Lok Sabha Question No. 292 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-22
Subject: NTC Mills
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shri Shafi Parambil, Thiru Thanga Tamilselvan, Dr. Ganapathy Rajkumar P

## NTC MILLS

## 292. SHRI SHAFI PARAMBIL: THIRU THANGA TAMILSELVAN: DR. GANAPATHY RAJKUMAR P:

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

(a) the number of National Textile Corporation (NTC) Mills currently operational in the country along with the number of workers are presently working in these mills as on date, State and mill-wise including Tamil Nadu;

(b) the number of NTC Mills are closed since 2015 along with the reasons therefor, State-wise including Tamil Nadu;

(c) whether any steps have been taken to rehabilitate the workers of closed mills, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(d) whether some of the NTC Mills in Tamil Nadu has been non functional and disbursal of salary to these workers were totally stopped;

(e) if so, the details thereof along with the quantum of salary being disbursed to these workers before and after Covid-19 as on date;

(f)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  representation  from  the  workers  union/associations  to reopen the closed NTC mills and disburse salary to these workers; and

(g) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## उत्तर ANSWER वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री गिररराज स ंह )

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a): Currently, operations of all the 23 NTC  mills (including the mills located in Tamil Nadu State) are suspended due to financial constraints. The number of workers working in these mills as on date are 7391. State and mill-wise details, including Tamil Nadu, is at Annexure.

(b): No mill of NTC was closed since 2015.

(c) : Government is implementing various schemes/ initiatives on a pan-India basis to promote textile industry.  Major  initiatives  include  Pradhan  Mantri  Mega  Integrated  Textile  Region  and  Apparel Parks(PM MITRA), Production Linked Incentive(PLI) Scheme, National Technical Textiles Mission(NTTM),  The  Scheme  for  Capacity  Building  in  Textile  Sector-SAMARTH,  Jute  (Improved Cultivation and Advanced Retting Exercise-ICARE), Silk Samagra 2.0, National Handloom Development Programme, National Handicraft Development Programme, Integrated Wool Development Programme (IWDP) etc.

(d) to (g) : Production activity in all 23 functional NTC mills was suspended due to Covid-19 and nationwide lockdown imposed by Central/State Government(s) from March, 2020. Normal operations were  resumed  in  some  of  the  NTC  Mills  from  January,  2021,  which  could  not  continue  due  to unavailability of working capital and other financial constraints.

Despite severe financial constraints, full salaries & wages have been paid to all the IDA employees and workers required for essential services up to October, 2024. However, the remaining workers, who were not attending duties, were paid 100% of their wages up to June 2023. Further these workers were paid 50 % of their wages from July, 2023 to October, 2024.

The Government has been receiving several representations from workers unions, staff associations etc. NTC management has been continuously making efforts for mobilizing funds to disburse salary to its workers.

Annexure Mill wise and state wise data of employees and workers in NTC

| SR. NO.   | MILL NAME                  | STATE          | LOCATION      | Employees/Workers   |
|-----------|----------------------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Cambodia Mills             | Tamil Nadu     | Coimbatore    | 194                 |
| 2         | C.S.&W., Coimbatore        | Tamil Nadu     | Coimbatore    | 57                  |
| 3         | Coimbatore Murugan Mills   | Tamil Nadu     | Coimbatore    | 138                 |
| 4         | Kaleeswarar Mills 'B' Unit | Tamil Nadu     | Kalayarkoil   | 316                 |
| 5         | Pioneer Spinners           | Tamil Nadu     | Kamuthakudi   | 289                 |
| 6         | Pankaja Mills              | Tamil Nadu     | Coimbatore    | 133                 |
| 7         | Srv Mills                  | Tamil Nadu     | Coimbatore    | 228                 |
| 8         | Alagappa Textiles Mills    | Kerala         | Algappa Nagar | 204                 |
| 9         | C.S.& W.Mills, Kannur      | Kerala         | Kannur        | 225                 |
| 10        | Kerala Lakshmi Mills       | Kerala         | Trissur       | 376                 |
| 11        | Vijayamohini Mills         | Kerala         | Trivandrum    | 284                 |
| 12        | C.S. &W. Mills Mahe        | Pondicherry    | Mahe          | 320                 |
| 13        | Tirupati Cotton Mills      | Andhra Pradesh | Renigunta     | 96                  |
| 14        | New Minerva Mills          | Karnataka      | Hassan        | 263                 |
| 15        | Indu Mill No 5             | Maharastra     | Mumbai        | 333                 |
| 16        | Tata Mill                  | Maharastra     | Mumbai        | 427                 |
| 17        | Podar Mill                 | Maharastra     | Mumbai        | 146                 |
| 18        | Barshi Mill                | Maharastra     | Barshi        | 218                 |
| 19        | Finlay Mill                | Maharastra     | Achalpur      | 794                 |
| 20        | Burhanpur Tapti Mill       | Madhya Pradesh | Burhanpur     | 796                 |
| 21        | NBT                        | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal        | 744                 |
| 22        | Rajnagar Mill              | Gujarat        | Ahmedabad     | 442                 |
| 23        | Arati Mill                 | Kolkata        | Kolkata       | 368                 |
| Total     | Total                      | Total          | Total         | 7,391               |