Lok Sabha Question No. 3389 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: Textile Mills
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Ajay Nishad

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3389 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2020

## TEXTILE MILLS

## 3389.  SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

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

(a) the number of textile mills shut down/turned sick during the last three years and as on date, State/UT-wise along with  the reasons therefor;

(b) the extent of financial loss and the number of labours rendered unemployed as a result of the untimely closure; and

(c)  the  corrective  measures  taken  and  the  financial  assistance  given  by  the Government for the rehabilitation of the unemployed labourers?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्रीमती स्मृतत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

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

(a) & (b): As far as NTC is concerned, there is no textile mills shut down/turned sick during the last three years. 34 new cotton/man-made fibre Spinning/Composite  mills  have  been  enlisted  during  the  last  three  years  till 30.09.2019. State/ UT-wise details of 43 closed Non Small Scale Industry (NonSSI)  cotton  and  man-made  fiber  textiles  mills  during  last  three  years  and  as  on 30.09.2019 are at Annexure . Mills have been closed in the country, over the years mainly owing to financial problems and labour related issues.

(c): Government  of  India  had  introduced  a  Scheme  viz.,  Textile  Workers Rehabilitation  Fund  Scheme  (TWRFS)  with  effect  from  15.09.1986  to  provide relief to the workers, who were rendered jobless due to permanent closure of NonSSI textile mills in private sector. However, the scheme has now been merged with the  Rajiv  Gandhi  Shramik  Kalyan  Yojana  (RGSKY)  of  Ministry  of  Labour  and Employment. Workers rendered jobless can avail benefits under the said scheme.

Annexure State/UT wise number of closed Non Small Scale Industry (Non-SSI) Cotton & Man-Made Textile Mills in last 3 years and current year as on 30.09.2019.

| Sr.No   | State              | 2016-17     | 2016-17          | 2017-18     | 2017-18          | 2018-19     | 2018-19          | April-2019 to Sept-2019   | April-2019 to Sept-2019   | Total       | Total              |
|---------|--------------------|-------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|--------------------|
| Sr.No   | State              | Closed Unit | Workers affected | Closed Unit | Workers affected | Closed Unit | Workers affected | Closed Unit               | Workers affected          | Closed Unit | Worker s affecte d |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh     | 2           | 193              | 1           | 207              | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 3           | 400                |
| 2       | Assam              | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 3       | Bihar              | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh       | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 5       | Dadra Nagar Haveli | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 6       | Daman & Diu        | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 7       | Delhi              | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 8       | Goa                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 9       | Gujarat            | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 10      | Haryana            | 1           | 39               | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 2                         | 90                        | 3           | 129                |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh   | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 12      | Jammu & Kashmir    | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 13      | Jharkhand          | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 14      | Karnataka          | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 1           | 142              | 0                         | 0                         | 1           | 142                |
| 15      | Kerala             | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh     | 1           | 1000             | 2           | 1415             | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 3           | 2415               |
| 17      | Maharashtra        | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 18      | Manipur            | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 19      | Orissa             | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 20      | Pondicherry        | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 21      | Punjab             | 0           | 0                | 1           | 19               | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 1           | 19                 |
| 22      | Rajasthan          | 3           | 1389             | 1           | 643              | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 4           | 2032               |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu         | 15          | 2473             | 5           | 814              | 2           | 126              | 0                         | 0                         | 22          | 3413               |
| 24      | Telangana          | 3           | 974              | 2           | 1169             | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 5           | 2143               |
| 25      | Uttar Pradesh      | 1           | 277              | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 1           | 277                |
| 26      | Uttaranchal        | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
| 27      | West Bengal        | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0           | 0                | 0                         | 0                         | 0           | 0                  |
|         | T o t a l          | 26          | 6345             | 12          | 4267             | 3           | 268              | 2                         | 90                        | 43          | 10970              |

Source : Database maintained by Office of the Textile Commissioner, Mumbai

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