Lok Sabha Question No. 3834 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Apparel Manufacturing and Textile Colleges
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: NEELAM SONKER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3834 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2019

## APPAREL MANUFACTURING AND TEXTILE COLLEGES

3834. SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

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

- (a) name  of  the  places  where  manufacturing  of  apparels  takes  place along with the locations where textile colleges have been set up;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the  number  of  textile  colleges  in  Uttar  Pradesh  and  whether  the number of textile colleges are sufficient in proportion to population;
- (d) whether the Union Government has received any proposal from Uttar Pradesh Government to establish textile colleges during the last three years; and
- (e) if so, the number of sanctioned and pending proposals ?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र राज्य मंरी (श्री अजय टम्टा)

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

- (a) & (b) State wise major apparel manufacturing clusters are as follows:

|   S. No. | State          | Cluster                                 |
|----------|----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|        1 | Delhi          | Okhla                                   |
|        2 | Gujarat        | Ahmedabad                               |
|        3 | Haryana        | Gurugram                                |
|        4 | Karnataka      | Bangalore, Bellary                      |
|        5 | Maharashtra    | Mumbai, Nagpur                          |
|        6 | Madhya Pradesh | Indore, Jabalpur                        |
|        7 | Punjab         | Ludhiana                                |
|        8 | Rajasthan      | Jaipur                                  |
|        9 | Tamil Nadu     | Tirupur, Chennai, Erode, Salem, Madurai |
|       10 | Uttar Pradesh  | Noida, Kanpur                           |
|       11 | West Bengal    | Kolkata                                 |

Government has set up National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in various States as follows:

|   S. No. | State            | Location    |
|----------|------------------|-------------|
|        1 | Delhi            | Delhi       |
|        2 | Gujarat          | Gandhinagar |
|        3 | Karnataka        | Bangalore   |
|        4 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai      |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal      |
|        6 | Rajasthan        | Jodhpur     |
|        7 | Tamil Nadu       | Chennai     |
|        8 | Uttar Pradesh    | Raebareli   |
|        9 | West Bengal      | Kolkata     |
|       10 | Orissa           | Bhubaneswar |
|       11 | Telangana        | Hyderabad   |
|       12 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Srinagar    |
|       13 | Kerala           | Kannur      |
|       14 | Bihar            | Patna       |
|       15 | Meghalaya        | Shillong    |
|       16 | Himachal Pradesh | Kangra      |

Further,  Government  has  set  up  Sardar  Vallabhbhai  Patel  International School of Textile & Management at Coimbtore, Tamilnadu.

- (c) There  are  two  textile  colleges  in  Uttar  Pradesh  viz.  Uttar  Pradesh  Textile Technology Institute (UPTTI), Kanpur  and Indian Institute of Carpet Technology  (IICT), Bhadohi.  Moreover,  there is  one NIFT  institute at Raebareli. Most states have 1-2 textile related colleges.  In comparison, Uttar Pradesh  has  3  institutions  which  should  be  sufficient  to  cater  to  the population.
- (d) &  (e) Government  has  received  a  proposal  for  the  establishment  of  an additional campus at Varanasi from Uttar Pradesh State Government. As per the  policy  of  NIFT,  the  State  Government  is  required  to  provide  land  and infrastructure for setting up the new campus. Further, as per the policy of NIFT, not more than one campus per State is permitted.

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