Lok Sabha Question No. 1891 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: Assistance to Textile Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shri Satpal Brahamchari, Shri Nalin Soren, Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary, Shri Chandan Chauhan

## ASSISTANCE TO TEXTILE INDUSTRY

1891. SHRI CHANDAN CHAUHAN: SHRI NALIN SOREN: SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) the details of development of infrastructure, establishment of facilities/assistance to promote textile industry in Haryana particularly in Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituency, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  propose  to  set  up  PM  Mega  Integrated  Textile  Region  and  Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks, Textile parks in Haryana, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d)  various  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  attract  investors  towards  textile  business  in  Haryana particularly  in  Sonipat  Lok  Sabha  Constituency,  Jharkhand  and  Uttar  Pradesh  under  which  incentives and policy support are being provided or efforts are being made to propogate and promote investment and business activities alongwith the district-wise details thereof?

उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री गिररराज स ंह )

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a) to (c): Government  of  India  to  make  the  country  a  global  hub  for  textile  manufacturing  and exports,  has  approved  setting  up  of  7  (Seven)  PM  Mega  Integrated  Textile  Region  and  Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks in Greenfield/Brownfield sites with world class infrastructure including plug and play facility with an outlay of Rs. 4,445 cr for a period of seven years upto 2027-28. The Government has  finalised  7  sites  viz.  Tamil  Nadu  (Virudhnagar),  Telangana  (Warangal),  Gujarat  (Navsari), Karnataka  (Kalburgi),  Madhya  Pradesh  (Dhar),  Uttar  Pradesh  (Lucknow/Hardoi)  and  Maharastra (Amrawati) for setting up PM MITRA Parks. These parks will enable the textile industry to become globally competitive, attract large investment and boost employment generation.

(d): The Government of India is implementing various schemes/initiatives aimed at promoting the textile sector pan India including Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituency, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. The major  schemes/initiatives  include  PM  Mega  Integrated  Textile  Regions  and  Apparel  (PM  MITRA) Parks Scheme which seeks to create a modern, integrated large scale, world class industrial ecosystem, which will help in attracting investments and boosting employment; Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme  focusing  on  Man  Made  Fibre  &  Apparel,  and  Technical  Textiles  to  boost  large  scale manufacturing  and  enhancing  competitiveness;  National  Technical  Textiles  Mission  focusing  on Research  Innovation  &  Development,  Promotion  and  Market  Development,  Skilling  and  Export Promotion; SAMARTH - Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector with the objective providing demand driven,  placement  oriented,  skilling  program;  ATUFS  to  incentivize  technology  upgradation and modernization through capital  investment  subsidy  for  eligible  investment  in  benchmarked  textile machinery;  Silk  Samagra-2  for  comprehensive  development  of  sericulture  value  chain;  National Handloom Development Program and National Handicraft Development Program for end to end support for handloom and handicraft sectors etc.

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