Lok Sabha Question No. 1761 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-13
Subject: Plug-and-Play Facilities under MITRA Scheme
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

## PLUG-AND-PLAY FACILITIES UNDER MITRA SCHEME

## 1761. DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  improve  the  textile  infrastructure  in Maharashtra along with the progress made in establishing textile parks or cluster in the State and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the details of the financial incentives, subsidies or schemes  available to textile manufacturers in  the  State  of  Maharashtra  to  facilitate  the  adoption  of  modern  machinery, equipment and technologies;

(c) whether the Government is supporting and promoting the export of textiles produced in the State of Maharashtra;

(d) if so, the details of the schemes, incentives or marketing initiatives aimed at boosting the export potential of the local textile industry; and

(e)  whether  the  Government  is  also  planning  to  set  up  infrastructure  and  plug-and-play facilities under the Mega Investment Textile Parks (MITRA) Scheme in Maharashtra, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## उत्तर

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

## (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a) to (d): The Government implements policies/programmes for holistic development of the textile value chain in all the regions of the country including State of Maharashtra.  Some of the projects / schemes sanctioned in the state of Maharashtra are as under:-

(i)  Comprehensive  Powerloom  Cluster  Development  Scheme,  Powerloom  Mega  Cluster  at Ichalkaranji was announced in 2012-13 with project cost Rs. 113.57 crore and having GoI share of Rs. 50 crore.

(ii)  Under  Amended  Technology  Upgradation  Fund  Scheme  (ATUFS),  since  inception,  a total of 1,729 projects (UIDs) for projects worth Rs. 8,489.89 crores and provisional subsidy support of Rs. 576.15 crores with employment support for more than 81,574 workers over 7 years have been received by the Government.

- (iii) Under Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP), 12 textile Parks have been sanctioned in the state.  The details are as under:-

(Rs. In crore)

|   S. No. | Name of the park                             |   Project Cost |   GOI share | Park Status          |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|----------------|-------------|----------------------|
|        1 | Metro Hi-Tech Cooperative Park Limited       |         100.8  |       40    | Completed            |
|        2 | Baramati Hi Tech Textile Park Limited        |         108.52 |       40    | Completed            |
|        3 | Deesan Infrastructure Pvt Ltd.               |         103.12 |       40    | Completed            |
|        4 | Islampur Integrated Textile Park Pvt Ltd.    |         102.39 |       40    | Completed            |
|        5 | Latur Integrated Textile Park Pvt Ltd        |         102.61 |       40    | Completed            |
|        6 | Asmeeta Infratech Pvt Ltd                    |         277.69 |       40    | Completed            |
|        7 | Pride India cooperative Textile park Limited |          58.19 |       20.95 | Completed            |
|        8 | Purna Global Textiles Park                   |         107.29 |       40    | Under implementation |
|        9 | Kalappana Awade Textile Park                 |         107.1  |       40    | Under implementation |
|       10 | Satyaraj Integrated Textile Park             |         104.49 |       40    | Under implementation |
|       11 | Hinganghat Textile Park                      |         108.38 |       40    | Completed            |
|       12 | Sri Ganesh Textile Park                      |         104.03 |       40    | Under implementation |

Apart from this, Government is also implementing a number of schemes to strengthen the Textile Value Chain across the country including construction and promotion of textile hubs. These  include  Integrated  Processing  Development  Scheme,  SAMARTH  (Scheme  for Capacity  Building  in  Textile  Sector),  Silk  Samagra,  National  Handloom  Development Programme,  National  Handicraft  Development  Programme,  Integrated  Wool  Development Programme, National Technical Textile Mission,  Production Linked Incentive scheme, etc.

- (e): The Government 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 crore.   7 sites viz. Tamil Nadu (Virudhnagar), Telangana (Warangal), Gujarat (Navsari), Karnataka (Kalaburagi), Madhya Pradesh (Dhar), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow) including one at Maharashtra (Amravati) have also been finalised for setting up PM MITRA Parks.

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