Lok Sabha Question No. 1732 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Development of Textile Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

## DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY

## 1732. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

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

(a) the number of handloom, powerloom, synthetic yarn, readymade garments and hosiery manufacturing units, location-wise in the country, as on date;

(b) the quantum of amount spent on development of textile industry by the Government during each year of the last three years, till date; and

(c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to encourage export of textiles produced by such units?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् ) THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES

## (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a): The Government does not set up / establish textile industries/units. The role of the Government is to ensure conducive policy environment, facilitating in creating enabling conditions  for  the  industry  and  private  entrepreneurs  to  set  up  units  through  its  various policy  initiatives  and  schemes.  Due  to  these  interventions  a  number  of  handloom, powerloom,  readymade  garments,  synthetic  yarn  and  hosiery  manufacturing  units  have been setup across the country. Details of such Units may be seen at Annexure A, B, C & D .

(b): The details of the amount spent for development of textile industry through various sectoral scheme during the last three years and current year is at Annexure E .

(c): The government has taken following major initiatives/ measures to help ameliorate the conditions in textile sector to boost exports, production, demand and job opportunities in the sector on pan-India basis:

- (i) 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.
- (ii) The  Government  has  approved  setting  up  of  Seven  PM  Mega  Integrated Textile  Region  and  Apparel  (PM  MITRA)  Parks  in  Greenfield/Brownfield sites  including  plug  and  play  facility  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  4445  cr  for  a

period  of  seven  years  upto  2027-28.  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.

- (iii) The Production Linked Investment scheme of Rs 10,683/- crore over a fiveyear 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.
- (iv) 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.

Further,  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(PowerTex),  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 (ICAREImproved Cultivation and Advanced Retting Exercise), Incentive Scheme for Acquisition of Plant and Machinery (ISAPM), Export Market development Assistance(EMDA), Retail Outlet  of  Jute  Diversified  Products  and  Bulk  Supply  Scheme,  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 , Scheme for Production and Employment  Linked Support for Garmenting Units (SPELSGU) etc.

These 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 help in boosting the textile sector.

## LIST OF HANDLOOM UNITS STATE-WISE

| S.No.   | States/UTs        |   Households Own Looms |   No of Own Looms In Non- Households |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                  92026 |                                 1349 |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                  99450 |                                    4 |
| 3       | ASSAM             |                1246613 |                                 2193 |
| 4       | BIHAR             |                   8378 |                                   69 |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH      |                  12364 |                                  379 |
| 6       | DELHI             |                   1081 |                                 1417 |
| 7       | GOA               |                      1 |                                   15 |
| 8       | GUJARAT           |                   9771 |                                  132 |
| 9       | HARYANA           |                    681 |                                11078 |
| 10      | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                  14273 |                                  929 |
| 11      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR |                  14711 |                                   39 |
| 12      | JHARKHAND         |                   6976 |                                 1631 |
| 13      | KARNATAKA         |                  22249 |                                 1822 |
| 14      | KERALA            |                  10728 |                                20891 |
| 15      | MADHYAPRADESH     |                  10163 |                                 1906 |
| 16      | MAHARASHTRA       |                   3354 |                                 1000 |
| 17      | MANIPUR           |                 215397 |                                  795 |
| 18      | MEGHALAYA         |                  43220 |                                    0 |
| 19      | MIZORAM           |                  21861 |                                 1014 |
| 20      | NAGALAND          |                  69363 |                                  726 |
| 21      | ODISHA            |                  47625 |                                  536 |
| 22      | PUDUCHERRY        |                    104 |                                  825 |
| 23      | PUNJAB            |                    644 |                                  114 |
| 24      | RAJASTHAN         |                   5449 |                                  997 |
| 25      | SIKKIM            |                    130 |                                    2 |
| 26      | TAMILNADU         |                 190716 |                                28032 |
| 27      | TELANGANA         |                  11544 |                                 5551 |
| 28      | TRIPURA           |                 165713 |                                  337 |
| 29      | UTTAR PRADESH     |                  91732 |                                32510 |
| 30      | UTTARAKHAND       |                   6264 |                                 1104 |
| 31      | WEST BENGAL       |                 278499 |                                 4905 |
|         | Total             |                2701080 |                               122302 |

## Annexure-A

## Number of Powerloom Units in the Country

| STATE            |   UNITS |   TOTAL LOOMS | SHUTTLE LESS LOOMS   |
|------------------|---------|---------------|----------------------|
| UP               |   59038 |        190874 | 2690                 |
| RAJASTHAN        |     945 |         22980 | 16434                |
| HARYANA          |    1600 |         25510 | 1128                 |
| PUNJAB & HP,J&K  |    1162 |         14511 | 1251                 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |    8344 |         39979 | 1063                 |
| NORTH ZONE TOTAL |   71089 |        293854 | 22566                |
| GUJARAT          |   34966 |        524102 | 34331                |
| MAHARASHTRA      |  149613 |        948891 | 35429                |
| CHATTISGARH      |      49 |           166 | NA                   |
| WEST ZONE TOTAL  |  184628 |       1473159 | 69760                |
| ORISSA           |     824 |          1793 | NA                   |
| West Bengal      |    3509 |         12690 | 25                   |
| BIHAR            |    3839 |         20511 | 12                   |
| ASSAM/NE         |      30 |           464 | NA                   |
| EAST ZONE TOTAL  |    8202 |         35458 | 37                   |
| Tamil Nadu       |   89449 |        562513 | 8794                 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |   12635 |         48176 | 1435                 |
| KARNATAKA        |   18566 |         68795 | 199                  |
| KERALA           |    1027 |          4463 | 350                  |
| SOUTH ZONE TOTAL |  121677 |        683947 | 10778                |
| ALL INDIA        |  385596 |       2486418 | 103141               |

## Number of Knitted Ready-Made Garment(RMG) units in the Country

| STATE           |   Unit |
|-----------------|--------|
| BIHAR           |     10 |
| DELHI           |    481 |
| GUJARAT         |     14 |
| HARYANA         |     11 |
| KARNATAKA       |     52 |
| MADHYAPRADESH   |      4 |
| MAHARASHTRA     |    162 |
| NOIDA           |    236 |
| PUNJAB          |   4350 |
| TAMILNADU       |   7990 |
| UP              |    866 |
| WEST BENGAL     |   4467 |
| OTHERS (HP &UK) |      9 |
| TOTAL           |  18652 |

| Woven RMGUnits in the Country    | Woven RMGUnits in the Country   |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| STATE                            | Unit                            |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                   | 653                             |
| ASSAM                            | 61                              |
| BIHAR                            | 8                               |
| CHATTISGARH                      | 14                              |
| DELHI                            | 22674                           |
| GUJARAT                          | 2362                            |
| HARYANA                          | 387                             |
| JHARKHAND                        | 3                               |
| JAMMU                            | 1                               |
| KARNATAKA                        | 1584                            |
| KERALA                           | 35                              |
| MADHYAPRADESH                    | 965                             |
| MAHARASHTRA                      | 13837                           |
| NOIDA                            | 1067                            |
| ORISSA                           | 239                             |
| PUNJAB                           | 404                             |
| RAJASTHAN                        | 455                             |
| TAMILNADU                        | 564                             |
| UTTAR PRADESH                    | 1103                            |
| UTTARAKHAND                      | 1                               |
| WEST BENGAL                      | 6403                            |
| NORTH EAST (Meghalaya & Manipur) | 7                               |
| Total                            | 52,827                          |

Annexure-D Man-made Filament Yarn Unit details:

|   S.No. | State              |   Number of Unit |
|---------|--------------------|------------------|
|       1 | TELANGANA          |               01 |
|       2 | GUJARAT            |               11 |
|       3 | MAHARASHTRA        |               06 |
|       4 | ORISSA             |               01 |
|       5 | PUNJAB             |               02 |
|       6 | RAJASTHAN          |               02 |
|       7 | UTTAR PRADESH      |               01 |
|       8 | WEST BENGAL        |               01 |
|       9 | DAMAN & DIU        |               01 |
|      10 | DADRA NAGAR HAVELI |               06 |

## Annexure-E

## Details of Expenditure(pan-India) under various Textile Sector Schemes

(Rs. in crores)

| Textile Sector                              | 2018-19     | 2019-20     | 2020-21     | 2021-22                       |
|---------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
| Name of the Scheme/ Project/ Programme      | Expenditure | Expenditure | Expenditure | Expenditure (upto 26.11.2021) |
| Handloom                                    | 334.33      | 373.37      | 317.34      | 184.79                        |
| Handicrafts                                 | 195.26      | 267.73      | 270.18      | 137.45                        |
| Wool                                        | 3.3         | 16.5        | 9.33        | 5.20                          |
| Silk                                        | 601.29      | 787.61      | 650.01      | 635.47                        |
| Powerloom                                   | 92          | 41.51       | 55.03       | 15.35                         |
| Jute                                        | 28.00       | 104.42      | 71.50       | 38.42                         |
| Technology Upgradation Funds Schemes (TUFs) | 615.68      | 317.90      | 556.39      | 280.82                        |
| Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks(SITP)   | 20.29       | 41.01       | 79.91       | 34.94                         |
| Research & Capacity Building                | 50.27       | 149.36      | 199.02      | 185.91                        |
| North Eastern Textiles Promotion            | 65.71       | 115.23      | 79.21       | 13.60                         |
| Total                                       | 2006.13     | 2214.64     | 2287.92     | 1531.95                       |

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