Lok Sabha Question No. 420 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Apparel Manufacturing
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*420 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2016

## APPAREL MANUFACTURING

## *420. SHRI GAJANAN  KIRTIKAR: DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  set  up  apparel  and  garment  making  centres under the North-East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS) in North-Eastern States of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the criteria fixed by the Government for setting up of such centres;
- (c) whether the Government has also introduced the Scheme for Incubation in Apparel Manufacturing (SIAM);
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  projects  that have been sanctioned till date and the facilities provided by Union and State Governments for these projects, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to promote apparel manufacturing in the country?

## 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. 420 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2016

(a)  &  (b): Yes  Madam,  Government  has  set  up  one  Apparel  and  Garment  Making Centre  in  each  of  the  eight  North  Eastern  States  under  North  Eastern  Region  Textile Promotion Scheme (NERPS) @ Rs. 18.18 crore/ per centre.   Each center has three units of  industrial  stitching  and  other  garmenting  machines.  These  Plug  and  Play  units  are available to entrepreneurs to run them for a period of three years at a time for skilling and  production  purposes.    For  sanction  of  the  project  every  State  Government  was required  to  provide  developed  land,  free  of  cost,  for  construction  along  with  water supply, electricity connection and other logistic support necessary for the project.

(c)  &  (d): The  Government  is  implementing  the  Scheme  for  Incubation  in  Apparel Manufacturing (SIAM) on a pilot basis under the XII Plan with an outlay of Rs. 38.3 Crore for 3 incubation centers. Under this scheme, Government provides assistance of Rs. 12.00 Crore to each apparel manufacturing Centre on a plug and play mode towards factory  building  and  machinery  and  Rs  93  lakh  for  capacity  building.  The  State Governments  has  to  provide  requisite  clearances  and  other  necessary  assistance  for power/water  etc.    Details  of  the  projects  sanctioned  and  the  facilities  provided  by  the Union  and  the  State  Governments/  Project  Implementing  Agencies  (PIA)  for  these projects are given in the table below:-

|   S. No | Name of the State   | Project Implementing Agency (PIA)                                  | Land provided by the PIA   |   Additional financial contribution from the State/PIA (Rs. in cr) |   Funds sanctioned by Union Govt. (Rs. in cr) |   Funds released by Union Government (Rs. in cr) |
|---------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Odisha,             | Odisha State Co- Operative Spinning Mills Federation Ltd.(SPINFED) | 1acre                      |                                                               0.11 |                                         12.93 |                                                4 |
|       2 | Haryana             | Haryana State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation    | 1 acre                     |                                                               0.52 |                                         12.93 |                                                4 |
|       3 | Madhya Pradesh      | Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IIDC) Gwalior   | 3.2 acre                   |                                                               3.72 |                                         12.93 |                                                4 |

(e): Government has announced a Special Package for boosting employment in the garment sector which includes 3.67% reimbursement of employer's contribution towards EPFO under Pradhan Mantri Paridhan Rozgar Protsahan Yojana (PMPRPY), enhanced subsidy of additional 10% under ATUFS,  rebate of state levies, relaxation under Section 80JJAA of Income Tax Act and  relaxation of labor laws for the garmenting  sector.

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