Lok Sabha Question No. 4414 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-22
Subject: Closure of Spinning Mills
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4414 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2018

## CLOSURE OF SPINNING MILLS

## 4414. SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE

SHRI MOHIT PATIL VIJAY SINH SHANKARRAO SHRI SATAV RAJEEV DR.J.JAYAVARDHAN DR.HEENA VIJAY KUMAR GAVIT SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADAK

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

- (a) whether many spinning mills have been closed in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether Government has conducted any enquiry to ascertain the reasons for the closure  of  the  such  mills  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  follow-up  action taken thereon;
- (c) whether Government has set up Board for Industrial and Financial Infrastructure(BIFI)  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  objective  behind  the move;
- (d)    the number of companies registered with BIFI since its inception;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  also  started  Textile  Workers  Rehabilitation  Funds Scheme; and
- (f) if so, the number of textile workers who have been unemployed have been provided interim relief?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र      मंरी (श्री अज      )

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

- (a): As per records maintained by the Office of Textile Commissioner, Mumbai, a total of 612 number of cotton / Man-Made Fibre Textile Mills (Non SSI) have been closed in the Country since 1983. State-wise details are at Annexure.
- (b): No,  Madam,  No  enquiry  has  been  conducted  on  the  closure  of  spinning  mills. However, according to closure reports, the mills have been closed over the years mainly owing to labour related issues and financial problems.

(c) & (d): Information  relating  to  Board  for  Industrial  and  Financial  Infrastructure (BIFI) is not available. However, the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction(BIFR)  and  its  appellate  body,  the  Appellate  Authority  for  Industrial Finance and Reconstruction(AAIFR), which were entrusted with the revival and rehabilitation of sick industrial companies under the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provision)Act, 1985 have been dissolved.

(e) & (f) : The Textile Workers Rehabilitation Fund Scheme (TWRFS) was introduced with effect from 15.09.1986 to provide interim relief to the workers rendered jobless due to permanent closure of Non-SSI Textile Mills. With effect from 01.04.2017, the scheme has  been  merged  with  Rajiv  Gandhi  Shramik  Kalyan  Yojana  of  Ministry  of  Labour  & Employment.  Since  inception,  an  amount  of  Rs.  326.98  crores  has  been  disbursed  to 1.20 lakhs workers of 96 Mills under TWRFS, up to January, 2018.

## State-wise cotton/ Man-Made Fibre Textile Mills (Non SSI ) Closed Since 1983

| Sr. No    | Name of State    |   No of Mills |
|-----------|------------------|---------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |            19 |
| 2         | Assam            |             7 |
| 3         | Bihar            |             4 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh     |             1 |
| 5         | Daman &Diu       |             1 |
| 6         | Gujarat          |            42 |
| 7         | Haryana          |            42 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh |             2 |
| 9         | Jammu &Kashmir   |             1 |
| 10        | Karnataka        |            23 |
| 11        | Kerala           |            17 |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh   |            20 |
| 13        | Maharashtra      |            64 |
| 14        | Manipur          |             1 |
| 15        | Orissa           |            13 |
| 16        | Pondicherry      |             2 |
| 17        | Punjab           |            19 |
| 18        | Rajasthan        |            24 |
| 19        | Tamil Nadu       |           229 |
| 20        | Telangana        |             8 |
| 21        | Uttar Pradesh    |            53 |
| 22        | Uttaranchal      |             4 |
| 23        | West Bengal      |            16 |
| T o t a l | T o t a l        |           612 |

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## Annexure