Lok Sabha Question No. 1670 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao, Debasree Chaudhuri

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1670 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2021

## AMENDED TECHNOLOGY UPGRADATION FUND SCHEME

## 1670.  SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN: MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI:

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

(a) the details of the total number of capital investment subsidies issued during the last three years under the Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS);

(b) the details of total number of energy saving machines incentivized during the same period, Statewise;

(c) the total number of subsidy eligible machines purchased during the said period; and

(d) whether the Government has studied the production increase in weaving in the last three years; and

(e) if so, the details thereof year-wise?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

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

## (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a): Total  Capital  Investment  subsidy  of  Rs.  615.65  crore  has  been  released  in  2388  cases  under Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS) during the last three years.  In addition, a total of Rs. 880.55 crore has been disbursed as Interest Reimbursement/Margin Money Subsidy under the committed liabilities of old version of TUFS, making the total release under ATUFS during last 3 years as Rs. 1496.20 crore.

(b): 403 energy saving machine have been incentivized during the last three years under ATUFS. State- wise details of energy saving machinery are given at Annexure.

(c): As  per  the  requests  submitted  by  units  for  verification  against  their  subsidy  claims  under ATUFS, a total of 3,21,085 number of machines have been purchased during last three years.

(d) & (e): As  per  the  report  of  Impact  Assessment  study  of  TUFS/ATUFS  by  NITI  Aayog  in January 2021, the scheme  had  a significant impact on increasing production and improving productivity. Beneficiaries gained significantly in terms of productivity improvement, waste reduction, cost  saving,  resource  efficiency  etc.  due  to  investment  in  upgraded  technology.  More  than  85% beneficiaries  witnessed  an  increase  in  production  volume.  In weaving  segment ,  more  than  75% beneficiaries witnessed an increase in production volume of greater than 5%.

State-wise details of total number of energy saving machines incentivized during the last three years are given below:

| State            | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| DADRA&NAGAR      |           | 75        |           |
| GUJARAT          |           | 28        | 72        |
| HARYANA          |           | 1         |           |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH |           |           | 1         |
| KARNATAKA        |           |           | 1         |
| MADHYAPRADESH    |           |           | 104       |
| MAHARASHTRA      | 4         |           | 47        |
| PUNJAB           |           | 15        | 6         |
| RAJASTHAN        |           |           | 4         |
| TAMIL NADU       | 1         | 21        | 18        |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |           |           | 3         |
| WEST BENGAL      |           |           | 2         |
| Total            | 5         | 140       | 258       |

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