Lok Sabha Question No. 4414 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Investment in Textile Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit, Aparupa  Poddar, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4414

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2022

## INVESTMENT IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY

## 4414.  SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT:

SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

- (a)  the  year-wise  details  of  total  amounts  of  funds  invested  in  the  textile  industry,  handloom  and handicraft industry in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal separately during the last three years;
- (b) the number of textile industries functioning there at present; and
- (c) the number of sick industries that have been considered for revival in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal during the last three years and the steps taken by Government to revive them again?

## उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES

(SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

- (a): The details of investment in the textile industry, handloom and handicraft industry in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal are at Annexure .
- (b): The details of number of textile industry/mills functioning in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal are given below:

| Textile Industry                                   | Madhya Pradesh   |   West Bengal |
|----------------------------------------------------|------------------|---------------|
| Cotton Man-Made Fibre Textile Mills                | 39               |            14 |
| Jute Mills                                         | -                |            57 |
| Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks(SITP) projects | -                |            02 |

Apart  from  above  a  total  of  24,100  handloom  weavers  in  Madhya  Pradesh  and  6,14,650 handloom weavers in West Bengal have been benefitted during the period 2018-19 to 2020-21. Also, a total  of  67,799  and  2,42,887  artisans  have  been  benefitted  in  Madhya  Pradesh  and  West  Bengal respectively till now.

(c): There  is  no  specific  scheme  for  the  revival  of  the  closed  and  sick  spinning  mills  across  the country. However, Government is focusing on fresh investment by industry in this sector for expansion of competitive manufacturing capacity. To this objective Government is implementing various schemes viz the Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (A-TUFS), Power-Tex, SITP, Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA), SAMARTH- The Scheme for Capacity Building  in  Textile  Sector,  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),  Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme,  Rebate  of  State  and  central  Taxes  and  Levies (RoSCTL), National Technical Textile Mission (NTTM) etc. catering exclusively for promotion and development of textile sector in the country.

ANNEXURE

The details of investment in the textile industry, handloom and handicraft industry in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal in the last three years.

## i) Funds invested in textile industry under Silk Samagra and Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme during the last three years:

(Rs. in crore)

| State          |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Madhya Pradesh |    369.66 |    212.34 |    178.96 |
| West Bengal    |    231.75 |    286.09 |    170.29 |

## ii) Funds invested by the Govt. in handloom textiles industry under National Handloom Development Programme during the last three years:

(Rs. in crore)

| State          |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Madhya Pradesh |      0.35 |      0.61 |      0.46 |
| West Bengal    |     12.2  |      9.67 |      5.65 |

## iii) Funds invested by the Govt. in handicraft industry under National Handicrafts Development Programme during the last three years:

(Rs. in crore)

| State          |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Madhya Pradesh |      1.38 |     14.66 |      4.42 |
| West Bengal    |      0.97 |      1.39 |      3.28 |