Lok Sabha Question No. 218 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Revival of Closed Spinning Mills
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane, Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## REVIVAL OF CLOSED SPINNING MILLS

## 218.  SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

(a) the State-wise number of spinning mills in the country including Maharashtra;

(b) the number of such functional spinning mills that have closed down and the reasons for their closure;

(c) the details of the schemes of the Government for the revival of the closed and sick spinning mills across the country and the impact of such schemes and the status of revival of such mills; and

(d) the total number of skilled and unskilled labourers laid off due to the closure of spinning mills and the steps taken by the respective State Governments and the Union Government in this regard?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

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

## (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a): Based  on  the  periodical  statistical  returns  submitted  by  textile  entities  to  Office  of  Textile Commissioner,  Ministry  of  Textiles,  Mumbai,  the  number  of  spinning  mills  across  the  country including  Maharashtra  is  2032.  The  details  of  State-wise  number  of  spinning  mills  in  the  country including Maharashtra is at Annexure-I.

(b): Certain mills become non-operational permanently or temporarily on account of various factors such as poor management, financial constraints & labour issues.

(c): There  is  no  specific  scheme  for  the  revival  of  the  closed  and  sick  spinning  mills  across  the country.  Some  of  the  mills  are  closed  due  to  poor  obsolete  technology  which  cannot  compete  with modern spinning mills.  There is surplus modernized spinning capacity in the country and Govt. is now focusing  on  creating  similar  modern  weaving,  processing  and  garment  production  capacity  in  the country,  which  has  more  employment  creation  potential.    To  this  objective  Govt.  is  implementing Amended  Technology  Up-gradation  Scheme  (ATUFS),  Integrated  Processing  Development  Scheme (IPDS), Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP) and other Schemes like National Technical Textile Mission (NTTM). Government has launched Production Linked Incentive Scheme for textiles for Man Made Fibre, Apparel, Fabrics and Technical Textiles. It is expected to attract investment of Rs. 19000 crore for manufacturing of notified product and will be able to provide employment opportunity for 7.5 lakh  persons.  Government  has  also  launched  PM-  MITRA  Park  Scheme  to  set  up  7  Mega  Textiles Manufacturing Parks in the country. This will reduce logistics cost and will improve Competitiveness of Indian textile manufacturing. Once completed one such park is expected to provide employment to 1 lakh persons directly and 2 lakh persons indirectly.

(d): As informed by M/o Labour & Employment, the Labour Bureau is not collecting information on skilled & unskilled workers for such textiles mills.  The Government had introduced Textile Workers Rehabilitation  Fund  Scheme  (TWRFS)  with  effect  from  15.09.1986  to  provide  relief  to  the  workers rendered jobless due to permanent closure of Non-SSI Textile Mills in private sector. With effect from 01.04.2017,  TWRFS  has  been  merged  with  Rajiv  Gandhi  Shramik  Kalyan  Yojna  (RGSKY)  under Ministry of Labour and Employment and notified vide Notification No. S.O.1081 (E) dated 06.04.2017. Workers rendered jobless can avail benefits under the said scheme.

## Annexure-I

## State-wise details of Cotton Man-Made Fibre Spinning Mills as on 31.12.2021

| Sr No   | State / UT         |   No of Spinning Mills |
|---------|--------------------|------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh     |                    133 |
| 2       | Assam              |                      7 |
| 3       | Bihar              |                      4 |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh       |                      1 |
| 5       | Dadra Nagar Haveli |                     11 |
| 6       | Daman &Diu         |                      1 |
| 7       | Delhi              |                      0 |
| 8       | Goa                |                      1 |
| 9       | Gujarat            |                     97 |
| 10      | Haryana            |                     82 |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh   |                     17 |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir     |                      2 |
| 13      | Jharkhand          |                      1 |
| 14      | Karnataka          |                     41 |
| 15      | Kerala             |                     34 |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh     |                     61 |
| 17      | Maharashtra        |                    199 |
| 18      | Manipur            |                      1 |
| 19      | Orissa             |                     16 |
| 20      | Pondicherry        |                     10 |
| 21      | Punjab             |                    119 |
| 22      | Rajasthan          |                     64 |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu         |                    985 |
| 24      | Telangana          |                     38 |
| 25      | Uttar Pradesh      |                     67 |
| 26      | Uttaranchal        |                     10 |
| 27      | West Bengal        |                     30 |
|         | Total              |                   2032 |