A recent study says that Indian textile industry is estimated to grow to 500 billion by 2015, and Gujarat and Maharashtra are leading the race towards this growth. Even other States like Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Karnataka, etc. have upped their ante and improved their infrastructure and policies. Our cover story features interactions with Chandrakant Patil, Textile Minister, Maharashtra; Subhash Desai, Industries Minister, Maharashtra; Dr Chandan Chatterjee, Advisor, iNDEXTb; and many more stalwarts. Apart from the regular features and sections, we have introduced three new sections—Up the Ladder, Tex-Matters and Countdown to ITMA 2015—which will be a regular from this issue onwards. Definitely do not miss it!