Lok Sabha Question No. 402 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Utilisation of NTC Mills Land
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, VIJAY KUMAR S.R.

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*402 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2016

## UTILISATION OF NTC MILLS  LAND

## *402.   KUNWAR  HARIBANSH  SINGH: SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

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

- (a) whether a number of  National Textile Corporation (NTC) mills have been closed down and if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) the land in hectare and estimated value of each such mill;
- (c) whether the Government has drawn any plan to utilise the land more profitably;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Union Government to make NTC  a  profit making entity?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र मंरी ( )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES

(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.*402  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 15.12.2016.

(a): As  per  the  Board  for  Industrial  and  Financial  Reconstruction  (BIFR) Revival  Scheme  -  MS-08  of  National  Textile  Corporation  Limited  (NTC) approved on 5 th September, 2008, 78 mills found unviable as per the scheme have been closed under the Industrial Disputes Act.  The State/UT wise details of the closed mills of NTC are at Annexure - I.

(b): Out of the land of the 78 closed mills of NTC, the land of 28 mills has been disposed of completely as per the sanctioned scheme of BIFR.  The details of the remaining land area belonging to 50 closed mills of NTC and the estimated value are at Annexure - II.

(c) & (d): The  land  assets  of  NTC  closed  textile  mills  are  to  be  utilized as  per  the  provisions  of  Sick  Textile  Undertakings  (Nationalization)  Act,  1974, Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings)  Act,  1986  and  The  Textiles  Undertakings  (Nationalization)  Act, 1995.  Accordingly, NTC is in the process of formulating a policy for utilization of land assets of closed mills.

(e): NTC is now a profit making company.  During the financial year 2015-16, NTC has  reported  net  profit  of  Rs.21.59  crores.    Further,  NTC  has  formulated modernization, expansion and diversification plans (NTC  - Future plan 2015) in association with Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA) which are to  be  implemented  in  two  phases,  to  make  the  company  more  competitive  and profitable.

Annexure - I

## LIST OF 78 MILLS CLOSED UNDER INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE ACT

|                | S. No.   | NAME OF THE MILLS           | LOCATION     |
|----------------|----------|-----------------------------|--------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |          |                             |              |
|                | 1        | AZAM JAHI MILLS             | Warangal     |
|                | 2        | NATRAJ SPINNING MILLS       | Adilabad     |
|                | 3        | ADONI COTTON MILLS          | Adoni        |
|                | 4        | NETHA SPINNING MILLS        | Secunderabad |
|                | 5        | ANANTHAPUR COTTON MILLS     |              |
| Assam          |          |                             |              |
|                | 6        | ASSOCIASED INDUSTRIES       | Chandrapur   |
| Bihar          |          |                             |              |
|                | 7        | GAYA COTTON &JUTE MILLS     | Gaya         |
|                | 8        | BIHAR CO-OPERATIVE MILLS    | Mokameh      |
| Gujarat        |          |                             |              |
|                | 9        | AHMEDBAD JUPITER TEX. MILLS | Ahmedabad    |
|                | 10       | JEHANGIR TEXTILE MILLS      | Ahmedabad    |
|                | 11       | MAHALAXMI TEX.MILLS         | Bhavnagar    |
|                | 12       | NEW MANEKCHOWKTEX.MILL      | Ahmedabad    |
|                | 13       | PETLAD TEX.MILLS            | Petlad       |
|                | 14       | RAJKOT TEX.MILLS            | Rajkot       |
|                | 15       | VIRAMGAM TEX.MILLS          | Viramgam     |
|                | 16       | RAJNAGAR II                 | Ahmedabad    |
|                | 17       | HIMADARI TEXTILE MILLS      | Ahmedabad    |
|                | 18       | AHMEDABADNEW TEXTILE MILLS  | Ahmedabad    |
| Karnataka      |          |                             |              |
|                | 19       | M.S.K. MILLS                | Gulbarga     |
|                | 20       | MYSORE SPG. &MFG. MILLS     | Bangalore    |
|                | 21       | SHREE YALLAMA COTTON MILLS  | Davangere    |
|                | 22       | MINERVA MILLS               | Bangalore    |
| Madhya Pradesh |          |                             |              |
|                | 23       | BENGAL NAGPUR COTTON MILLS  | Rajnandgaon  |
|                | 24       | HIRA MILLS                  | Ujjain       |
|                | 25       | INDORE MALWAUNITED MILLS    | Indore       |
|                | 26       | KALYAN MAL MILLS            | Indore       |
|                | 27       | SWADESHI TEXTILE MILLS      | Indore       |
| Maharashtra    |          |                             |              |
|                | 28       | INDIA UNITED MILLS NO.2     | Mumbai       |
|                | 29       | INDIA UNITED MILLS NO.3     | Mumbai       |
|                | 30       | INDIA UNITED MILLS NO.4     | Mumbai       |
|                | 31       | KOHINOOR MILLS NO.2         | Mumbai       |
|                | 32       | KOHINOOR MILLS NO.3         | Mumbai       |
|                | 33       | JAM MFG. MILLS              | Mumbai       |
|                | 34       | MODEL MILLS                 | Nagpur       |
|                | 35       | R.S.R.G. MILLS              | Akola        |

|               | 36   | SHRI SITARAM MILLS                   | Mumbai       |
|---------------|------|--------------------------------------|--------------|
|               | 37   | VIDHARBHA MILLS                      | Achalpur     |
|               | 38   | BHARAT TEXTILE MILLS                 | Mumbai       |
|               | 39   | DIGV IJAY TEXTILE MILLS              | Mumbai       |
|               | 40   | ELPHINSTONE SPG &WVGMILLS            | Mumbai       |
|               | 41   | JUPITER TEXTILE MILLS                | Mumbai       |
|               | 42   | MUMBAI TEXTILE MILLS                 | Mumbai       |
|               | 43   | NEW HIND TEXTILE MILLS               | Mumbai       |
|               | 44   | PODAR PROCESSORS                     | Mumbai       |
|               | 45   | SHREE MADHUSUDAN MILLS               | Mumbai       |
|               | 46   | INDIA UNITED MILLS NO.6 ( DYE Works) | Mumbai       |
|               | 47   | KOHINOOR MILLS NO.1                  | Mumbai       |
|               | 48   | FINLAY MILLS                         | Mumbai       |
| Punjab        |      |                                      |              |
|               | 49   | DAYALBAGH SPG &WVGMILLS              | Amritsar     |
|               | 50   | PANIPAT WOOLLEN MILLS                | Kharar       |
|               | 51   | KHARAR TEXTILE MILLS                 | Kharar       |
|               | 52   | SURAJ TEXTILE MILLS                  | Malout       |
| Rajasthan     |      |                                      |              |
|               | 53   | EDWARD MILLS                         | Beawar       |
|               | 54   | SHREE BIJAY COTTON MILLS             | Bijianagar   |
| Uttar Pradesh |      |                                      |              |
|               | 55   | ATHERTON MILLS                       | Kanpur       |
|               | 56   | BIJLI COTTON MILLS                   | Hathras      |
|               | 57   | LAXMIRATTAN COTTON MILLS             | Kanpur       |
|               | 58   | LORD KRISHNA TEX.MILLS               | Saharanpur   |
|               | 59   | MUIR MILLS                           | Kanpur       |
|               | 60   | NEW VICTORIA MILLS                   | Kanpur       |
|               | 61   | RAE BARELI TEX. MILLS                | Raebareli    |
|               | 62   | SHRI VIKRAM COTTON MILLS             | Lucknow      |
|               | 63   | SWADESHI COTTON MILLS                | Kanpur       |
|               | 64   | SWADESHI COTTON MILLS                | Naini        |
| West Bengal   |      |                                      |              |
|               | 65   | BANGASRI COTTON MILLS                | Sonepore     |
|               | 66   | BENGAL FINE S.&W.MILLS NO.II         | Kataganj     |
|               | 67   | MANINDRA B.T. MILLS                  | Cossim Bazar |
|               | 68   | JYOTI WVG. FACTORY                   | Patipukur    |
|               | 69   | CENTRAL COTTON MILLS                 | Belur        |
|               | 70   | SHREE MAHALAXMI COTTON               | Palta        |
|               | 71   | BENGAL FINE S.&W.MILLS NO.I          | Konnagar     |
|               | 72   | BENGAL LUXMI COTTON MILLS            | Serampore    |
|               | 73   | RAMPOORIA COTTON MILLS               | Rishra       |
| Tamil Nadu    |      |                                      |              |
|               | 74   | BALARAMAVARMA TEXTILE MILLS          | Shencottah   |
|               | 75   | KISHNAVENI TEXTILE MILLS             | Coimbatore   |
|               | 76   | OMPARASAKTHI MILLS                   | Coimbatore   |
|               | 77   | SOMASUNDARAM MILLS                   | Coimbatore   |
|               | 78   | KALEESWARAR MILLS 'A' UNIT           | Coimbatore   |

## Details of remaining land belonging to 50 closed mills of NTC

|          |         |                             | BALANCE LAND                  | BALANCE LAND                 | BALANCE LAND VALUE                     | BALANCE LAND VALUE                    |
|----------|---------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|          | Sr. NO. | NAME OF THE MILLS           | LEASE HOLD (Area In Hectares) | FREE HOLD (Area In Hectares) | TOTAL LEASE HOLD VALUE (Rs. In Crores) | TOTAL FREE HOLD VALUE (Rs. In Crores) |
| 1        | 2       | 3                           | 4                             | 5                            | 6                                      | 7                                     |
| ANDHRA   |         |                             |                               |                              |                                        |                                       |
| PRADESH  |         |                             |                               |                              |                                        |                                       |
|          | 1       | ADONI COTTON MILLS          |                               | 2.90                         |                                        | 8.68                                  |
|          | 2       | ANANTHAPUR COTTON MILLS     |                               | 18.09                        |                                        | 12.98                                 |
| ASSAM    |         |                             |                               |                              |                                        |                                       |
|          | 3       | ASSOCIASED INDUSTRIES       |                               | 468.44                       |                                        | 175.72                                |
| BIHAR    |         |                             |                               |                              |                                        |                                       |
|          | 4       | BIHAR CO- OPERATIVE MILLS   |                               | 12.36                        |                                        | 9.00                                  |
| GUJRAT   |         |                             |                               |                              |                                        |                                       |
|          | 5       | AHMEDBAD JUPITER TEX. MILLS |                               | 2.03                         |                                        | 35.61                                 |
|          | 6       | JEHANGIR TEXTILE MILLS      |                               | 1.01                         |                                        | 17.70                                 |
|          | 7       | NEW MANEKCHOWK TEX.MILL     | 0.49                          |                              | 7.96                                   |                                       |
|          | 8       | PETLAD TEX.MILLS            | 12.21                         |                              | 14.48                                  |                                       |
|          | 9       | VIRAMGAM TEX.MILLS          | 5.67                          |                              | 15.63                                  |                                       |
|          | 10      | AHMEDABAD NEW TEXTILE MILLS |                               | 0.41                         |                                        | 8.74                                  |
| KARNATKA |         |                             |                               |                              |                                        |                                       |
|          | 11      | M.S.K. MILLS                |                               | 17.21                        |                                        | 92.63                                 |
|          | 12      | MYSORE SPG.& MFG. MILLS     |                               | 2.92                         |                                        | 77.05                                 |
|          | 13      | SHREE YALLAMA COTTON MILLS  |                               | 55.91                        |                                        | 9.12                                  |
|          | 14      | MINERVA MILLS               |                               | 13.20                        |                                        | 348.13                                |

| MADHYA PRADESH   |       |                                      |       |       |        |        |
|------------------|-------|--------------------------------------|-------|-------|--------|--------|
|                  | 15    | BENGAL NAGPUR COTTON MILLS           | 19.75 |       | 315.91 |        |
|                  | 16    | HIRA MILLS                           | 36.90 |       | 332.13 |        |
|                  | 17    | INDOREMALWA UNITED MILLS             | 23.99 |       | 100.76 |        |
|                  | 18    | KALYAN MAL MILLS                     | 13.70 |       | 164.38 |        |
| MAHARASHTRA      |       |                                      |       |       |        |        |
|                  | 19    | INDIA UNITED MILLS NO.2              |       | 0.39  |        | 23.58  |
|                  | 20    | INDIA UNITED MILLS NO.4              |       | 3.16  |        | 191.18 |
|                  | 21+22 | KOHINOOR MILLS NO1 &.2               | 3.16  | 5.59  | 291.78 | 465.59 |
|                  | 23    | JAM MFG. MILLS                       | 0.10  | 3.77  | 8.71   | 353.19 |
|                  | 24    | MODEL MILLS                          |       | 0.01  | 0.29   | 0.36   |
|                  | 25    | R.S.R.G. MILLS                       |       | 6.08  |        | 27.06  |
|                  | 26    | SHRI SITARAM MILLS                   |       | 5.10  |        | 666.12 |
|                  | 27    | DIGV IJAY TEXTILE MILLS              | 3.78  | 0.51  | 353.60 | 31.13  |
|                  | 28    | ELPHINSTONE SPG&WVG MILLS            |       | 1.50  |        | 91.65  |
|                  | 29    | MUMBAI TEXTILE MILLS                 |       | 3.65  |        | 175.30 |
|                  | 30    | SHREE MADHUSUDAN MILLS               |       | 4.75  |        | 953.82 |
|                  | 31    | INDIA UNITED MILLS NO.6 ( DYE Works) |       | 4.84  |        | 624.07 |
|                  | 32    | FINLAY MILLS                         |       | 4.21  |        | 329.56 |
| PUNJAB           |       |                                      |       |       |        |        |
|                  | 33    | PANIPAT WOOLLEN MILLS                |       | 3.29  |        | 7.72   |
|                  | 34    | KHARAR TEXTILE MILLS                 |       | 18.34 |        | 43.04  |
|                  | 35    | SURAJ TEXTILE MILLS                  |       | 9.83  |        | 24.48  |
| RAJASTHAN        |       |                                      |       |       |        |        |
|                  | 36    | SHREE BIJAY COTTON MILLS             |       | 6.19  |        | 67.93  |
| TAMILNADU        |       |                                      |       |       |        |        |
|                  | 37    | SOMASUNDARAM MILLS                   |       | 3.01  |        | 106.80 |
|                  | 38    | KALEESWARAR MILLS 'A' UNIT           |       | 6.43  |        | 229.71 |

| UTTAR PRADESH   |    |                             |        |        |         |         |
|-----------------|----|-----------------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------|
|                 | 39 | ATHERTON MILLS              | 7.54   | 2.02   | 221.63  | 52.50   |
|                 | 40 | BIJLI COTTON MILLS          | 0.70   |        | 7.04    |         |
|                 | 41 | LAXMIRATTAN COTTON MILLS    |        | 30.99  |         | 999.56  |
|                 | 42 | LORD KRISHNA TEX.MILLS      |        | 10.87  |         | 320.51  |
|                 | 43 | MUIR MILLS                  | 17.01  | 2.90   | 987.33  | 71.91   |
|                 | 44 | NEW VICTORIA MILLS          | 12.69  |        | 567.77  |         |
|                 | 45 | RAE BARELI TEX. MILLS       | 12.31  |        | 62.78   |         |
|                 | 46 | SHRI VIKRAM COTTON MILLS    | 3.99   |        | 64.44   |         |
|                 | 47 | SWADESHI COTTON MILLS       | 12.80  |        | 200.28  |         |
|                 | 48 | SWADESHI COTTON MILLS       | 0.14   | 23.15  | 6.12    | 1222.34 |
| WEST BENGAL     |    |                             |        |        |         |         |
|                 | 49 | MANINDRA B.T. MILLS         |        | 2.46   |         | 6.62    |
|                 | 50 | BENGAL FINE S.&W.MILLS NO.I |        | 7.71   |         | 17.20   |
|                 |    | Total                       | 186.94 | 765.22 | 3723.02 | 7898.29 |

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