yarn used for captive consumption, irrespective
of whether the spinning, weaving or knitting units or departments are located in the
same premises or not;
(ii) in the case of a producer of only yarn, the yarn packed by him for delivery, transfer and
sale in India other than exports and deemed exports as defined in the Export and Import
Policy in force;

(g) the words and expressions used in this notification not defined but defined in the Textiles
(Development and Regulation) Order, 2001 shall have the same meanings respectively assigned
to them in that Order.

3. Submission of quarterly return. – Every producer of yarn shall furnish true and accurate information
regarding packing of yarn in compliance of the provisions as per Annexure-I appended to this notification to the
concerned Regional Office of the Textile Commissioner under whose jurisdiction such producer of yarn is located,
so as to reach the said office on or before the 10th of the second month after expiry of each quarterly period through
the online portal on “www.txcindia.gov.in”.

4. Extent of obligation and fulfilment thereof. – (1) Every producer of yarn who packs yarn for domestic
consumption shall pack yarn in hank form in each quarterly period commencing from July to September, 2026 and
in every subsequent quarterly period, in proportion of not less than 20% (twenty per cent) of total yarn packed by
him during each quarterly period for domestic consumption:
Provided that not less than 80% (eighty per cent) of the yarn required to be packed in hank form shall be of counts
80s and below.

(2) A producer of yarn who is unable to pack yarn in hank form for any reason or who does not have reeling capacity
to pack yarn in hank form, up to the extent of proportion specified in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), shall fulfil
his obligation under this paragraph in the following manner, namely:-
(a) a producer of yarn, with the written permission of the concerned Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Department and the Regional Office of the Textile Commissioner, shall get his yarn reeled into hank
form, by another producer having surplus reeling facility or through independent reeling unit which
is in the records of the respective Regional Office of the Textile Commissioner.
(b) (i) a producer of yarn who avails of this facility shall furnish a certificate in ‘Form-A’ appended to
this notification, duly certified by a Chartered Accountant or Cost Accountant, to the concerned
Regional Office of the Textile Commissioner along with the quarterly hank yarn packing return, in
Annexure-I, appended to this notification, for every concerned quarterly period.
or
(ii) the shortfall in respect of one producer of yarn (called as the transferor) for a particular quart er
shall be met by another producer (called as the transferee) after fulfilling the transferee’s own hank
yarn packing obligation to the satisfaction of the concerned Regional Office of the Textile
Commissioner, and the information shall be furnished by the transferor in Annexure-II appended to
this notification to the concerned Regional Office of the Textile Commissioner, on or before the end
of the second month after the expiry of each quarterly period through the online portal on
“www.txcindia.gov.in”

5. Carry forward of obligation. – If the shortfall in hank yarn packing obligation that is, the overall hank yarn
packing obligation or coarser counts of hank yarn packing obligation is 15% (fifteen per cent) or less than 15%
(fifteen per cent), and it is not possible to fulfill the same by transfer of obligation within the same quarterly period,
the said shortfall hank yarn packing obligation may be carried forward to the immediately following quarterly period
and the same shall be fulfilled in the said quarterly period either by own packing or by transfer.

6. Carry forward of excess packing. – The surplus hank yarn packing in a quarterly period may be carried
forward by a mill only to the immediately following quarterly period for the purposes of fulfilment of its own shortfall
in hank yarn packing obligation in the said quarterly period, but not for undertaking hank yarn packing obligation of
a transferor mill or for any other purpose or for any other quarterly period.

7. Fulfilment of obligation by transfer. – (1) The fulfillment of shortfall hank yarn packing obligation by a
transferor mill for any quarterly period shall be against the hank yarn packing of the transferee mill in excess of its
own obligation in the same quarterly period only.
(2) If a mill which packed hank yarn more than its own hank yarn packing obligation, fails to submit the quarterly
return in Annexure – I within the due date specified in this notification, such mill, shall not be eligible for undertaking
shortfall hank yarn packing obligation of any transferor mill even if it submits the quarterly returns later and
irrespective of whether the delay in submission of the said quarterly return is condoned or not.

8. Exemption. – (1) A spinning mill declared through an appropriate notification or order as a ‘relief
undertaking’ by the concerned State Government shall be exempted from the fulfilment of hank yarn packing
obligations for the period specified in such notification or order.
(2) The spinning mill declared as ‘relief undertaking’ shall, submit a certified copy of such order or notification of

the State Government to the Fibre Division of the Office of the Textile Commissioner, Mumbai, with a copy to the
jurisdictional Regional Office of the Textile Commissioner within a period of one month from the date of such
notification or order, failing which, the exemption from fulfilment of the hank yarn packing obligation s shall be
admissible from the actual date of submission thereof to the aforesaid authorities.
(3) Notwithstanding the fact that a spinning mill has been exempted from fulfillment of hank yarn packing obligation
under this paragraph, it shall be required to furnish the Hank Yarn Packing Return in Annexure-I in accordance with
paragraph 3 of this notification.

9. Duty to give information. – (1) No person shall, with an intent to evade the provisions of this notification,
refuse to give any information lawfully demanded from him in terms of this notification or conceal, destroy, mutilate
or deface any book or other documents or articles kept by him in the course of his business.
(2) Any such acts of omission or commission shall constitute a violation of the provisions of this notification read
with the Textiles (Development and Regulation) Order, 2001 and the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.

10. Savings. – Notwithstanding the supersession of the Hank Yarn Packing Notification No. 2/TDRO/8/2003 dated
the 17th April, 2003, any Order made, anything done or any action taken or rights accrued or penalty incurred or any
direction made or notice issued or exemption granted or deemed to have been made, done, taken, accrued, incurred,
issued or granted, as the case may be, under the said notification shall be deemed to have been made, done, taken,
accrued, incurred, issued or granted under the corresponding provisions of this notification.

Note: This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of July, 2026 and shall cease to have effect on
the 30th day of June, 2029, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such cesser.

[F. No. 8/TDRO/8/2026]
VRUNDA MANOHAR DESAI, Textile Commissioner

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