Lok Sabha Question No. 3359 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-23
Subject: Revival  of Textile Mills
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Dhanush M Kumar, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Manjulata Mandal, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Ganesan Selvam, Supriya Sadanand Sule, C.N. Annadurai

## REVIVAL OF TEXTILE MILLS

## 3359.  SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

- (a)  the  details  of  operational  and  non-operational  textile  mills  in  the  States  of  Tamil  Nadu  and Maharashtra;
- (b) whether several textile mills are lying inoperative/ closed due to Covid-19 pandemic and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to revive such textile mills;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to modernize textile mills alongwith the action plan formulated for the said purpose and the amount incurred during the last three years and the current year;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  implementing  schemes  to  support  the  Textile  Industry  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government to boost textile sector and increase its production?

## उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

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

- (a): Based on the periodical statistical returns submitted by textile entities to the Office of Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Mumbai, the number of working and closed spinning mills in the State of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra are as follows:

|   Sr. No. | State       |   Working Mills |   Closed Mills (Since 1976 till date) |   Total Mills |
|-----------|-------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------|---------------|
|         1 | Maharashtra |             135 |                                    64 |           199 |
|         2 | Tamil Nadu  |             744 |                                   241 |           985 |

(b): Ministry  of  Textiles  does  not  have  any  information  regarding  private  textile  mills  which  are lying inoperative/closed due to Covid-19 pandemic.  However, production activity in 23 working mills of National Textile Corporation were suspended due to Covid-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown imposed by the various State Governments from March, 2020.  From January, 2021 onwards, normal operations were resumed in some of the NTC mills but could not be continued due to unavailability of working capital and other financial constraints. In light of continued poor economic viability of NTC mills,  Ministry  of  Textiles  is  preparing  an  action  plan  for  way  forward  in  this matter  in  consultation with NITI Aayog and Department of Public Enterprises under Ministry of Finance.

(c) to (e): There is no specific scheme for the revival of the closed and sick spinning mills across the country.

Government  is  focusing  on  fresh  investment  by  industry  in  this  sector  for  expansion  of competitive  manufacturing  capacity.    To  this  objective  Govt.  is  implementing  Amended  Technology Up-gradation  Scheme  (ATUFS),  Integrated  Processing  Development  Scheme  (IPDS),  Scheme  for Integrated  Textile  Park  (SITP)  and  other  Schemes  like  National  Technical  Textile  Mission  (NTTM). Government has launched Production Linked Incentive Scheme for textiles (PLI for Textiles) for Man Made Fibre, Apparel, Fabrics and Technical Textiles. It is expected to attract investment of Rs. 19000 Crore.  Government  has  also  launched  PM-  MITRA  Park  Scheme  to  set  up  7  Mega  Textiles Manufacturing Parks in the country. This will reduce logistics cost and will improve Competitiveness of Indian textile manufacturing. Once completed one such park is expected to provide employment to 1 lakh persons directly and 2 lakh persons indirectly.

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