Lok Sabha Question No. 1192 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-09
Subject: Apparel and Garment Making Centres
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Manjulata Mandal, C.N. Annadurai, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1192 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2022

## APPAREL AND GARMENT MAKING CENTRES

1192. SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL: SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI: SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON: SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

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

(a) the details of expenditure likely to be incurred on setting up of apparel and garment making centres along with the details of funds allocated and so far released, State-wise and the employment likely to be generated by such centres in the country;

(b) the details of contribution of textile and apparel exports to overall exports in textile sector; and

(c) whether the Government proposes to give the required push to the Textile industry to increase the textile  and  apparel  export  more  than  double  in  future  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  measures being taken by the Government to achieve this target?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् ) THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES

## (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a): With an objective to provide financial assistance to a group of entrepreneurs to establish stateof-the-art infrastructure facilities in a cluster for setting up their textile units, confirming to international environmental and social  standards and thereby mobilize private investment in the textile sector  and generate fresh employment opportunities, the government has been implementing Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP).   The Scheme provides provisions for setting up units of textile value chain viz. spinning,  weaving,  processing  and  garmenting  etc.  Under  the  Scheme,  out  of  56  textiles  parks sanctioned,  27  textiles  parks  have  been  completed  and  29  textile  parks  are  at  various  stages  of implementation.   So far, a total of Rs.1477.83 crores have been released under the Scheme attracting investment of Rs.13,474.84 crs, 1947 units operationalized  and have generated 1,02,494 employment.

Apart from above, the Government is also providing financial assistance North Eastern Region Textile  Promotion  Scheme  (NERTPS)  for  each  Apparel  and  Garment  Making  Center  in  North  East states @ Rs.18.18 crs per centre. Each Apparel and Garment Making Center consisting of 3 units of 100 machines  each  is  set  up  with  100%  Government  funding  and  the  facilities  is  made  available  to entrepreneurs having background in textiles/fashions for starting their units in 'Plug & Play' mode for promotion of entrepreneurship in apparel manufacturing.

## The details of funds released to North Eastern states are as under:-

|   S.No. | States            | Fund released   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------|
|       1 | Tripura           | Rs. 14.6237 Cr. |
|       2 | Sikkim            | Rs. 8.76 Cr.    |
|       3 | Mizoram           | Rs. 14.024 Cr.  |
|       4 | Nagaland          | Rs. 14.6237 Cr. |
|       5 | Arunachal Pradesh | Rs. 14.6237 Cr. |
|       6 | Manipur           | Rs. 14.6237 Cr. |
|       7 | Meghalaya         | Rs. 14.02 Cr.   |
|       8 | Assam             | Rs. 14.6237 Cr. |

- (b):As  per  DGCIS  data  during  2020-21,  the  Apparel  (Ready  Made  Garments)  exports  contributed 36.83% to overall export of Textile sector.
- (c): the measures being taken by the Government to strengthen the textile sector resulting in an increase in textile and apparel export:-
- (i)  Production  Linked  Incentive  Scheme  for  textiles  for  Man  Made  Fibre,  Apparel  &  Fabrics  and Technical Textiles has been launched in 2021-22. It is expected to attract investment of Rs. 19000 crore for manufacturing of notified product and will be able to provide employment opportunity for 7.5 lakh persons.
- (ii) PM- MITRA Park Scheme to set up 7 Mega Textiles Manufacturing Parks in the country has also been launched in 2021-22. 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.
- (iii) In order to make textiles products cost competitive and adopting the principle of zero rated export, the Union Cabinet has given its approval on 14thJuly 2021 for continuation of Rebate of State and Central  Taxes  and  Levies  (RoSCTL)  on  exports  of  Apparel/Garments  (Chapters-61  &  62)  and Made-ups (Chapter-63) till 31 st March 2024. The other textiles products (excluding Chapter 61, 62 and 63) which are not covered under the RoSCTL shall be eligible to avail the benefits, if any, under RoDTEP along with other products.
- (iv)  Apart from this, the Government is also running Schemes viz. Amended  Technology Up-gradation Scheme (ATUFS),  National Technical Textiles Mission,  SAMARTH - Scheme for Capacity  Building  in  Textile  Sector  (SCBTS),  Integrated  Processing  Development  Scheme (IPDS), Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP), etc. for holistic development of textile sector.