Lok Sabha Question No. 16 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Apparel and Garment Manufacturing Centres
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Anurag Sharma, Rebati Tripura

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 16 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2022

## APPAREL AND GARMENT MANUFACTURING CENTRES

## 16.  SHRI ANURAG SHARMA: SHRI REBATI TRIPURA:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

- (a)  the  details  of  number  of  apparel  and  garment  manufacturing  centres  functional  in  the  country especially  in  the  North-Eastern  Region  and  Uttar  Pradesh  and  the  cost  of  setting  up  of  each  centre during the last three years;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Paridhan  Rozgar  Protsahan  Yojana (PMPRPY) for boosting employment in the garment sector;
- (c) if so, the details thereof alongwith the details of employment generated during the last three years;
- (d) whether the Government is implementing any scheme for incubation in apparel manufacturing, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the other steps taken to promote apparel manufacturing and its export in the country?

## उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

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

- (a): Government is providing  financial  assistance  of  Rs.  18.18  Cr  for  each  Apparel  and  Garment Making Center in North East states for infrastructure capacity building under NERTPS. Each Apparel and  Garment  Making  Centers  consisting  of  3  units  of  100  machines  each  is  set  up  with  100% Government  funding  and  the  facilities  are  made  available  to  entrepreneurs  having  background  in textiles/fashions for starting their units in 'Plug & Play' mode. The details are as under:-

|   Sr. 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. |

There  is  no  apparel  &  Garmenting  manufacturing  Center  setup  in  Uttar  Pradesh  by  the Government.

- (b) & (c): Pradhan Mantri Paridhan Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMPRPY), was a scheme to incentivize employers in the textile (Apparel) sector registered with the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO)  for  job  creation.  Government  is  paying  8.33%  contribution  of  employers  to  the  Employees Pension  Scheme  in  respect  of  new  employees  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana (PMRPY). For  the  textile  (Apparel)  sector,  the  Government  will  also  be  paying    3.67%  Employees Provident Fund contribution of the eligible employer for these new employees under the PMPRPY. The scheme was for 3 years i.e. 2016-17 to 2018-19.

As per Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) report dated 04.12.2019, the details of PMPRPY scheme upto 01.04.2019 are as given below:-

|   1 | Total no. of Employees/workers registered   | 634611           |
|-----|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
|   2 | Total no. of Employees benefitted           | 269044           |
|   3 | Total no. of Establishments registered      | 1055             |
|   4 | Total no. of Establishments benefited       | 802              |
|   5 | Total subsidy disbursed                     | Rs. 23,96,73,353 |

- (d): In  order to create an integrated workspace and linkages based entrepreneurial ecosystem for (i) Promoting entrepreneurship in apparel manufacturing; (ii) Creating additional manufacturing; (iii) Generating additional employment opportunities; Scheme for Incubation in Apparel Manufacturing  was  launched  during  the  12 th Five  Year  Plan.    During  this  period  three  project were approved viz.
1. Incubation Centre in Gwalior;
2. Incubation Centre in Apparel Manufacturing at Bhubaneshwar
3. Incubation Centre in Apparel Manufacturing at Panipat.
- (e): steps taken by the Government to promote apparel manufacturing and its export in the country are :-
- (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  Upgradation  Scheme  (ATUFS),    Integrated  Processing  Development  Scheme  (IPDS),  Scheme  for Integrated  Textile  Park  (SITP),  National  Technical  Textile  Mission  (NTTM),  etc.  for  holistic development of textile sector.