Lok Sabha Question No. 2083 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: Establishment of Textile Parks/Handloom Board
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao, Y. S. Avinash Reddy

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2083 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.09.2020

## ESTABLISHMENT OF TEXTILE PARKS/HANDLOOM BOARD

2083.   SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO: SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government is considering to establish a State Textile Park at Warangal City in the State of Telangana, if so, the measures/steps taken/ being taken by the Government for the same; and
- (b) whether it is a fact that Handloom Weavers Association has requested the Government to recognize them as MSMEs and arrange to provide them special marketing assistance as they have lost their livelihood due to spread of Corona virus pandemic and if so, the details thereof along with the details of their other demands and the response of the Government thereto?

## उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्रीमती स्मृतत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a): No proposal is pending for setting up of Textile Park in Warangal city in the State of Telangana in the  Ministry  of  Textiles,  Government  of  India.  However,  the Government is  implementing Scheme  for Integrated Textile Park (SITP) which is demand driven and it provides support for creation of world-class infrastructure  facilities for  setting  up  of  textile  units,  with  a  Government  of  India  grant  upto  40%  of  the project cost  and Government of India grant upto 90% of the project cost for first two projects (each) in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh,  Uttarakhand  and  Union  Territory  of  Jammu  &  Kashmir  and  Union  Territory  of  Ladakh;  with ceiling limit of Rs. 40.00 crores for each textile park. The Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) formed by the representatives of local industry, Financial Institutions, State Industrial and Infrastructural Corporations and other  agencies  of  State  and  Central  Governments  registered  as  a  Corporate  Body  under  Companies  Act would submit their proposal directly to the Ministry for consideration. SITP is thus a demand driven scheme. Till date, following 2 textile parks have been sanctioned under SITP in State of Telangana as per the details given in the table below:
- (b) : The eligible Handloom entities can register themselves as MSMEs, following norms and guidelines for the same. Marketing assistance is provided to State Handloom organisations for organising marketing events and expos based on proposals submitted by them and forwarded by the concerned State Governments.

|   S no. | Name of the park                             | District            |   GOI share (In crores) |   Total govt grant released (In crores) | Status             |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | Pochampally Handloom Park Limited, Telangana | Yadadri Bhuvanagiri |                    13.6 |                                   13.6  | Completed          |
|       2 | White Gold Textile Park, Telangana           | Rangareddy          |                    38.4 |                                   11.52 | Under construction |