Lok Sabha Question No. 5052 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-01
Subject: Employment in Textile Hubs
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal

## EMPLOYMENT IN TEXTILE HUBS

## 5052. SMT. HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL:

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

(a) the details of existing textile hubs in Punjab, along with the number of people employed in each hub, district-wise;

(b) the revenue generated by these hubs in the last three years, including export revenues;

(c) whether Punjab is one of the leading textiles hubs in the country, if so, the initiatives undertaken to support the textiles industry in the State;

(d) whether the Government has any plans to develop more textile hubs in Punjab and across the country, if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the steps taken by the Government to provide an export-oriented boost to the textile sector in Punjab?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER )

## वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री ( श्री पबित्र मार्घेररटा

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

(a) to (e): With  a  view  to  increasing  investments,  generating  employment  opportunities  and boosting exports in the textile sector, the Ministry is implementing Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP) to provide support for setting up textile parks with world-class, state-of-the-art infrastructure in textile  hubs  across  the  country.  The  scheme  was  in  implementation  upto  31.03.2021;  however,  the Scheme has now been subsumed under the umbrella Scheme of Textile Cluster Development Scheme (TCDS) for completing ongoing projects only. Under SITP, three projects were sanctioned in Punjab, details of which are given in Annexure.

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 cr for a period of seven years upto 2027-28. All States including Punjab were requested to submit proposal(s) under scheme guidelines for setting up of PM MTIRA Parks in respective States. In response, 18 proposals from 13 State Governments including one from Punjab (Ludhiana) were received within the stipulated deadline. The proposal  from  Punjab was later withdrawn by the Government of Punjab.

The  Government  has  finalised  7  sites  viz.  Tamil  Nadu  (Virudhnagar),  Telangana  (Warangal), Gujarat  (Navsari),  Karnataka  (Kalaburagi),  Madhya  Pradesh  (Dhar),  Uttar  Pradesh  (Lucknow)  and Maharashtra (Amravati) for setting up PM MITRA Parks.

In  order  to  promote  growth  and  development  of  the  textile  sector  including  exports,  the Government is implementing various schemes/initiatives including Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP), Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS), Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme, National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM),  SAMARTH -Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector  ATUFS,  Silk  Samagra-2,  National  Handloom  Development  Program  (NHDP)  and  National Handicraft Development Program (NHDP) etc.

## Annexure

| Sl. No.   | Name of the park                               |   GoI share released (In crores) | Employment   |   Investment (in crores) |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
| 1         | Lotus Integrated Tex Park, Barnala             |                               40 | 1,500        |                   500    |
| 2         | Rhythm Textile &Apparel Park Ltd, Nawanshehar  |                               36 | 1,875        |                   120    |
| 3         | Ludhiana Integrated Textile Park Ltd, Ludhiana |                               36 | 2,790        |                   148.62 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                                          |                              112 | 6,165        |                   768.62 |