Lok Sabha Question No. 2057 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Textile Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, DHARMENDRA YADAV, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2057 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2017

## TEXTILE INDUSTRY

2057. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  perception  that  India's  economic  growth  has  been  a jobless growth;
- (b) if  so, whether textile and clothing industry is an industry where good jobs  can  be  created  with  relatively  limited  investment  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c) whether textiles  and clothing  industry  is  being  given  less  importance by the Union Government and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether there is a need to modernise the machines and to add state-ofthe-art facilities  to  help the  industry  and if  so, the  steps taken  by  the Union Government in this regard; and
- (e) the  details  of  various  schemes  launched  to  upgrade  technology,  to extend financial aid and to create more jobs in the textiles industry?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र      मंरी (श्री

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

(a) & (b): As per latest available Annual Survey of Industries data, employment in formal sector for the whole country has shown an upward trend as shown below:-

| Years       | 2010-11   | 2011-12   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Employment  | 12694853  | 13430483  | 12950025  | 13538114  | 13881386  |
| Growth Rate | 7.7%      | 5.8%      | -3.6%     | 4.5%      | 2.5%      |

वस्त्र मंरी

More good jobs were created in textile and clothing industry with relatively less investment  as  the  Labour-Capital  Ratio  for  Textiles  is  much  higher  than  the average  Labour-capital  Ratio  for  all  factory  sectors  as  may  be  seen  from  the table below:

| Years                                        |   2010-11 |   2011-12 |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |
|----------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Labour-Capital Ratio (Textiles and Apparels) |      0.12 |      0.12 |      0.11 |      0.08 |      0.11 |
| Labour-Capital Ratio (All factory sector)    |      0.05 |      0.05 |      0.04 |      0.04 |      0.04 |

Note: Labour-Capital ratio= No of people engaged divided by Invested capital in Rs lac

(c) to (e): The textile industry being one of the largest sources of employment generation in the country, the  Government's  central  focus  has  been  on increasing textile manufacturing through provision of manufacturing infrastructure,  upgradation  of  technology,  supporting  innovation,  enhancing skills and traditional strengths in the textile sector.

With a view to modernizing the machines and to add state-of-the-art facilities in textile  industry,  Union  Government  is  implementing  'Amended  Technology Upgradation  Fund  Scheme  (ATUFS)'  to  facilitate  the  modernization  and upgradation of the textiles industry. The scheme has been amended with effect from  13.01.2016.  Under  ATUFS,  there  is  a  provision  of  one  time  capital subsidy  for  eligible  benchmarked  machinery  i.e.  at  the  rate  of  15%  for garmenting and technical textiles segments with a cap of Rs. 30 crore and at the rate of 10% for weaving, processing, jute, silk and handloom segments with a cap of Rs. 20 crore.

A lso the Union Government implements other schemes like Special package for Garment and Made-ups segment, Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP), Scheme for Integrated Textile Processing Development (IPDS), (v) Technology Mission on Technical Textiles (TMTT), Comprehensive Scheme for Development  of  Powerloom  Sector  etc.  All  these  schemes  help  in  upgrading technology and creating more jobs in the textiles industry.

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