Lok Sabha Question No. 2952 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-20
Subject: Textile Hubs
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shyam Yadav Singh

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2952 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2023

## TEXTILE HUBS

## 2952. SHRI SHYAM SINGH YADAV:

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

- (a) the total number of textile hubs, State-wise present in India;
- (b) the total number of people gaining direct employment through such textile hubs;
- (c) the details of the business transaction of the textile hubs such as total value of exports and total revenue etc. during the last financial year;
- (d) whether the Government has signed any Free-Trade Agreements with other countries for the export of textiles;
- (e) if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether sellers in Government declared textile hubs have been onboarded to the Governmente-Marketplace (GeM) portal; and
- (g) if so, State-wise details thereof especially of Uttar Pradesh?

## उत्तर ANSWER (

## वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a) & (b): Some  textile  clusters  developed  organically  in  the  country  such  as  Surat  in Gujarat, Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, Panipat in Haryana, Ichalkaranji in Maharastra etc. With a view to  support  the  existing  as  well  as  new  clusters,  the  Government  is  implementing  various schemes/ programmes in the country viz. Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks(SITP), PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel  (PM MITRA) Parks Scheme etc.

State-wise, number of textile parks under SITP are as under:-

| S.No.   | State             |   No. of Parks |
|---------|-------------------|----------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |              4 |
| 2       | Assam             |              1 |
| 3       | Gujarat           |             14 |
| 4       | Himachal Pradesh  |              1 |
| 5       | Jammu and Kashmir |              1 |
| 6       | Karnataka         |              1 |
| 7       | Maharashtra       |             12 |
| 8       | Punjab            |              3 |
| 9       | Rajasthan         |              3 |
| 10      | Tamil Nadu        |              8 |
| 11      | Telangana         |              2 |
| 12      | West Bengal       |              2 |
|         | Total             |             52 |

The total number of employment generated under the scheme from these textile parks so far is 1,07,070.

- (c): Segment  wise  details  of  exports  of  textiles  from  India  for  the  last  five  years  and  the current year are as follows:

(Value in USD Mn)

| Commodity                       | FY 2018-19   | FY 2019-20   | FY 2020-21   | FY 2021- 22   | FY 2022-23   |
|---------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
| Readymade Garments (RMG)        | 16,138       | 15,488       | 12,272       | 16,015        | 16,191       |
| Cotton Textiles                 | 12,405       | 10,263       | 11,128       | 17,166        | 11,085       |
| Man-made textiles               | 5,551        | 5,324        | 4,180        | 6,294         | 5,412        |
| Wool &Woolen textiles           | 222          | 181          | 109          | 166           | 205          |
| Silk Products                   | 76           | 72           | 76           | 109           | 95           |
| Handloom Products               | 344          | 319          | 223          | 269           | 183          |
| Carpets                         | 1,482        | 1,373        | 1,491        | 1,790         | 1,366        |
| Jute Products                   | 340          | 357          | 397          | 537           | 462          |
| Total Textile &Apparel (T&A)    | 36,559       | 33,379       | 29,877       | 42,347        | 34,997       |
| Handicrafts                     | 1,838        | 1,798        | 1,708        | 2,088         | 1,689        |
| Total T&A including Handicrafts | 38,397       | 35,177       | 31,585       | 44,435        | 36,686       |

Source: DGCIS Kolkata,

(d) to (e): So far, India has signed 13 Free  Trade Agreements. The details are as under:-

|   S. No | Name of the Agreement                                                                                                                                                        | Date of Signing of the Agreement                                            |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | India - Sri Lanka FTA                                                                                                                                                        | 28 th December, 1998                                                        |
|       2 | Agreement on SAFTA (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives and Afghanistan)                                                                     | 4 th January, 2004                                                          |
|       3 | India Nepal Treaty of Trade                                                                                                                                                  | 27 th October, 2009                                                         |
|       4 | India - Bhutan Agreement on Trade Commerce and Transit                                                                                                                       | 17 th January, 1972                                                         |
|       5 | India - Thailand FTA - Early Harvest Scheme (EHS)                                                                                                                            | 9 th October, 2003                                                          |
|       6 | India - Singapore CECA                                                                                                                                                       | 29 th June, 2005                                                            |
|       7 | India - ASEAN- CECA - Trade in Goods, Services and Investment Agreement (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) | 13 th August, 2009 for goods and November 2014 for Services and Investment. |
|       8 | India - South Korea CEPA                                                                                                                                                     | 7 th August, 2009                                                           |
|       9 | India - Japan CEPA                                                                                                                                                           | 16 th February, 2011                                                        |
|      10 | India - Malaysia CECA                                                                                                                                                        | 18 th February, 2011                                                        |
|      11 | India - Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA)                                                                                       | 22 nd February, 2021                                                        |
|      12 | India-UAE CEPA                                                                                                                                                               | 18 th February, 2022                                                        |
|      13 | India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (Ind-Australia ECTA)                                                                                                | 2 nd April, 2022                                                            |

(f) to (g): No such information is maintained in the Ministry.