Lok Sabha Question No. 4974 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-01
Subject: Textile 2030 Vision
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Thiru Dayanidhi Maran

## TEXTILE 2030 VISION

## 4974. THIRU DAYANIDHI MARAN:

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

(a) the specific role of State of Tamil Nadu in the Textile 2030 vision as Tamil Nadu is a major textile hub, contributing significantly to India's textile exports;

(b)  the  extant  of  the  $350  billion  textile  industry  target  and  $100  billion  export  target  that  will  be contributed by Tamil Nadu;

(c) the details of investments made in Tamil Nadu for textile infrastructure in the last ten years along with  the  support  that  is  being  given  to  existing  textile  parks  in  Tamil  Nadu  to  upgrade  and  compete globally;

(d) the number of textile skill training centres that have been established in Tamil Nadu during the last 10 years;

(e) the incentives being provided to Tamil Nadu-based textile industries to adopt sustainable practices and transition to circular textiles; and

(f)  the  manner  in  which  the  funding  has  been  allocated  to  Tamil  Nadu  under  the  National  Technical Textiles Mission to boost its presence in technical textiles like automotive & medical textiles?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER )

## वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री ( श्री पबित्र मार्घेररटा

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

(a) to (f): Government in order to achieve Textile 2030 vision has been focusing on high-tech & highgrowth  product  segments,  leveraging inherent strengths, developing  large scale plug and  play infrastructure,  keeping  sustainability  at  the  core,  while  ensuring  large-scale  livelihood  opportunities, providing  impetus  to  traditional  sectors  and  becoming  Atma-nirbhar  in  raw  material  value  chain  by implementing  various  schemes/initiatives  across  the  country  including  in  Tamil  Nadu.  The  major schemes/initiatives  include   PM  Mega  Integrated  Textile  Regions  and  Apparel  (PM  MITRA)  Parks Scheme  which  seeks  to  create  a  modern,  integrated  ,  world  class  textile  infrastructure;  Production Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme  focusing  on  Man  Made  Fibre  (MMF)  Fabric,  MMF  Apparel  and Technical  Textiles  to  boost  large  scale  manufacturing  and  enhancing  competitiveness;  SAMARTH  Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector with the objective providing demand driven, placement oriented, skilling program; Silk Samagra-2 for comprehensive development of sericulture value chain ; National  Handloom  Development  Program  for  end  to  end  support  for  handloom  sector.  Ministry  of Textiles  is  also  implementing  National  Handicrafts  Development  Programme  and  Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme for promotion of handicraft artisans. Under these schemes, support  is  provided  for  marketing,  skill  development,  cluster  development,  direct  benefit  to  artisans, infrastructure and technology support etc.

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 finalized one site in Tamil Nadu (Virudhnagar) for setting up of PM MITRA Parks. Also, 7 projects under Scheme for Integrated  Textile  Park  (SITP)  scheme  have  been  sanctioned  in  Tamil  Nadu.  Further,  76  Small Handloom Clusters and 2 Mega Handloom Clusters have been taken up for financial assistance of Rs. 94.17  crore  benefitting  to  1,17,092  handloom  workers.  Further,  a  total  of  681  Training  Centers  have been activated in the state of Tamil Nadu under Samarth.

National  Technical  Textiles  Mission  (NTTM)  supports  Research  and  Development,  Business Startup, Skill Development, Export promotion, which are expected to benefit various technical textile cluster across India including Tamil Nadu. Under NTTM support provided to research and start-ups in various fields of technical textiles including Medical Textiles and Automotive Textiles. 11 Research and Development Projects in the field of Medical Textiles, Agro Textiles, Geo Textiles, Protective Textiles, Indu Tech with a budget outlay of Rs. 14.5 Crores  and 2 Startup projects in Medical textiles sector with a budget outlay of Rs. 88.9 Lakhs have been approved in the State of Tamil Nadu

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