Lok Sabha Question No. 1418 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Textile Centres
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: C.S. PUTTARAJU

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1418 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

## TEXTILE CENTRES

## 1418. SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

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

(a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  financial  aid  and  raw  materials  to handicraft  units/textile  industry  in  order  to  make  textile  industry  competitive  at  international level and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether  Government  proposes  to  establish  textile centres in order to generate employment opportunities in textile industry;

(c) if so, the details thereof and State-wise details of the concessions and incentives given by Government for this purpose; and

(d) the steps taken or proposed to be taken by Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## ( )

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (d): In order to make  textile industry globally competitive,  Government  is implementing  various  policy  initiatives  and  schemes  to  provide  financial  assistance  and  raw material to textile industry including handicraft sector. These include Technology Upgradation Fund  Scheme  (TUFS),  Scheme  for  Development  of  Technical  Textiles,  Schemes  for  the Development of the Powerloom Sector, Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP), Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS), Schemes for Development of Silk and Sericulture sectors, Baba Sahib Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojna, Design and Technology Upgradation Scheme, Marketing support and services scheme, Infrastructure and Technology Development Scheme, etc.  The  Government  of  India  has  recently  notified  the  Amended  Technology  Upgradation Fund Scheme (A-TUFS) for promoting modernization and Technology upgradation in textile industry. Further, the Government has also launched a Rs. 6000 crore package to incentivize production and employment generation in the garmenting Sector. These schemes and initiatives are aimed at setting up new units as well as expansion of the existing units which have potential for generating large employment opportunities.

For the Handloom sector, government of India is implementing Yarn Supply scheme throughout the country to make available all types of yarn at Mill Gate Price to the eligible handloom weavers so as to  facilitate  regular  supply  of  basic  raw  materials  to  the  handloom sector and help utilize the full employment potential of the sector. In the Handicrafts Sector, Raw  material  depots  are  setup  in  the  country  under  National  Handicrafts  Development Programme  to  make  easy  availability  of  quality  and  graded  raw  material  to  artisans/ enterpreneurs/  units  at  a  reasonable  rates.  For  the  powerloom  sector,  a  corpus  fund  for  yarn Bank is provided under the Integrated Scheme for Powerloom Sector Development, to provide interest free corpus to set up Yarn Banks.

The  textile  sector  schemes  facilitate  the  industry  and  private  entrepreneurs  in  the setting  up  of  new  textiles  units  including  textiles  parks  as  well  as  expansion  of  the  existing units  which  have  potential  for  generating  large  employment  opportunities  in  all  states throughout the country.  So far, 66 textile parks have been sanctioned under the SITP in all the States of the country with a total employment potential of 3.82 lakh persons and an investment potential of Rs. 28000 crores. Scheme-wise funds spent by the government during the last three years are at Annexure .

## Annexure

| Details of plans funds spent in respect of schemes relating to various segments of the Textile sector during each of the last three financial years (2013-14 to 2015-16).   | Details of plans funds spent in respect of schemes relating to various segments of the Textile sector during each of the last three financial years (2013-14 to 2015-16).                                         | Details of plans funds spent in respect of schemes relating to various segments of the Textile sector during each of the last three financial years (2013-14 to 2015-16).   | Details of plans funds spent in respect of schemes relating to various segments of the Textile sector during each of the last three financial years (2013-14 to 2015-16).   | Details of plans funds spent in respect of schemes relating to various segments of the Textile sector during each of the last three financial years (2013-14 to 2015-16).   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (Rs in crores)                                                                                                                                                              | (Rs in crores)                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (Rs in crores)                                                                                                                                                              | (Rs in crores)                                                                                                                                                              | (Rs in crores)                                                                                                                                                              |
| Sr. No.                                                                                                                                                                     | Sector/Scheme/ Sector                                                                                                                                                                                             | 2013-14                                                                                                                                                                     | 2014-15                                                                                                                                                                     | 2015-16                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 3                                                                                                                                                                           | 4                                                                                                                                                                           | 5                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                           | Handloom                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 550.94                                                                                                                                                                      | 410.03                                                                                                                                                                      | 549.99                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                           | Handicraft                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 146.83                                                                                                                                                                      | 105.18                                                                                                                                                                      | 165.28                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                           | Wool & Woollens                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 16.00                                                                                                                                                                       | 21.00                                                                                                                                                                       | 27.51                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                           | Sericulture/Silk                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 375.21                                                                                                                                                                      | 297.58                                                                                                                                                                      | 178.10                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                           | Powerloom                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 13.53                                                                                                                                                                       | 51.52                                                                                                                                                                       | 100.99                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                           | Megacluster                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 38.75                                                                                                                                                                       | 61.79                                                                                                                                                                       | 138.75                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                           | Sub Total (Village& Small Enterprises )                                                                                                                                                                           | 1141.26                                                                                                                                                                     | 947.10                                                                                                                                                                      | 1160.62                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                           | Industry Schemes (including Technology Upgradation Scheme (TUFS), Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP), Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS), and North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS) | 2029.00                                                                                                                                                                     | 2373.41                                                                                                                                                                     | 1951.25                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                                                                                             | Grand Total                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 3170.26                                                                                                                                                                     | 3320.51                                                                                                                                                                     | 3111.87                                                                                                                                                                     |

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