Lok Sabha Question No. 2781 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-15
Subject: Contribution of Textile Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Ganesan Selvam, C.N. Annadurai, Dhanush M Kumar, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kuldeep Rai Sharma

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2781 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2021

## CONTRIBUTION OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY

## 2781.  SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

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

- (a)  the  contribution  of  textile  industry  in  GDP  in  terms  of  percentage  of  industrial  production  and employment generation during the last three year and the current year along with efforts made by the Government to increase the employment in the textile industry;
- (b) The steps taken by the Government to increase investment/expansion of textile industry including modernization of weaving and processing sector;
- (c) whether the textile industry is facing problems and growth of the sector has declined during the last three years and the current year;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the steps being taken by the Government to increase the shared of Indian textile products globally and success achieved by the Government so far; and
- (e) the contribution of Indian textile industry in terms of global textile production along with the steps taken by the Government to enhance the production and competitiveness of Indian textile industry?

## उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

- (a) & (b): As  per  the  latest  figures  from  National  Accounts  Statistics,  the  contribution  of  textile industry as percentage of industrial output in 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 has been 7%.

Direct Employment in Textiles sector is estimated at 45 million. Government is implementing various policy initiatives and schemes to increase investment/expansion of textile industry including modernization  of  weaving  and  processing  sector  such  as  Amended  Technology  Upgradation  Fund Scheme  (A-TUFS),  National  Handloom  Development  Programme  (NHDP),  Handloom  Weavers Comprehensive  Welfare  Scheme,  Integrated  Processing  Development  Scheme  (IPDS),  Scheme  for Integrated Textiles Parks (SITP), Samarth-Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector, etc.

(c) to (e): Information with regard to the contribution of Indian textile industry in terms of global textile production is not available. However, to increase the share of Indian textile products globally, the Government has approved Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Textiles and Pradhan Mantri Mega  Integrated  Textile  Region  and  Apparel  Parks  (PM-MITRA)  Scheme  for  setting  up  7  Mega Textiles Parks over a period of 3 years. The PLI scheme for textiles will promote production of high value MMF Fabric, Garments and Technical Textiles in the country. The PM MITRA scheme aims to develop integrated large scale and modern industrial infrastructure facility for entire value-chain of the textile industry and will enhance the competitiveness of the textiles industry, by helping it to achieve economies of scale and will create huge job opportunities for millions of people.

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