Lok Sabha Question No. 969 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-18
Subject: Setting up of Textile Processing Units
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Hanuman Beniwal

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 969 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.09.2020

## SETTING UP OF TEXTILE PROCESSING UNITS

## 969. SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR: SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

- (a) whether cotton is grown/produced on a large scale in various districts of Maharashtra and Nagaur district of Rajasthan and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the production of cloth in districts of Maharashtra depends upon the textile processing industries of other States;

(c) if so, whether the Government has set up proposes to set up textile processing industries/units in these districts,  especially  in  Osmanabad  and  Parbhani  districts  of  Maharashtra  as  well  as  in  Nagaur  district  of Rajasthan and if so, the time by which the same is likely to be set up and if not, the reasons therefor;

(d) the details of steps taken/being taken by the Government to enable farmers of Maharashtra to produce clothe in their own districts; and

(e) whether the Government is considering to set up a branch of Cotton Corporation of India Limited (CCIL) in Nagaur district of Rajasthan, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्रीमती स्मृतत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a): Yes,  Sir.    Cotton  is  produced  at  large  scale  in  Maharashtra  and  Rajasthan.  The  Cotton  Advisory Board  (CAB)  has  estimated  the  cotton  production  in  Maharashtra  and  Rajasthan  for  the  current  cotton season 2019-20 at 82 lakh bales and 25 lakh bales respectively.

- (b): There are sufficient processing units available in Maharashtra.
- (c): Does not arise, in view of (b) above.
- (d): Cotton is  primarily  an  agricultural  produce.  Post  harvesting  of  Cotton  and  having  reached  to  the Ginning and Pressing factories, the processed Cotton becomes industrial raw material for the Textile Mills. Farmer  sells  their  produce  and  his  role  ends  there.  Government  provides  conducive  policy  environment, facilitate creation of enabling conditions for the industry and private entrepreneurs to set-up manufacturing units including modern spinning mill.  Government has been assisting entrepreneurs to set-up textile units under  various  programmes  and  schemes  such  as  Technology  Upgradation  Fund  Scheme,  Scheme  for Integrated Textile Parks, PowerTex India, a Comprehensive Scheme for Powerloom Sector, etc. The benefit of above Schemes is available across the States / regions of the country for the entire textile value chain.

Further,  to  safeguard  the  interest  of  cotton  farmers  and  to  give  them  remunerative  price  of  their produce,  Government has nominated Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), as a  nodal agency to undertake Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations of seed cotton (kapas) in all cotton growing States. During the crop year 2019-20 (as on 14.09.2020), CCI procured 26.25 lakh bales of seed cotton (kapas) under MSP in Maharashtra.

(e): There is no such proposal for setting-up a branch of Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) in Nagaur District  of  Rajasthan  as  CCI  is  already  operating  in  the  state  with  its  two  branches  at  Bhilwara  and Sriganganagar along with 25 procurement centers in 10 districts under their jurisdictions. In Nagaur District, CCI  is  having  two  cotton  procurement  centres  viz,  Merta  City  and  Nagaur  under  its  branch  office  at Bhilwara.    During  cotton  season  2019-20,  CCI  has  procured  around  28000  quintals  kapas  (equivalent  to 5300 bales) in Merta City and 87,000 quintals kapas (equivalent to 16,500 bales) in Nagaur.