Lok Sabha Question No. 181 (STARRED), answered on 2023-08-02
Subject: Raw Materials for Manufacturing of Clothes
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Guman Singh Damor

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *181 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2023

## RAW MATERIALS FOR MANUFACTURING OF CLOTHES

## *181. SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR:

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

- (a) the details of the raw materials used for manufacturing clothes including those raw materials which are imported;
- (b) the name of countries from where these are imported;
- (c)  whether the raw material for the manufacturing of clothes are exported also and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of the steps taken to increase productivity, quality and investment in the textile sector;
- (e) the details of the major schemes for powerloom and handloom along with the steps being taken to develop and incentivise these two sectors; and
- (f) the details of the various textiles being manufactured under the North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme along with the work done and the financial benefit earned under the scheme during the last three years?

## उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री पीयूष गोयल )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (f):A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement  in  reply  to  lok  sabha  starred  question  no.  *181  for  answer  on  02.08.2023  by  Shri Guman Singh Damor regarding Raw materials for manufacturing of clothes.

(a) to (c): India imports raw materials used for manufacturing clothes including silk yarn, woollen yarn, cotton yarn, flax & jute yarn, non-cotton yarn & Man-Made Filament yarn from various countries such as Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Italy, UK, Indonesia, Malaysia, USA, Japan, Thailand, Nepal, etc.

India exports raw material including cotton yarn, wool yarn, silk yarn, Man-Made Filament yarn etc. to Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, UK, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, etc.

(d) & (e): To  promote  and  develop  the  textile  sector,  the  Government  is  implementing  various schemes which include Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks, Production  Linked  Incentive  (MMF  Apparel,  MMF  Fabrics  and  Products  of  Technical  Textiles) Scheme, SAMARTH- Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector, Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks,  Integrated  Processing  Development  Scheme,  Silk  Samagra  2.0,  Jute  (ICARE-  Improved Cultivation  and  Advanced  Retting  Exercise),  Amended  Technology  Upgradation  Fund  Scheme,  Raw Material Supply Scheme, National Handloom Development Programme, National Handicraft Development Programme, Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme, Integrated Wool Development  Programme  and  National  Technical  Textiles  Mission.  These  schemes  aim  for  holistic development of powerloom and handloom sectors to increase productivity, quality and investment.

(f): Under  North  East  Region  Textile  Promotion  Scheme  (NERTPS)  support  is  provided  for manufacturing  of  all  4  varieties  of  silk  viz.  mulberry,  oak  tasar,  muga  &  eri.  Since  2014-15, 38 Sericulture projects have been implemented with a total cost of Rs . 1,107.90 crore & GoI share of Rs . 956.01crore. In 2021-22, NERTPS was subsumed under Silk Samagra-2 Scheme. Funds committed under NERTPS were provided under Silk Samagra-2 for completion of the projects.

As  on  March-2023,  an  amount  of  Rs.  881.95  crore (2014-15  to  2022-23)  has  been  released  for  the sericulture projects under NERTPS, covering 50,826  beneficiaries and supporting production of 5,000 MT of raw silk.

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