Lok Sabha Question No. 3105 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Reopening of NTC Mills
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3105 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2021

## REOPENING OF NTC MILLS

## 3105. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

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

(a)  whether  the  textile  mills  running  under  the  National  Textile  Corporation  (NTC)  have  resumed operations after lockdown caused by COVID-19 pandemic;

(b) if so, the details of the mills which are operational now;

(c)  the  details  of  the  mills  which  were  operational  before  lockdown  but  are  yet  to  open  after  the unlocking; and

(d) if so, the reasons for keeping the mills closed although the lockdown is over?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

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

(a) & (b): Due  to  Covid-19  pandemic  and  nationwide  lockdown  imposed  by  the  various  State Governments,  the  production  activities  in  all  National  Textile  Corporation  (NTC)  Limited  mill  units were put on hold since  25.03.2020.    After  lifting  up  of  the  lockdown  and  as  per  availability  of  raw material,  NTC  restored  operation  of  14  mill  units  from  January  2021  onwards.  The  second  wave  of COVID-19 pandemic again led to closure of all NTC mill operations in April, 2021.  NTC has restored operations in 8 mills in July 2021.  Details is at Annexure-I.

(c) & (d): Detail of NTC mills, operations of which are yet to be resumed due to working capital crunch is at Annexure-II.

## Details of NTC Mills which has resumed operation

|   Sl.No. | Name of the Mill                                 | Status of Operation   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Rajnagar Textile Mills, Ahmedabad, Gujarat       | Resume Operation      |
|        2 | Barshi Textile Mills, Barshi, Maharashtra        | Resume Operation      |
|        3 | Arati Cotton Mills, Howrah, West Bengal          | Resume Operation      |
|        4 | Burhanpur Tapti Mills, Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh | Resume Operation      |
|        5 | Tata Mills, Mumbai, Maharashtra                  | Resume Operation      |
|        6 | Sri Rangavilas Mills, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu     | Resume Operation      |
|        7 | Kaleeswar Mills B, Kalayarkoil, Tamil Nadu       | Resume Operation      |
|        8 | Coimbatore Murugan Mills, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Resume Operation      |

## Annexure-II

## Details of NTC Mills which are yet to resume operation

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Mill                                    | Status of Operation     |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | New Bhopal Textile Mills, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh    | Yet to resume operation |
|         2 | Podar Mills, Mumbai, Maharashtra                    | Yet to resume operation |
|         3 | India United Mill No. 5, Mumbai, Maharashtra        | Yet to resume operation |
|         4 | Finlay Mills, Achalpur, Maharashtra                 | Yet to resume operation |
|         5 | Cannanore Spg. &Wvg. Mills, Mahe                    | Yet to resume operation |
|         6 | Cambodia Mills, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu              | Yet to resume operation |
|         7 | Pankaja Mills, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu               | Yet to resume operation |
|         8 | Pioneer Spinners Mills, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu      | Yet to resume operation |
|         9 | Coimbatore Spg. &Wvg. Mills, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Yet to resume operation |
|        10 | Tirupathi Cotton Mills, Renigunta, Andhra Pradesh   | Yet to resume operation |
|        11 | Algappa Textile Mills, Algappanagar, Kerala         | Yet to resume operation |
|        12 | Cannanore Spg. &Wvg. Mills, Cannanore, Kerala       | Yet to resume operation |
|        13 | Kerala Laxmi Mills, Trichur, Kerala                 | Yet to resume operation |
|        14 | Vijayamohini Mills, Trivendrum, Kerala              | Yet to resume operation |
|        15 | New Minerva Mills, Hassan, Karnataka                | Yet to resume operation |

## Annexure-I