Lok Sabha Question No. 630 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-20
Subject: PM Mitra Scheme
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Jaskaur Meena, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Nihal Chand Chauhan, Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar

## PM MITRA SCHEME

## 630.  SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA: SHRI VINAYAK RAUT: SHRI NIHAL CHAND: SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

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

(a) whether the Government has set up seven Mega Textile Parks under the PM-Mitra Scheme and if so, the main objective and salient features thereof;

(b) the details of financial allocation, target set and the current status of the scheme;

(c) whether the locations in the country including Maharashtra, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Rajasthan have been identified and if so, the details thereof district-wise and the time by when they are likely to be opened;

(d)  the  manner  in  which  the  said  scheme  is  likely  to  boost  employment  generation  in  the  next  three years along with the number of direct and indirect jobs likely to be generated under the said scheme;

(e) the regions and the commodities likely to be accorded priority for exports under this scheme; and

(f)  The  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  develop  world  class  industrial  infrastructure  and  to promote Foreign Direct Investment and domestic investment in the textile sector?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The  Government  has  approved  setting  up  of  7  (Seven)  PM  Mega  Integrated  Textile Region  and  Apparel  (PM  MITRA)  Parks  in  Greenfield/Brownfield  sites,  to  develop  world  class infrastructure including plug and play facility, with an outlay of  Rs.4,445 Crore in a period of seven years  upto  2027-28. The PM MITRA Parks Scheme shall be implemented on pan-India basis and is intended for holistic development of the textile sector. The salient features of PM MITRA Park Scheme are:- (i) willing state governments to have ready availability of contiguous and encumbrance-free land parcel  of  1000+  acres  for  being  eligible.  (ii)  the  preferred  mode  of  development  is  Public  Private Partnership (PPP). (iii) there is a provision of Development Capital Support (DCS) @30% of the project cost  with  a  maximum  support  of  Rs.500  Crore  and  Rs.200  Crore  per  park  for  Greenfield  and Brownfield PM MITRA Park, respectively. The DCS is for creation of core Infrastructure. (iv) there is provision of Rs.300 Crore per park for incentivizing the industries to set up their units in the park. There is  a  provision  to  use  10%  of  the  park's  area  for  Commercial  Development  (CD)  and revenue  stream from this may help maintenance of common assets and facilities.

- (c): Under PM MITRA, 18 proposals from 13 States have been received, as detailed below. The locations/sites shall be identified through challenge matrix method.
- (d): PM MITRA park will enable the textile industry to achieve size and scale along with creation of modern  &  integrated  textile  value  chain  at  one  location.    MITRA  parks  will  create  world  class infrastructure  with  plug  and  play  facilities  and  help  create  global  champions  in  the  textiles  sector. Hence, it will make the Indian textile industry globally competitive, attract large investments resulting in boost in employment generation. Each PM MITRA park is expected to create around one lakh direct employment and two lakh indirect employment.
- (e): MITRA Park will offer the opportunity to create an Integrated Textiles Value Chain right from spinning, weaving, processing, and printing to garment manufacturing as well as accessories makers, at one  location  thereby  reducing  logistics  &  transaction  cost.  The  locations  for  PM  MITRA  Parks  as proposed  by  States  are  strategic  for  textile  sector  and  shall  be  shortlisted  through  challenge  matrix method. To leverage the global trend due priority shall be given to investment in MMF and Technical Textiles value chain.
- (f): The Government had earlier notified Textile Cluster Development Scheme (TCDS) and Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS) to develop world class industrial infrastructure in the country to assist smaller cluster operations. Besides, the Government has already approved 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on textile sector through automatic route.

|   S. No. | Name of the State   |   No. of proposals | Proposed site                 |
|----------|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh      |                  1 | Kadapa                        |
|        2 | Bihar               |                  1 | West Champaran                |
|        3 | Chhattisgarh        |                  1 | Mahasamud                     |
|        4 | Gujarat             |                  1 | Navsari                       |
|        5 | Karanataka          |                  2 | Vijaypura and Gulbarga        |
|        6 | Madhya Pradesh      |                  4 | Ratlam, Devas, Dhar and Katni |
|        7 | Maharashtra         |                  2 | Amravati and Aurangabad       |
|        8 | Odisha              |                  1 | Ganjam                        |
|        9 | Punjab              |                  1 | Ludhiana                      |
|       10 | Rajasthan           |                  1 | Jodhpur                       |
|       11 | Tamil Nadu          |                  1 | Virudhnagar                   |
|       12 | Telangana           |                  1 | Warangal                      |
|       13 | Uttar Pradesh       |                  1 | Lucknow/Hardoi                |

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