Lok Sabha Question No. 284 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-23
Subject: Production Linked Incentive Scheme
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *284 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2022

## PRODUCTION LINKED INCENTIVE SCHEME

## *284.  SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

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

- (a) whether the Indian apparel industry needs to focus on vertical integration to increase its scale and size and to benefit from the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme;
- (b) if so, the details in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government proposes any road map/action plan for such integration of Indian apparel industry;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has made any assessment of the success achieved so far under the Prime Minister Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel scheme in the country; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof, State-wise, particularly in Odisha and Maharashtra?

उत्तर ANSWER वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री पीयूष गोयल )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION NO.*284  FOR  23.03.2022  REGARDING  PRODUCTION  LINKED  INCENTIVE  SCHEME ASKED BY SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU & SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

(a) to (d): Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme  for  Textiles  has  been  launched  to  achieve size and scale and to become competitive in MMF Apparel, MMF Fabrics and Products of Technical Textiles. As per the selection criteria under PLI scheme guidelines, companies investing in integrated weaving & processing or fabrics to garmenting shall be given higher weightage than those which invest in single segment only.

Last date for receiving PLI applications was 28 th February, 2022.The applications received are under scrutiny for consideration by Selection Committee.

(e) & (f): In  addition,  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 for a period of seven years upto 2027-28. The Scheme focuses on development of a large area which is envisaged to become a fertile ground for carrying out textile sector business activities by all the players of entire textile value chain.

All State Governments were requested to send proposals alongwith Preliminary Project Report to the Ministry for consideration under PM MITRA scheme.

A  total  of  17  Preliminary  Project  Proposals  have  been  received  from  the  following  State Governments indicating the interest from States to participate in the Scheme. The proposals are under scrutiny for consideration by Project Approval Committee. The details of the proposals received in the Ministry are as under: -

|   S. No. | Name of the State   | No. of proposals (proposed site)                       |
|----------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Karnataka           | 2(Two) - (i) Vijaypura, (ii) Gulberga                  |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh      | Kadapa                                                 |
|        3 | Rajasthan           | Jodhpur                                                |
|        4 | Odisha              | Ganjam                                                 |
|        5 | Gujarat             | Navsari                                                |
|        6 | Madhya Pradesh      | 4(Four) (i) Ratlam, (ii) Devas, (iii) Dhar &(iv) Katni |
|        7 | Telangana           | Warangal                                               |
|        8 | Punjab              | Ludhiana                                               |
|        9 | Chhattisgarh        | Mahasamud                                              |
|       10 | Uttar Pradesh       | Lucknow/Hardoi                                         |
|       11 | Bihar               | West Champaran                                         |
|       12 | Tamil Nadu          | Virudhnagar                                            |
|       13 | Maharashtra         | Amravati                                               |

Assessment of the success of the Scheme will be done after implementation of the scheme.