Lok Sabha Question No. 4757 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Textile Clusters
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: P. KUMAR

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4757 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2016

## TEXTILE CLUSTERS

## 4757.   SHRI P. KUMAR:

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

- (a) the details of Textile Clusters presently operational in the country, Statewise; and
- (b) the details of Textile Clusters proposed to be set up or re-operationalised in the near future, State-wise?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंरी ( )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(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,  two  at Ichalkaranji and  Solapur  in Maharashtra; at  Erode  in  Tamil  Nadu;  at  Bhilwara  in  Rajasthan;  and  at  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.

## 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 |

## Main Powerloom Clusters in the country

| State            | Cluster                   |
|------------------|---------------------------|
| Punjab           | 1. Amritsar               |
|                  | 2. Ludhiana               |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3. Baddi                  |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 4. Mau                    |
|                  | 5. Bhadohi                |
|                  | 6. Kanpur                 |
|                  | 7. Gorakhpur              |
|                  | 8. Meerut                 |
|                  | 9. Tanda                  |
| Bihar            | 10. Gaya                  |
|                  | 11. Bhagalpur             |
| Gujarat          | 12. Ahmedabad             |
|                  | 13. Surat                 |
|                  | 14. Umargam               |
| Rajasthan        | 15. Kishangarh            |
|                  | 16. Bhilwara              |
| Haryana          | 17. Panipat               |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 18. Hindupur              |
|                  | 19. Nagari                |
|                  | 20. Sircilla              |
|                  | 21. Hyderabad             |
| West Bengal      | 23. Nadia                 |
|                  | 24. Hooghly               |
|                  | 25. Burdwan, 24 Paraganas |
|                  | 26. Howrah                |
| Maharashtra      | 28. Bhiwandi              |
|                  | 29. Ichalkaranji          |
|                  | Madhavnagar               |
|                  | 30.                       |
|                  | 32. Tarapur               |
| TamilNadu        | 34. Erode                 |
|                  | 35. Salem                 |
|                  | 36. Kumarapalayam         |
|                  | 37. Trichengode           |
|                  | 38. Karur                 |
|                  | 39. Somanur/ Palladum     |
| Karnataka        | 40. Bangalore             |
|                  | 41. Doddaballapur         |
|                  | 42. Belgaum               |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 43. Indore                |
|                  | 44. Dewas                 |
|                  | 45. Burhanpur             |

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