Lok Sabha Question No. 1305 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Greenfield and Brownfield Sites
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Smt. Smita Uday Wagh, Shri Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao

## GREENFIELD AND BROWNFIELD SITES

## 1305. SHRI MADHAVANENI RAGHUNANDAN RAO: SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  plan  to  promote  value  addition  and  develop  Jalgaon  Lok  Sabha  in Maharashtra into a hub for textile industries;

(b) whether the Government has any plan to ensure uniform development standards across Greenfield and Brownfield textile parks including potential sites in Maharashtra;

(c)  the  types  of  industries  (spinning,  weaving,  garments,  etc.)  expected  to  dominate  the  textile  parks, considering the MoUs signed for an investment potential of Rs. 18,500 crore;

(d) whether the Government has plans to establish training institutes or skill development centres within the parks to support a skilled workforce in regions like Jalgaon; and

(e) If so, the details of these training initiatives and the manner in which these will be implemented to benefit the country including Maharashtra?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री ( श्री पबित्र मार्घेररटा )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA)

(a) to (e): With a view to  develop integrated large scale and modern industrial infrastructure facility for entire value-chain of the textile industry, the Government has approved setting up of 7 (Seven) PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks in Greenfield/Brownfield sites with scheme outlay of Rs. 4,445 crore for the period 2021-22 to 2027-28. The Government has finalised 7 sites including one in Amravati Maharashtra for setting up PM MITRA Parks.

To ensure  uniform  development  standards  the  following  norms  have  been  prescribed  for  land development patterns in the park:

- (i) 50% area for Manufacturing  Zone - caters to the entire value chain from spinning to RMG / Anchor and ancillary units, including plug and play,
- (ii) 20% area for common utilities and infrastructure - Roads, CETP, STP, WTP, Sub-station, Boiler units etc
- (iii) 10%  area  for  subsidised  housing  and  associated  social  infrastructure  such  as  schools  / hospitals etc
- (iv) 10% area for commercial use for hotels, exhibition, convention centres, offices and related uses
- (v) 5% area for specialised and value additive activities such as Testing Labs, Training Centre, R&D Centre, Incubation Labs, Start Ups, Centres of Excellence
- (vi) 5% area for logistics zone - multi-modal linkages, bonded areas for seamless transport and storage

So far, investment MoUs with an expected investment potential of  over Rs. 18,500 crore have been signed under the PM MITRA Park scheme  including MoUs worth Rs. 1,370 crore for PM MITRA Park Amravati.  These investment proposals span various segments of textile value chain e.g. Polyster, cotton spinning yarn, Plastic Masterbatches, Cotton yarn/denim fabrics, terry towel, spinning and yarn, etc.

No proposal for setting up of Textile Park in Jalgaon is pending in the Ministry.

The  Ministry  is  implementing  (SAMARTH)-  Scheme  for  Capacity  Building  in  Textile  Sector (SCBTS), with the objective to provide demand driven, placement oriented National Skill Qualification Framework  (NSQF)  compliant  skilling  programmes  to  incentivize  and  supplement  the  efforts  to  the industry in creating jobs in the organized textile (excluding spinning & weaving) and related sectors and to provide skilling and skill-upgradation in the traditional sectors. As on 03.02.2025, a total of 3,57,949 beneficiaries have been trained (passed) and 2,86,206 beneficiaries have been placed under 'SAMARTH'.

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