Lok Sabha Question No. 214 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Setting up of Incubation Centres
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Chandra Sekhar Sahu

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *214 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2023

## SETTING UP OF INCUBATION CENTRES

## *214. DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

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

- (a) the details of funds granted in relation to the setting up of incubators under the Scheme Guidelines for Pilot Phase to set up incubation Centres in Apparel Manufacturing;
- (b) the details of division of these grants during the last two years, State-wise particularly in the States of Maharashtra and Odisha;
- (c)  whether  any  impact  and  revenue  assessment  of  the  grants  has  been  conducted  by  the  Projects Approval Committee;
- (d) if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and
- (e) the details of corrective measures taken so far by the Government?

उत्तर ANSWER )

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री पीयूष गोयल

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (e):A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  *214  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  15.03.2023  RAISED  BY    DR.  PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE AND SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU ON  SETTING UP OF INCUBATION CENTRES'

- (a) & (b): Under  the  Pilot  Scheme  for  Setting  up  Incubation  Centers  in  Apparel  Manufacturing (SIAM), three projects were sanctioned by the Government. The details of incubation centers supported by the Government grants are as under: -

(Rs. In Crore)

|   S. No | Name of the Project                                                | Project Implementing Agency(PIA)                                                 | Date of approval of the project   |   GoI grant sanctioned |   GoI grant released |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Incubation Centre in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh                       | Madhya Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation, Gwalior.                      | 31.08.2016                        |                  12.93 |                   11 |
|       2 | Incubation Centre in Apparel Manufacturing at Bhubaneshwar, Odisha | SPINFED, Bhubneshwar                                                             | 23.09.2014                        |                  12.93 |                   11 |
|       3 | Incubation Centre in Apparel Manufacturing at Panipat, Haryana     | Haryana State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation(HSIIDC), Panipat | 23.09.2014                        |                  12.93 |                    4 |

No proposal under the Pilot Scheme of SIAM was received from Maharashtra.

- (c)  &  (d): Third  party  evaluation  study  of  the  Scheme  was  conducted  by  Arun  Jaitley  National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad in the year 2020. The study concluded inter-alia that the scheme is a promising one and needs more time, larger coverage and more investments for evolving to its  full  bloom.  It  was  felt  that  no  less  than  5-7  years  may  be  required  for  an  acceptable  level  of performance of Incubation Centres towards upskilling entrepreneurs and/or designpreneurs.
- (e): With a view to have the entire value chain from spinning to Ready Made garments including plug  and  play  facility  of  textile  sector  under  one  roof  and  to  provide  integrated  facilities  of  skilling, incubation  centre,  testing  labs,  common  utilities,  social  infrastructure,  the  Government  has  approved setting  up  7  (Seven)  PM  Mega  Integrated  Textile  Region  and  Apparel  (PM  MITRA)  Parks  in Greenfield/Brownfield sites in partnership with the willing State Governments. The Scheme would lead to  creation  of  a  modern,  integrated  large  scale,  world  class  industrial  infrastructure  with  a  budgetary outlay of Rs.4,445 crore for a period 2021-22 to 2027-28.

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