Lok Sabha Question No. 1263 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: RTUF Scheme
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Navneet Ravi Rana, Ram Kripal Yadav, Locket Chatterjee, Sunil Kumar Pintu

## RTUF SCHEME

## 1263. SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA: SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV: MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

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

(a) the details of the number of companies of various sectors in Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and Haryana to whom subsidy was provided under the RTUF scheme along with the year-wise amount of subsidy provided thereon;

(b) the objectives of the said scheme and targets achieved in various sectors;

(c) the details of the allocation of funds made in this regard, year-wise;

(d) whether a number of companies have returned the money granted under the scheme;

(e) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;

(f)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  reallocate  the  funds  returned  by  the  said  companies  to Technical Textile; and

(g) if so, the time by which this allocation is likely to be done?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

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

(a): Year-wise details of subsidy accounts of companies benefitted under Restructured Technology Upgradation  Fund  Scheme  (RTUFS)  in  Maharashtra,  Bihar,  West  Bengal  and  Haryana;  and  subsidy provided to such accounts are given in Annexure-I.

(b): The objective of RTUFS was to leverage investments in technology upgradation in the Textiles and Jute Industry, with a special emphasis on balanced development across the value chain.   A total subsidy support of Rs.3276 .53 crore has been provided under RTUFS for various textile sectors.

(c): Year-wise allocation of budget under TUFS including RTUFS is given in Annexure-II.

(d) & (e): Excess subsidy released in 8 cases under RTUFS along with penal interest amounting to Rs.1.72 crore has been recovered. Recovery of subsidy was due to reasons such as calculation mistakes by banks, removal of ineligible expenditures etc.

(f) & (g): RTUFS  was  in  operation  from  28.04.2011  upto  31.03.2013,  for  pre-authorization  of subsidy under the scheme. No such proposal to reallocate recovered funds to other segments is under consideration.

## Year-wise details of subsidy accounts of companies benefitted under RTUFS in Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal & Haryana and details of subsidy provided

(In Rs. Crore)

|             | Maharashtra                 | Maharashtra   | Bihar                       | Bihar   | West Bengal                 | West Bengal   | West Bengal                 | Haryana   |
|-------------|-----------------------------|---------------|-----------------------------|---------|-----------------------------|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------|
|             | No of accounts of companies | Amount        | No of accounts of companies | Amount  | No of accounts of companies | Amount        | No of accounts of companies | Amount    |
| 2012-13     | 206                         | 79.29         | 1                           | 0.09    | 36                          | 11.15         | 93                          | 14.75     |
| 2013-14     | 173                         | 71.36         | 1                           | 0.02    | 28                          | 15.51         | 56                          | 17.91     |
| 2014-15     | 174                         | 71.08         | 1                           | 0.02    | 25                          | 8.08          | 45                          | 8.12      |
| 2015-16     | 163                         | 49.6          | 1                           | 0.02    | 24                          | 6.8           | 43                          | 6.4       |
| 2016-17     | 154                         | 64.69         | 1                           | 0.02    | 19                          | 7.01          | 37                          | 7.62      |
| 2017-18     | 121                         | 40.71         | 1                           | 0.02    | 15                          | 6.47          | 29                          | 2.1       |
| 2018-19     | 89                          | 11.21         | 1                           | 0       | 7                           | 2.4           | 15                          | 0.59      |
| Grand Total |                             | 387.94        |                             | 0.2     |                             | 57.42         |                             | 57.48     |

## Annexure II

## Year-wise allocation of budget under TUFS including RTUFS

(In Rs. crore)

| Financial Year   |   Allocation (Budget Estimates) |
|------------------|---------------------------------|
| 2011-12          |                          3100   |
| 2012-13          |                          2914   |
| 2013-14          |                          2400   |
| 2014-15          |                          2300   |
| 2015-16          |                          1520   |
| 2016-17          |                          1480   |
| 2017-18          |                          2013   |
| 2018-19          |                          2300   |
| 2019-20          |                           700   |
| 2020-21          |                           761.9 |
| 2021-22          |                           700   |
| 2022-23          |                           650   |