Lok Sabha Question No. 1250 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Textile Processing Hubs
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Dr. Ganapathy Rajkumar P

## TEXTILE PROCESSING HUBS

## 1250. DR. GANAPATHY RAJKUMAR P:

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

(a) the number of Textile Processing hubs in the country; and

(b)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  bring  knitting,  processing  and  finishing  of  textile products under one roof to ease product cost, if so, the details thereof, and if not, the reasons therefor?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री ( श्री पबित्र मार्घेररटा )

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

(a) & (b): In  addition,  order  to  facilitate  the  textile  industry  to  meet  the  required  environmental standards  and  to  support  new  Common  Effluent  Treatment  Plants  (CETP)/  upgradation  of  CETPs  in processing clusters/ processing parks, the Government is implementing Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS) since 2013. The scheme aims to facilitate the  Indian textile industry to become globally competitive using environmentally friendly processing standards and technology. The scheme  would  also  be  applicable  for  technology  upgradation  and  capacity  enhancement  in  existing Textile  Clusters.  The  scheme  was  in  implementation  upto  31.03.2021.  Now,  the  scheme  is  being implemented for completing ongoing projects only.

Under the Scheme, 6 projects have been sanctioned which are under implementation. State wise details of projects are as follows:

(In Rs. Crore

)

| S.No   | Name of the Project                                                                  |   Total approved Project Cost |   Approved GoI Share |   Total GoI Share Released | Current Status       |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|
| 1      | Balotra Water Pollution Control Treatment & Reverse Osmosis Private Ltd, Rajasthan   |                        131.89 |               65.89  |                      49.46 | Under implementation |
| 2      | Jasol Water Pollution Control Treatment & Reverse Osmosis Private Limited, Rajasthan |                         38.5  |               19.25  |                      14.43 | Under Implementation |
| 3      | Sanganer Enviro Project Development, Rajasthan                                       |                        159    |               75     |                      37.5  | Under implementation |
| 4      | Nextgen Textile Park, Rajasthan                                                      |                        129.42 |               64.71  |                       6.3  | Under Implementation |
| 5      | Pali Common Effluent Treatment Plant, Rajasthan                                      |                        100    |               50     |                      37.5  | Under completion     |
| 6      | Gujarat Eco Textile Park. Gujarat                                                    |                        146.39 |               73.195 |                      54.84 | Under Implementation |
| Total  | Total                                                                                |                        705.2  |              348.045 |                     200.02 |                      |

In  addition,  there  are  over  30  processing  cluster  spread  across  the  country  including  the States/UT  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  Delhi  NCR,  Gujarat,  Haryana,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh etc.

To develop integrated large scale and modern industrial infrastructure facility for entire valuechain  of  the  textile  industry,      the  Government  has  also  approved  setting  up  of  7  (Seven)  PM  Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks in Greenfield/Brownfield sites with scheme outlay of Rs. 4,445 crore for the period 2021-22 to 2027-28. 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. The Parks will offer an opportunity to create an Integrated Textiles Value Chain right from spinning, weaving,  processing,  and  printing  to  garment  manufacturing,  accessories  makers  at  one  location reducing logistics & transaction cost.  Man-made Fibre (MMF) and Technical Textiles are expected to be a major component of new investment.

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