Lok Sabha Question No. 2697 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-16
Subject: Financial Assistance to Textile Clusters
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shri Satpal Brahamchari

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO TEXTILE CLUSTERS

## 2697. SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI:

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

(a) whether number of small and medium textile units are functioning, lacks basic textile infrastructure such as common processing centre, design lab and training institute and if so, the details thereof, Statewise including Sonipat Parliamentary Constituency;

(b) whether the Government has formulated any plan to set up a textile park or an integrated textile hub in this area;

(c)  whether  the  Industries  are  constantly  facing  difficulties  regarding  supply  of  power,  roads  and  raw materials;

(d) whether the Government has conducted any survey to review the problems of local entrepreneurs; and

(e) whether the Government has any proposal to announce special financial assistance or project to make Sonipat a major textile cluster of North India in the near future and if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER )

## वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री ( श्री पबित्र मार्घेररटा

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

(a): For  the  development  of  Textile  industry  particularly  small  and  medium  units,  as  well  as  the decentralized Powerloom Sector, the Ministry of Textiles through the Office of the Textile Commissioner  facilitates  the  provision  of  services  such  as  Testing  lab,  training,  awareness,  design development,  troubleshooting,  Powerloom  sample  Survey  through  44  Integrated  Textile  and  Apparel Development Centres (ITADC) in major Powerloom Clusters across the country. Out of the 44 ITADCs, one viz. ITADC (run by Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA)) is located at Panipat, Haryana.

(b) to (d): With  a  view  to  develop  integrated  large  scale  and  modern  industrial  infrastructure facility for entire value chain of the textile industry, the Government has finalized setting up of PM Mega  Integrated  Textile  Region  and  Apparel  (PM  MITRA)  Parks  at  7  sites  viz.  Tamil  Nadu (Virudhnagar),  Telangana  (Warangal),  Gujarat  (Navasari),  Karnataka  (Kalaburagi),  Uttar  Pradesh (Lucknow), Madhya Pradesh (Dhar), and Maharashtra (Amravati) with an outlay of Rs. 4,445 cr. for a period of seven years up to 2027-28. PM MITRA Parks offer the opportunity to create an Integrated Textile Value Chain right from spinning, weaving, processing and printing to garment manufacturing, accessories makers at one location reducing logistics and transactional cost. In addition, PM MITRA Parks offer world class infrastructure at affordable cost and attractive water and power charges.

In  addition,  under  the  Scheme  for  Integrated  Textile  Park  (SITP),  which  was  under implementation upto 31.03.2021, and now has been subsumed under the umbrella Scheme of Textile Cluster  Development  Scheme  (TCDS)  for  completing  ongoing  projects  only,  32  textile  integrated parks have been completed and 18 parks are at different stages of implementation.

(e): Government is implementing various schemes/initiatives throughout the country including in Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituency to promote Indian textiles sector and enhance its competitiveness. These include schemes/initiatives such  as  Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme  focusing  on MMF Fabric, MMF Apparel and Technical Textiles, National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) focusing on Research Innovation & Development, Promotion and Market Development of Technical textiles, SAMARTH - Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector etc.

Currently, under the SAMARTH scheme, 26 implementing partners with 80 active training centres  are  working  in  entry  level  training  programmes  and  up/re-skilling  training  programmes  in the state of Haryana.

Government  has also  implemented  Amended  Technology Up-gradation  Fund  Scheme (ATUFS) for modernisation of Textile Industry, and financial assistance amounting to Rs 18.85 cr. has been provided to 39 textile units in Sonitpat district under the scheme.

Further,  the  Government  of  Haryana  has  notified  Haryana  Aatam  Nirbhar  Textile  Policy, 2022-25. The objectives of this policy include attracting investment in the textile sector, generating large scale employment opportunities and ensuring higher and sustainable growth across the entire textile value chain.

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