Lok Sabha Question No. 3186 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Development of Textile Sector
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde

## 3186.  DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE: DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL: SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

- (a) whether a number of steps have been taken for the improvement and development of textile sector during the last four years which primarily includes technology upgradation, research and development, investment in human resources and promoting the market;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the share of textile industry in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country in 2020-21;
- (d) the details of employment generated in the textile specially medium and small industries during the year 2019-20 and 2020-21;
- (e) the details of the revenue generated by the textile exports between 2009-21; and
- (f) the share of technical textile in the exports, between 2009 and 2021?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

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

- (a) to (d): The government has taken following major initiatives/ measures to help ameliorate the conditions in textile sector to boost production, marketing, job opportunities, technology upgradation, research & development in the sector on pan-India:
- i) In order to make the textile sector competitive by rebating all taxes/levies in international market,  Government  has  also  given  its  approval  for  continuation  of  Rebate  of  State  and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) on exports of Apparel/Garments and Made-ups till 31st March 2024.

Market Access Initiative (MAI) scheme provides financial support to various Export Promotion  Councils  (EPCs)  and  Trade  Bodies  engaged  in  promotion  of  textiles  and garments  exports,  for  organizing  and  participating  in  trade  fairs,  exhibitions,  buyer  seller meets etc.

- ii) To  boost  exports  in  MMF  sector,  Government  has  removed  anti-dumping  duty  on  PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid), a key raw material for the manufacture of MMF fibre and yarn and also on Acrylic fibre, a raw material for yarn and knitwear industry.

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3186 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2021

## DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTILE SECTOR

- iii) Union Budget 2021-22  announcements include  launch  of  the  scheme  of  setting  up  mega investment textile parks. Seven mega textile parks will be set up in next three years. These parks  will enable  the textile industry to become  globally  competitive,  attract  large investment  and  boost  employment  generation.  The  scheme  will  enable  creation  of  global champions in exports.
- iv) The  Production  Linked  Investment  scheme  of  Rs  10,683/-  crore  over  a  five-year  period covering MMF and Technical Textiles sector has been announced which will create global champions in exports and domestic production in textile sector will also grow substantially and thus boost employment.
- v) National Technical Textiles Mission launched in budget announcements in February 2020 with an outlay of Rs. 1480 crore for the period 2020-24, with a view to become a global player in technical textiles and place India as one of the major exporting countries is likely to generate a large number of employment in the textile sector.
- vi) In  order  to  bring  the  import  of  raw  silk  to  Zero  level,  indigenous  manufacturing  and establishment of large scale Automatic Silk Reeling Machine(ARM) has been promoted for the  first  time  since  2016-17.  67  ARMs  have  been  distributed  .  These  will  also  boost  the employment generation.
- vii) Marketing/e-Commerce of Handlooms/Handcraft products :To provide marketing facilities  for  direct  selling  of  products  to  Government  Departments,  weavers,  artisans, cooperative societies and handloom/handicraft agencies are being facilitated to register on Government e- Marketplace (GeM) in all states. This arrangement would help in marketing of their products and getting reasonable price by eliminating intermediaries.  More than 1.75 lakh weavers and weaving entities, artisans have been registered on GeM web portal.
- viii) Formation  of  Producer  Companies :  A  Nationwide  programme  has  been  formulated  by Ministry of Textiles to reposition handicrafts and handlooms through aggregation, financial support and market access thereby making local global with  objective to bring resurgence in handicrafts and handloom sector in the country while empowering weaver and artisans, reducing intermediation through  the creation of a network of   Producer Companies.  So far 177 Producer Companies have been sanctioned.
- ix) The  Virtual  Toy  Fair: A  virtual  toy  fair  was  organized  during  27 th February  2021 to 4 th March  2021, in  which  1074  exhibitors  /  toy  manufacturers  from  the  Indian  Industry participated, including 215 artisans from these 13 Toy clusters.
- x) Research  &  Development(R&D)  has  focused  to  evolve  productive  bivoltine  hybrids  and package of practices for production of high quality international grade bivoltine silk in the country.  Also,  strengthened  the  R&D  system  to  improve  the  levels  of  cocoon  production and productivity to develop improved mulberry/host plant varieties, silkworm hybrids and technology packages.
- xi) ''Indian Silk'' is being promoted as a brand in the global market through generic promotion & with the ''Silk Mark Tag'' to create a Brand image of Indian Silk.

In addition, Government is implementing various policy initiatives and schemes for supporting the development of textile industry viz. the Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (A-TUFS), Schemes for the development of the Powerloom Sector(Power-Tex), Schemes for Technical Textiles, Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP), Scheme for Additional Grant for Apparel Manufacturing Units  under  SITP  (SAGAM),    SAMARTH-  The  Scheme  for  Capacity  Building  in  Textile  Sector (SCBTS), Jute (ICARE- Improved Cultivation and Advanced Retting Exercise), Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS), Silk Samagra, National Handloom Development Programme, National Handicraft Development Programme, Integrated Wool Development Programme (IWDP), North East

Region Textiles Promotion Scheme (NERTPS), National Technical Textile Mission , Rebate  of  State and Central Taxes and Levies (ROSCTL), Scheme for Production and Employment  Linked Support for Garmenting Units (SPELSGU) etc.

The Textile sector is highly unorganized sector; therefore, no such official data of employment generation  is  maintained.  However,  the  above  schemes  and  initiatives  which  promote  technology upgradation, creation of infrastructure, skill development and sectoral development in the textile sector, create  a  conducive  environment  and  provide  enabling  conditions  for  textile  manufacturing  in  the country and helps in boosting employment generation.

As per the latest data available, textile industry accounted for 2.2% of GDP of the country in 2019-20.

- (e): Textile is an unorganized/largely scattered sector. Therefore, details of revenue generated are not available.

However, details of exports for the period of 2009-10 to 2020-21 are as under:

(Fig. in USD million)

| Financial year   | Total export Textile &Clothing   |
|------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2009-10          | 23,111                           |
| 2010-11          | 28,467                           |
| 2011-12          | 33,908                           |
| 2012-13          | 32,673                           |
| 2013-14          | 36,747                           |
| 2014-15          | 36,805                           |
| 2015-16          | 35,692                           |
| 2016-17          | 35,472                           |
| 2017-18          | 35,723                           |
| 2018-19          | 36,558                           |
| 2019-20          | 33,379                           |
| 2020-21          | 29,872                           |

- (f): There  was  no  specific  chapter  dedicated  to  Technical  Textiles  in  Indian  Trade  Classification (ITC) Harmonized System Nomenclature (HSN) Code published by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade.  As a result, either there was a misclassification of non-technical textiles items being declared as technical  textiles  or  the  genuine  technical  textiles  not  being  correctly  promoted  as  a  part  of  Trade Policy.   The  import-export  statistics  was  also  not  being  rightly  captured.   The  Industry  had  been demanding a separate classification of Technical Textiles since long time.  In keeping with the benefits of  the  stakeholder  in  mind,  in January  2019,  207  HSN  Codes  have  been  classified  and  notified  as technical textiles with a view to facilitate ease of doing business.

Exports for 207 technical textiles items since 2019 is as under:-

| Year    |   Fig. in Rs. Lakh |
|---------|--------------------|
| 2019-20 |            1419315 |
| 2020-21 |            1612353 |