Lok Sabha Question No. 3580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Textile Clusters
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA, RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3580

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2017

## TEXTILE CLUSTERS

## 3580. SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA: SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of Textile Clusters presently operational in the country including  Jharkhand, State-wise; and
- (b) the total number of Textile Clusters proposed to be set up re-operationalised in 2017, State-wise?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र      मंरी (श्री अज      )

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

- (a) & (b): The state-wise details of handloom and powerloom Textiles clusters are  given  in  Annexure.  In  addition,  five  Powerloom  Mega  Clusters  have  also been  sanctioned  upto  2015-16,  at  Ichalkaranji  and  Solapur  in  Maharashtra, Erode in Tamil Nadu, Bhilwara in Rajasthan, and Surat in Gujarat. The Government has sanctioned  Silk Mega Cluster at Mysore for creating silk weaving and processing facility under the Comprehensive Powerloom Cluster Development Scheme.

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## Handloom Sector

| S. No.   | States            |   No. of Block Level Clusters sanctioned |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                       34 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                        2 |
| 3        | Assam             |                                       31 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                                       11 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                                        6 |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh  |                                        5 |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                        2 |
| 8        | Jharkhand         |                                       30 |
| 9        | Karnataka         |                                        1 |
| 10       | Kerala            |                                        4 |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                        5 |
| 12       | Manipur           |                                       10 |
| 13       | Meghalaya         |                                        3 |
| 14       | Mizoram           |                                        7 |
| 15       | Nagaland          |                                       10 |
| 16       | Orissa            |                                       19 |
| 17       | Sikkim            |                                        1 |
| 18       | Tamil Nadu        |                                       43 |
| 19       | Telangana         |                                        6 |
| 20       | Tripura           |                                        3 |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                       33 |
| 22       | Uttarakhand       |                                        1 |
| 23       | West Bengal       |                                        4 |
|          | Total             |                                      271 |

## Annexure

## Main Powerloom Clusters in the country

| State            | Cluster                 |
|------------------|-------------------------|
| Punjab           | 1. Amritsar             |
| Punjab           | 2. Ludhiana             |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3. Baddi                |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 4. Mau                  |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 5. Bhadohi              |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 6. Kanpur               |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 7. Gorakhpur            |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 8. Meerut               |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 9. Tanda                |
| Bihar            | 10. Gaya                |
| Bihar            | 11. Bhagalpur           |
| Gujarat          | 12. Ahmedabad           |
| Gujarat          | 13. Surat               |
| Gujarat          | 14. Umargam             |
| Rajasthan        | 15. Kishangarh          |
| Rajasthan        | 16. Bhilwara            |
| Haryana          | 17. Panipat             |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 18. Hindupur            |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 19. Nagari              |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 20. Sircilla            |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 21. Hyderabad           |
| West Bengal      | 23. Nadia               |
| West Bengal      | 24. Hooghly             |
| West Bengal      | 25. Burdwan, 24         |
| West Bengal      | Paraganas               |
| Maharashtra      | 28. Bhiwandi            |
| Maharashtra      | 29. Ichalkaranji        |
| Maharashtra      | 30. Madhavnagar         |
| Maharashtra      | 31. Malegaon            |
| TamilNadu        | 32. Tarapur 33. Solapur |
| TamilNadu        | 35. Salem               |
| TamilNadu        | 36. Kumarapalayam       |
| TamilNadu        | 37. Trichengode         |
| Karnataka        | 38. Karur               |
| Karnataka        | 39. Somanur/ Palladum   |
| Karnataka        | 40. Bangalore           |
| Karnataka        | 41. Doddaballapur       |
| Karnataka        | 42. Belgaum             |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 43. Indore              |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 44. Dewas               |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 45. Burhanpur           |

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