Lok Sabha Question No. 3795 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: Revival of Amritsar Textile Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shri Gurjeet Singh Aujla

## REVIVAL OF AMRITSAR TEXTILE INDUSTRY

## 3795. SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA:

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

(a) whether Amritsar, once a prominent centre of the textile industry in North India, has seen its entire textile  base  vanish  over  the  decades,  despite  being  known  for  its  woollen  mills,  shawl  weaving  and dyeing industry, which once provided livelihoods to lakhs;

(b) whether the Government has taken any steps to revive the textile ecosystem in Amritsar, especially considering its strategic location on international border, which often faces war-like situations, has been denied continuous investment and infrastructure support due to security sensitivity; and

(c) whether the Government is considering setting up a Textile Mega Cluster, Common Facility Centres (CFCs),  or  Border  Textile  Promotion  Package,  including  subsidies,  skill  development  centres,  export facilitation,  to  not  only  revive  the  industry  and  generate  massive  employment  for  the  youth  in  border villages 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) to (c): As per the latest information available, the Textile cluster in Amritsar District of Punjab constitutes  225  Powerloom  units,  2,880  Powerloom  Shuttle  looms  and  640  Powerloom  Shuttleless looms.  The  Government  is  implementing  various  schemes/initiatives  aimed  at  promoting  the  textile sector pan India including in Amritsar cluster. In order to promote ease of doing business in the country to achieve the vision of generating employment and promoting exports through 'Make in India'' with "Zero  effect  and  Zero  defect"  in  manufacturing,  Amended  Technology  Upgradation  Fund  Scheme (ATUFS) was launched in January 2016 to provide credit linked Capital Investment Subsidy (CIS) to units.  The  scheme  was  valid  upto  31st  March,  2022.  Under  ATUFS,  71  cases  have  been  settled  and Rs.12.94 Cr. Capital investment subsidy has been released so far to units located in Amritsar.

Government is also 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 11.08.2025, a total of 1,105 personnel were trained (passed) in the state of Punjab out of which 820 were placed.

In addition, under the umbrella scheme of Textile Cluster Development Scheme (TCDS), three projects of Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) were sanctioned in the state of Punjab providing world class, state-of the-art infrastructure in textile hubs.

Also,  the  Ministry  through  Central  Wool  Development  Board  is  implementing  Integrated  Wool Development Programme (IWDP) for the development of Wool Sector in the country and has sanctioned a project to conduct Research & Development on 'Developing Sustainable Geosynthetics from Coarse and recycled Wool Fabric' at region located in and around Punjab under IWDP.

A  number  of  other  schemes  including  National  Technical  Textiles  Mission  focusing  on  Research Innovation & Development, Promotion and Market Development, Skilling and Export Promotion, Silk Samagra-2  for  comprehensive  development  of  sericulture  value  chain,  Production  Linked  Incentive (PLI)  Scheme  focusing  on  Man  Made  Fibre&  Apparel,  and  Technical  Textiles  to  boost  large  scale manufacturing and enhancing competitiveness are being implemented to support the textile industry pan India including in Amritsar cluster.

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