Lok Sabha Question No. 3096 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Textile Mills
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3096 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

## TEXTILE MILLS

## 3096. Dr. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

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

- (a) the number of textile mills that are operational in the country/State UTwise;
- (b) whether a number of textile mills are lying inoperative/shut down in the country and if so, the details thereof, State wise; and
- (c) whether any scheme have been formulated to set up new textile mills in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्मृ तत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a): As  on  30.09.2019,  there  are  1366  operational  cotton  and  man-made fibre textile mills in the country. The state-wise/UT-wise number of operational mills  is  at Annexure-I .  In  addition,  National  Textile  Corporation  (NTC)  has 23 operational mills as per details in Annexure-II .
- (b): While  425  new  cotton  and  man-made  fibre  textile  mills  in  Non-Small Scale Industry sector (Non-SSI) and three new mills by NTC were enlisted by the Office of Textile Commissioner, Mumbai during year 2009-2010 to 2018-2019 (up to  30.09.2019),  230  cotton  and  man-made  fibre  textile  mills  in  Non-SSI  sector and    two  NTC  mills  have  closed  during  the  same  period  as  per  details  in Annexure-  III. State-wise  details  of  all  closed  cotton/man-made  fibre  textiles mills as on 30.09.2019 are at Annexure IV .
- (c): Government  of  India  has  introduced  various  schemes  to  strengthen  textile sector.  Amended  Technology  Upgradation  Scheme  (ATUFS),  in  place  of  the existing Revised Restructured Technology Fund Scheme (RRTUFS), was implemented with effect from 12.01.2016 for technology upgradation of the textile industry.  The  scheme  would  facilitate  augmenting  of  investment,  productivity, quality,  employment,  exports  along  with  import  substitution  in  the  textile industry. It will  also  indirectly  promote investment in textile machinery (having benchmarked technology) manufacturing . Further, other Schemes like Technology  Mission  on  Technical  Textiles  (TMTT),  Scheme  for  Usage  of  Agrotextiles  in  North  East  Region,  Scheme  for  Promoting  Usage  of  Geotechnical Textiles  in  North-Eastern  Region,  Scheme  for  Integrated  Textile  Parks  (SITP), Scheme for Integrated Textile Processing Development (IPDS) are also aimed at strengthening  the textile  industry  and  thereby  improving  productivity  and employment opportunities.

Annexure-I

## State-wise list of Cotton Man-Made Fibre Textile Mills ( Non-SSI ) as on 30.09.2019 Functioning

| Sr. No.   | State              |   No of Mills |
|-----------|--------------------|---------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh     |           107 |
| 2         | Assam              |             0 |
| 3         | Bihar              |             0 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh       |             0 |
| 5         | Dadra Nagar Haveli |            11 |
| 6         | Daman & Diu        |             0 |
| 7         | Delhi              |             0 |
| 8         | Goa                |             1 |
| 9         | Gujarat            |            53 |
| 10        | Haryana            |            28 |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh   |            15 |
| 12        | Jammu & Kashmir    |             1 |
| 13        | Jharkhand          |             1 |
| 14        | Karnataka          |            16 |
| 15        | Kerala             |            17 |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh     |            38 |
| 17        | Maharashtra        |           134 |
| 18        | Manipur            |             0 |
| 19        | Orissa             |             3 |
| 20        | Pondicherry        |             8 |
| 21        | Punjab             |            96 |
| 22        | Rajasthan          |            38 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu         |           739 |
| 24        | Telangana          |            26 |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh      |            14 |
| 26        | Uttaranchal        |             6 |
| 27        | West Bengal        |            14 |
|           | T o t a l          |          1366 |

| STATE-WISE LIST OF 23 NTC WORKING MILLS   | STATE-WISE LIST OF 23 NTC WORKING MILLS   |              |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
| S. No.                                    | NAME OF THE MILLS                         | LOCATION     |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                            | ANDHRA PRADESH                            |              |
| 1                                         | TIRUPATHI COTTON MILLS                    | Renigunta    |
| GUJARAT                                   |                                           |              |
| 2                                         | RAJNAGAR TEXTILE MILLS                    | Ahmedabad    |
| KERALA                                    |                                           |              |
| 3                                         | ALGAPPA TEX.MILLS                         | Algappanagar |
| 4                                         | CANNANORE SPG.& WVG.MILLS                 | Cannanore    |
| 5                                         | KERALA LAXMI MILLS                        | Trichur      |
| 6                                         | VIJAYAMOHINI MILLS                        | Trivandrum   |
| KARNATAKA                                 | KARNATAKA                                 |              |
| 7                                         | NEW MINERVA MILLS                         | HASSAN       |
| MADHYA PRADESH                            | MADHYA PRADESH                            |              |
| 8                                         | BURHANPUR TAPTI MILLS                     | Burhanpur    |
| 9                                         | NEW BHOPAL TEX. MILLS                     | Bhopal       |
| MAHARASHTRA                               | MAHARASHTRA                               |              |
| 10                                        | PODAR MILLS                               | Mumbai       |
| 11                                        | TATA MILLS                                | Mumbai       |
| 12                                        | INDIA UNITED M ILL NO.5                   | Mumbai       |
| 13                                        | BARSHI TEX.MILLS                          | Barshi       |
| 14                                        | FINLAY MILLS                              | Achalpur     |
| PUDUCHERRY                                | PUDUCHERRY                                |              |
| 15                                        | CANNANORE SPG.& WVG.MILLS                 | Mahe         |
| TAMIL NADU                                | TAMIL NADU                                |              |
| 16                                        | CAMBODIA MILLS                            | Coimbatore   |
| 17                                        | COIMBATORE MURUGAN MILLS                  | Coimbatore   |
| 18                                        | PANKAJA MILLS                             | Coimbatore   |
| 19                                        | PIONEER SPINNERS MILLS                    | Kamudakudi   |
| 20                                        | SRI RANGAVILAS S.& W. MILLS               | Coimbatore   |
| 21                                        | KALEESWARAR MILLS 'B' UNIT                | Kalayarkoil  |
| 22                                        | COIMBATORE SPG & WVG MILLS                | Coimbatore   |
| WEST BENGAL                               | WEST BENGAL                               |              |
| 23                                        | ARATI COTTON MILLS                        | Dassnagar    |

## Annexure-III

| Year-wise No. of Cotton/Man-Made Fibre Textile Mills Closed during the last ten years & current year as on 30.09.2019 (Non-SSI)   | Year-wise No. of Cotton/Man-Made Fibre Textile Mills Closed during the last ten years & current year as on 30.09.2019 (Non-SSI)   | Year-wise No. of Cotton/Man-Made Fibre Textile Mills Closed during the last ten years & current year as on 30.09.2019 (Non-SSI)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                                                                                           | Year                                                                                                                              | No of Closed Mills                                                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                                                                 | 2009-10                                                                                                                           | 13                                                                                                                                |
| 2                                                                                                                                 | 2010-11                                                                                                                           | 46                                                                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                                                                 | 2011-12                                                                                                                           | 42                                                                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                                                                 | 2012-13                                                                                                                           | 21                                                                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                                                                 | 2013-14                                                                                                                           | 25                                                                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                                                                 | 2014-15                                                                                                                           | 20                                                                                                                                |
| 7                                                                                                                                 | 2015-16                                                                                                                           | 20                                                                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                                                                 | 2016-17                                                                                                                           | 26                                                                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                                                                 | 2017-18                                                                                                                           | 13                                                                                                                                |
| 10                                                                                                                                | 2018-19                                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                                                 |
| 11                                                                                                                                | Apr-2019 to Sept-2019                                                                                                             | 2                                                                                                                                 |
|                                                                                                                                   | Total                                                                                                                             | 230                                                                                                                               |

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

| NTC Mills closed   | NTC Mills closed   | NTC Mills closed   |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Sr. No             | Month/Year         | No of Mills        |
| 1                  | October, 2009      | 1                  |
| 2                  | March, 2011        | 1                  |
|                    | Total              | 2                  |

## (A) State wise list of Cotton Man-Made Fibre Textile Mills ( Non-SSI) as on 30.09.2019 (Closed)

| Sr. No.   | State              |   No of Mills |
|-----------|--------------------|---------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh     |            25 |
| 2         | Assam              |             7 |
| 3         | Bihar              |             4 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh       |             1 |
| 5         | Dadra Nagar Haveli |             0 |
| 6         | Daman &Diu         |             1 |
| 7         | Delhi              |             0 |
| 8         | Goa                |             0 |
| 9         | Gujarat            |            44 |
| 10        | Haryana            |            44 |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh   |             2 |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir     |             1 |
| 13        | Jharkhand          |             0 |
| 14        | Karnataka          |            25 |
| 15        | Kerala             |            17 |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh     |            22 |
| 17        | Maharashtra        |            64 |
| 18        | Manipur            |             1 |
| 19        | Orissa             |            13 |
| 20        | Pondicherry        |             2 |
| 21        | Punjab             |            19 |
| 22        | Rajasthan          |            26 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu         |           240 |
| 24        | Telangana          |            12 |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh      |            53 |
| 26        | Uttaranchal        |             4 |
| 27        | West Bengal        |            16 |
|           | T o t a l          |           643 |

## Annexure-IV

| Sr. NO.   | NAME OF THE MILLS           | LOCATION    | Date of Closure       |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-------------|-----------------------|
| 1         | 2                           | 3           |                       |
|           | ANDHRA PRADESH              |             |                       |
| 1         | ADONI COTTON MILLS          | ADONI       | 06.05.2002            |
| 2         | ANANTHAPUR COTTON MILLS     |             | Feb.,2009             |
|           | ASSAM                       |             |                       |
| 3         | ASSOCIASED INDUSTRIES       | CHANDRAPUR  | Feb.,2009             |
|           | BIHAR                       |             |                       |
| 4         | BIHAR CO-OPERATIVE MILLS    | MOKAMEH     | Feb.,2009             |
|           | GUJRAT                      |             |                       |
| 5         | AHMEDBAD JUPITER TEX. MILLS | AHMEDABAD   | 31.03.2003            |
| 6         | JEHANGIR TEXTILE MILLS      | AHMEDABAD   | 30.06.2004            |
| 7         | NEW MANEKCHOWK TEX.MILL     | AHMEDABAD   | 31.07.2002            |
| 8         | PETLAD TEX.MILLS            | PETLAD      | 06.05.2002            |
| 9         | VIRAMGAM TEX.MILLS          | VIRAMGAM    | 31.07.2002            |
| 10        | AHMEDABAD NEW TEXTILE MILLS | AHMEDABAD   | Feb.,2009             |
|           | KARNATKA                    |             |                       |
| 11        | M.S.K. MILLS                | GULBARGA    | 06.05.2002            |
| 12        | MYSORE SPG. & MFG. MILLS    | BANGALORE   | (merged with Minerva) |
| 13        | SHREE YALLAMA COTTON MILLS  | DAVANGERE   | Feb.,2009             |
| 14        | MINERVA MILLS               | BANGALORE   | March, 2011           |
|           | CHATTISGARH                 |             |                       |
| 15        | BENGAL NAGPUR COTTON MILLS  | RAJNANDGAON | 31.10.2002            |
|           | MADHYA PRADESH              |             |                       |
| 16        | HIRA MILLS                  | UJJAIN      | 31.10.2002            |
| 17        | INDORE MALWA UNITED MILLS   | INDORE      | 31.03.2003            |
| 18        | KALYAN MAL MILLS            | INDORE      | 31.05.2002            |
|           | MAHARASHTRA                 |             |                       |
| 19        | INDIA UNITED MILLS NO.2     | MUMBAI      | 31.03.2004            |
| 20        | INDIA UNITED MILLS NO.4     | MUMBAI      | 31.10.2002            |
| 21+22     | KOHINOOR MILLS NO1 &.2      | MUMBAI      | 27.12.2006            |
| 23        | JAM MFG. MILLS              | MUMBAI      | 31.03.2004            |
| 24        | MODEL MILLS                 | NAGPUR      | 05.06.2004            |
| 25        | R.S.R.G. MILLS              | AKOLA       | 05.06.2004            |
| 26        | SHRI SITARAM MILLS          | MUMBAI      | 31.03.2004            |
| 27        | DIGV IJAY TEXTILE MILLS     | MUMBAI      | 01.04.2004            |
| 28        | ELPHINSTONE SPG & WVG MILLS | MUMBAI      | 01.04.2004            |
| 29        | MUMBAI TEXTILE MILLS        | MUMBAI      | 01.04.2004            |
| 30        | SHREE MADHUSUDAN MILLS      | MUMBAI      | 01.04.2004            |
| 31        | FINLAY MILLS                | MUMBAI      | October,2009          |

|                                  | PUNJAB       |               |
|----------------------------------|--------------|---------------|
| PANIPAT WOOLLEN MILLS            | KHARAR       | 32 15.05.2004 |
| KHARAR TEXTILE MILLS             | KHARAR       | 33 Feb.,2009  |
| SURAJ TEXTILE MILLS              | MALOUT       | 34 Feb.,2009  |
| RAJASTHAN                        |              |               |
| SHREE BIJAY COTTON MILLS         | BIJIANAGAR   | 35 Feb.,2009  |
| TAMILNADU                        |              |               |
| SOMASUNDARAM MILLS               | COIMBATORE   | 36 31.10.2002 |
| KALEESWARAR MILLS 'A' UNIT       | COIMBATORE   | 37 21.07.2002 |
| UTTAR PRADESH                    |              |               |
| ATHERTON MILLS                   | KANPUR       | 38 11.03.2004 |
| BIJLI COTTON MILLS               | HATHRAS      | 39 11.03.2004 |
| LAXMIRATTAN COTTON MILLS         | KANPUR       | 40 11.03.2004 |
| LORD KRISHNA TEX.MILLS           | SAHARANPUR   | 41 11.03.2004 |
| MUIR MILLS                       | KANPUR       | 42 11.03.2004 |
| NEW VICTORIA MILLS               | KANPUR       | 43 11.03.2004 |
| RAE BARELI TEX. MILLS            | RAEBARELI    | 44 11.03.2004 |
| SHRI VIKRAM COTTON MILLS         | LUCKNOW      | 45 11.03.2004 |
| SWADESHI COTTON MILLS            | NAINI        | 46 Feb.,2009  |
| SWADESHI COTTON MILLS            | KANPUR       | 47 11.03.2004 |
| WEST BENGAL                      |              |               |
| MANINDRA B.T. MILLS              | COSSIM BAZAR | 48 06.05.2002 |
| BENGAL FINE S.&W.MILLS NO.I      | KONNAGAR     | 49 25.10.2003 |
| NON-OPERATION MILLS IN RAJASTHAN |              |               |
| UDAIPUR COTTON MILLS, UDAIPUR    | UDAIPUR      | 1 May, 2005   |
| MAHALAXMI MILLS, BEAWAR          | BEAWAR       | 2 July, 2008  |

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