Lok Sabha Question No. 3685 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Details Regarding ATUFS
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, MEENAKASHI LEKHI

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3685 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2019

## DETAILS REGARDING ATUFS

## 3685.   SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

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

- (a) whether the Ministry proposes to simplify the Amended Technology Funds Scheme (ATUFS) for players in textile and intermediaries across the value chain;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the reasons for making such simplifications;
- (d) the State-wise list of number of beneficiaries (through the Ministry of Textiles) of the scheme till today, since its inception;
- (e) State-wise number of applications made to avail the benefits of the scheme till today since its inception; and
- (f) the detail of amount of funds allocated and funds disbursed towards the scheme since its inception?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र राज्य मंरी (श्री अजय टम्टा)

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES

(a) to (c): In order to examine the process of subsidy release, software related issues and also  to  recommend  the  changes  to  make  i-TUFS  as  end  to  end  online  solution  in  the implementation of scheme, the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee (IMSC) under Amended Technology  Up-gradation  Fund  Scheme  (ATUFS)  in  its  meeting  held  on  23.03.2018  had decided  to  set  up  a  Task  Force  comprising  of  representatives  from  textile  industry  and financial  institutions.  Based  on  the  recommendations  of  the  Task  Force,  the  guidelines  of ATUFS have been modified through Government Resolution dated 02.08.2018.

(d) & (e): The State-wise list of number of applications, number of unique identification numbers issued against the applications  and  number of  beneficiaries  to  whom  subsidy  has been released under ATUFS since inception are given in Annexure-I.

(f): Details of funds allocated and disbursed since inception of ATUFS is in AnnexureII.

State-wise  details  of  applications,  unique  identification  numbers  and  beneficiaries  to whom subsidy has been released under ATUFS since inception:

| Sr. No.   | Name of State          |   No. of applications received |   No. of UIDs issued |   No of UIDs whom fund has been released |
|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh         |                             15 |                   10 |                                        0 |
| 2.        | Andman &Nicobar Island |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh      |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 4.        | Assam                  |                              1 |                    1 |                                        0 |
| 5.        | Bihar                  |                              2 |                    1 |                                        0 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh             |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh           |                              2 |                    2 |                                        0 |
| 8.        | Dadra &Nagar Haweli    |                             91 |                   44 |                                        0 |
| 9.        | Daman &Diu             |                             23 |                   14 |                                        0 |
| 10.       | Delhi                  |                             26 |                   19 |                                        0 |
| 11.       | Goa                    |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 12.       | Gujarat                |                           4447 |                 3622 |                                        5 |
| 13.       | Haryana                |                            332 |                  270 |                                        0 |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh       |                              9 |                    7 |                                        0 |
| 15.       | Jammu and Kashmir      |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 16.       | Jharkhand              |                              1 |                    1 |                                        0 |
| 17.       | Karnataka              |                            120 |                   89 |                                        0 |
| 18.       | Kerala                 |                             10 |                    5 |                                        0 |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep            |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh         |                             60 |                   43 |                                        0 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra            |                            931 |                  714 |                                        2 |
| 22.       | Manipur                |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya              |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 24.       | Mizoram                |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 25.       | Nagaland               |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 26.       | Orissa                 |                              2 |                    1 |                                        0 |
| 27.       | Puducherry             |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 28.       | Punjab                 |                            883 |                  696 |                                        2 |
| 29.       | Rajasthan              |                            227 |                  178 |                                        0 |
| 30.       | Sikkim                 |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu             |                            837 |                  670 |                                       31 |
| 32.       | Telangana              |                             17 |                    6 |                                        0 |
| 33.       | Tripura                |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 34.       | Uttarakhand            |                              0 |                    0 |                                        0 |
| 35.       | Uttar Pradesh          |                            177 |                  124 |                                        0 |
| 36.       | Uttaranchal            |                             13 |                   11 |                                        0 |
| 37.       | West Bengal            |                            110 |                   83 |                                        0 |
|           | TOTAL                  |                           8336 |                 6611 |                                       40 |

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Annexure II

Year-wise details of funds allocated and disbursed since inception of ATUFS

(in Rs crore)

| Year    |   Budget Estimate | Revised Estimate    | Actual Expenditure   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
| 2015-16 |              1520 | 1413.68             | 1393.19              |
| 2016-17 |              1480 | 2610.00             | 2621.98              |
| 2017-18 |              2013 | 1913.15             | 1913.15              |
| 2018-19 |              2300 | Yet to be finalized | 381.10*              |

*as on 31.12.2018