Lok Sabha Question No. 3607 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Protection to Textile and Jute Industries
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3607 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2017

## PROTECTION TO TEXTILE AND JUTE INDUSTRIES

## 3607.  SHRI ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE:

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

- (a) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect  small  textile  industries  at  the  time  of recession;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to protect jute industries from imported substitute goods especially in West Bengal; and
- (c) whether the Government had taken any steps to increase market of Indian textiles and if so, the  details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र      मंरी (श्री अज      ) MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

- (a): Government has launched various  schemes/packages  including  Special  Package  for Garment and Made-ups segment, Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS),  Scheme  for  Integrated  Textile  Parks  (SITP),  Scheme    for  Integrated  Textile Processing Development (IPDS),and Technology Mission on Technical Textiles (TMTT) and various  schemes  for  upgradation  and  strengthening  of  the  decentralized  Powerloom  Sector which includes In-situ Up-gradation of Plain Powerloom, Group Workshed Scheme (GWS) and  Modified  Comprehensive  Powerloom  Cluster  Development  Scheme  (MCPCDS).  The above  schemes  enable  the  textile  industry,  including  the  small  industries,  to  upgrade  and make them competitive to face the global challenges.

(b): In order  to protect jute industries for imported  substitute  goods  especially  in West Bengal, the  Government has taken the following steps:-

- I. All the importers and traders have been directed to register their units with the office of the Jute  Commissioner.
- II. Importers  are  required  to  submit  monthly  statements  providing  details  of  import  to O/o JC with  4  working days of the following month, failing which their registration is liable to be suspended.
- III. Customs authorities have been requested to allow only registered importers to import raw  jute/jute products from Nepal and Bangladesh.

IV.    An  anti  dumping  duty  has  been  imposed  on  imports  of  several  jute  items  from Bangladesh and  Nepal.

(c): To increase market for Indian textiles, government has been organizing National/International  Fairs/  Exhibitions  across  the  country  and  abroad.  Government  is setting up Common Facility Centers for direct marketing of their products by beneficiaries etc. Buyers-sellers meet are also being organized across the country wherein the indigenous manufacturers can showcase their products. Institutional buyers, Government officials, users are invited to share their requirements with buyers. B2B meetings are also arranged during the  buyer  seller  meets.  For  increasing  exports,  different  Export  Promotion  Councils  are organizing  Buyer-Seller  Meets  abroad  regularly.  Similarly  Reverse-Buyer-Seller  meets  are also being organized, wherein foreign buyers are participating.

Further, the Special Package for Employment Generation and Promotion of Exports in Textile and Apparel and Made-ups Sector  is expected to  generate a cumulative increase of Rs. 1,95,765 crores in exports and investment of Rs. 80,040 crores over next 3 years.  Under the said Package, it is proposed to enhance duty draw back coverage by way of introducing a new scheme to refund the state levies which were not refunded so far. This move is expected to greatly boost the competitiveness of Indian exports in foreign markets.

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