Lok Sabha Question No. 102 (STARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Scheme for Development of Knitting and Knitwear Sector
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, Pritam Gopinath Munde

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.*102 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.06.2019

## SCHEME FOR DEVELOPMENT OF KNITTING AND KNITWEAR SECTOR

## *102 SHRI SRIRANGA APPA BARNE : DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE :

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

- (a)  whether the Union Government has launched any scheme for development of knitting and knitwear sector under Power Tex India;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof along with the features of the scheme;
- (c)   whether there is any proposal to create new service centres on PublicPrivate Partnership (PPP) model in the knitting and knitwear cluster, if so, the details thereof;
- (d)   whether  there  is  any  proposal  to  modernize  and  upgrade  existing Powerloom  Service  Centers  (PSCs)  and  institutions  run  by  Textile Research  Associations  (TRAs)  and  Export  Promotion  Councils  (EPCs) Association  in  knitting  and  knitwear  clusters,  if  so,  the  facts  thereof; and
- (e)   the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Union  Government  to  boost  common infrastructure and modernize the powerloom sector in the country?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्मृ तत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the table of  the house.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) of LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*102 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 28.06.2019.

(a)  to  (d): Yes,  Sir.   Ministry  of  Textiles  has  launched  a  comprehensive Scheme  for  development  of  Knitting  and  Knitwear  sector  with  an  outlay  of Rs. 47.72 crores. The details of the scheme are at Annexure.

(e): The  Government  is  implementing  PowerTex  India  Scheme,  Converged Group Insurance Scheme and Comprehensive Powerloom Cluster Development Scheme on Pan-India basis for holistic development of Powerloom sector.

|   S.No | COMPONENTS                                                                      | OBJECTIVES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Creation of New Service centers                                                 | To provide adequate facilities for testing, training, sample development, consultancy, trouble shooting, facilitation services in the knitting and knitwear clusters by way of creation of new service centers in the clusters on PPP model with participation from industry/association.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|      2 | Modernization and Upgradation of existing PSCs.                                 | To equip the existing Powerloom Service Centres /institutions run by the Textile Research Associations (TRAs) (or) Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) (or) any other Textile Industry Association with requisite machineries for training/testing purposes required for knitting & knitwear industry.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|      3 | Group Workshed Scheme                                                           | To facilitate the establishment of Group Worksheds for modern knitting machines and/or knitwear in an existing (or) new cluster, which will provide required scale of economy for business operations and improved working condition in terms of more space, work environment, improve the work efficiency to enhance their competitiveness in the global market.                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|      4 | Yarn Bank Scheme                                                                | To provide interest free corpus fund to Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) / Consortium of knitting units to enable them to purchase the yarn at wholesale rate and give the yarn at reasonable price to the small Knitting unit thereby avoiding middle man/ local supplier's brokerage charge on sales of yarn.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|      5 | Common Facility Centre (CFC)                                                    | To establish Common Facility Centres (CFC) in various knitting & knitwear clusters for providing common facilities like processing, dyeing, printing, design development, testing facilities, ETP etc. to the knitting & knitwear units.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|      6 | Pradhan Mantri Credit Scheme (Mudra and Stand-up India scheme).                 | To provide adequate and timely financial assistance to the knitting & knitwear units to meet their credit requirements, for investment needs (Term Loan) in a flexible and cost effective matter. (a) Mudra for existing entrepreneurs; (b) Stand-up for new entrepreneurs belonging to SC/ST & Women category.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|      7 | Facilitation, IT, Awareness, Studies, Surveys, Market Development and Publicity | Facilitation services to Knitting and Knitwear Units like Help line, Registration services, SMS Alert, Bank services etc., Online Portal for Knitting and Knitwear Schemes. To create awareness about schemes, disseminate the information about technology, products for the benefits of Knitting and Knitwear Units. To provide a platform for Knitting and Knitwear Units to market their products at cluster level, regional level, national and international level. Publicity of Knitting and Knitwear schemes in Electronic and Print Media. |