Lok Sabha Question No. 4026 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-17
Subject: Reviving Textile Sectors
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Smt. Malvika Devi

## REVIVING TEXTILE SECTORS

## 4026. SMT. MALVIKA DEVI:

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

(a)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Ministry  to  revive  traditional  and  declining  textile  sectors  that  are  facing challenges due to lack of institutional support, shortage of skilled workers and reduced market access;

(b)  the  details  of  schemes  and  subsidies  being  provided,  particularly  in  backward  and  aspirational districts,  to  promote  revival  of  traditional  textile  clusters,  including  measures  to  integrate  heritage manufacturing practices with modern machinery and technology;

(c)  the  number  of  textile  units  or  industries  that  have  been  revived  during  the  last  five  years  in  the country, State-wise; and

(d) the number of such units revived in the State of Odisha, year-wise?

## उत्तर ANSWER वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री गिरििाज ग िंह )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a)  & (b): The  Government has taken several steps for holistic development of traditional and textile sectors,  including  in  backward  and  aspirational  districts.  These  initiatives  focus  on  strengthening  the entire textile value chain, promoting high-growth product segments, developing modern infrastructure, enhancing skills, integrating traditional manufacturing with modern technology, and ensuring sustainable and large-scale livelihood opportunities.

To  achieve  these  objectives,  the  Ministry  of  Textiles  have  implemented  various  schemes  and initiatives across the country, including in the State of Odisha. The major schemes/initiatives include PM Mega  Integrated  Textile  Regions  and  Apparel  (PM  MITRA)  Parks  Scheme,  which  seeks  to  create modern,  integrated  and  world-class  textile  infrastructure;  Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme focusing on Man Made Fibre (MMF) Fabric, MMF Apparel and Technical Textiles to boost large-scale manufacturing and enhance competitiveness; National Technical Textiles Mission focusing on Research, Innovation & Development, Promotion and Market Development; SAMARTH - Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector with the objective of providing demand-driven, placement-oriented skilling programmes;  Silk  Samagra-2  for  comprehensive  development  of  the  sericulture  value  chain;  and  the National  Handloom  Development  Programme  for  end-to-end  support  to  the  handloom  sector.  The Ministry  of  Textiles  has  also  undertaken  the  National  Handicrafts  Development  Programme  and  the Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme for promotion of handicraft artisans. Under these schemes, support is provided for marketing, skill development, cluster development, direct benefit to artisans, infrastructure creation and technology upgradation.

(c)  & (d): As  per  Annual  Surveys  of  Industry,  Ministry  of Statistics  &  Programme  Implementation (MoSPI), State/UT-wise total number of textiles & apparel factories and number of operational factories is  attached  at Annexure-I .  No  proposal  for  revival  of textile  units  has  been  received  from  the  State Governments during the last five years.

## Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) & (D) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4026 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2026 REGARDING "REVIVING TEXTILE SECTORS"

No. of total Units, operation units in manufacturing of Textiles and Apparels for last 5 years

|                                     |                                 | 2019-20             | 2019-20                | 2020-21             | 2020-21                | 2021-22             | 2021-22                | 2022-23             | 2022-23                | 2023-24             | 2023-24                |
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
| State                               | Description                     | Number of Factories | Factories in Operation | Number of Factories | Factories in Operation | Number Of Factories | Factories in Operation | Number of Factories | Factories in Operation | Number of Factories | Factories in Operation |
| Andhra Pradesh                      | Manufacture of Textiles         | 480                 | 392                    | 451                 | 325                    | 438                 | 301                    | 396                 | 305                    | 365                 | 291                    |
| Andhra Pradesh                      | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel | 103                 | 81                     | 95                  | 60                     | 86                  | 56                     | 81                  | 63                     | 86                  | 65                     |
| Assam                               | Manufacture of Textiles         | 32                  | 31                     | 33                  | 31                     | 32                  | 30                     | 28                  | 28                     | 31                  | 31                     |
| Assam                               | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel | 6                   | 6                      | 3                   | 3                      | 4                   | 3                      | 3                   | 3                      | 5                   | 2                      |
| Bihar                               | Manufacture of Textiles         | 19                  |                        |                     | 17                     |                     |                        |                     |                        |                     |                        |
| Bihar                               | Manufacture of Wearing A        |                     | 18                     | 18                  |                        | 17                  | 17                     | 18                  | 13                     | 13                  | 12                     |
|                                     | pparel                          | 6                   | 6                      | 4                   | 4                      | 5                   | 4                      | 4                   | 4                      | 7                   | 6                      |
| Chattisgarh                         | Manufacture of Textiles         | 15                  | 15                     | 18                  | 18                     | 20                  | 20                     | 19                  | 19                     | 23                  | 23                     |
| Chattisgarh                         | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel | 7                   | 7                      | 7                   | 7                      | 7                   | 7                      | 8                   | 8                      | 8                   | 7                      |
| Dadra &Nagar Havelli and Daman &Diu | Manufacture of Textiles         | 359                 | 240                    | 315                 | 226                    | 316                 | 232                    | 366                 | 204                    | 296                 | 209                    |
| Dadra &Nagar Havelli and Daman &Diu | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel | 38                  | 32                     | 38                  | 33                     | 40                  | 33                     | 34                  | 32                     | 32                  | 32                     |
| Delhi                               | Manufacture of Textiles         | 110                 | 90                     | 116                 | 75                     | 116                 | 90                     | 95                  | 73                     | 91                  | 87                     |
| Delhi                               | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel | 401                 | 293                    | 395                 | 246                    | 362                 | 246                    | 371                 | 193                    | 309                 | 238                    |
| Goa                                 | Manufacture of Textiles         | 10                  | 9                      | 9                   | 9                      | 9                   | 9                      | 10                  | 10                     | 9                   | 9                      |
| Gujarat                             | Manufacture of Textiles         | 2,969               | 2,143                  | 2,991               | 2,180                  | 2,839               | 2,051                  | 2,971               | 2,257                  | 3,227               | 2,372                  |
| Gujarat                             | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel | 481                 | 342                    | 448                 | 298                    | 479                 | 296                    | 510                 | 287                    | 579                 | 364                    |
| Haryana                             | Manufacture of Textiles         | 1,087               | 774                    | 1,158               | 893                    | 1,213               | 904                    | 1,107               | 833                    | 1,125               | 896                    |
| Haryana                             | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel | 818                 | 487                    | 856                 | 529                    | 766                 | 447                    | 704                 | 409                    | 665                 | 440                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                    | Manufacture of Textiles         | 85                  | 67                     | 81                  | 81                     | 86                  | 62                     | 102                 | 75                     | 86                  | 57                     |
| Himachal Pradesh                    | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel | 7                   | 7                      | 6                   | 6                      | 5                   | 5                      | 8                   | 5                      | 5                   | 5                      |
| Jammu& Kashmir                      | Manufacture of Textiles         |                     |                        |                     |                        |                     |                        |                     |                        |                     |                        |
| Jammu& Kashmir                      |                                 | 25                  | 24                     | 30                  | 24                     | 20                  | 19                     | 22                  | 22                     | 24                  | 23                     |

|                | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 11    | 11    | 11    | 11    | 15    | 15    | 13    | 8     | 11    | 11    |
|----------------|-----------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| Jharkhand      | Manufacture of Textiles           | 6     | 5     | 6     | 5     | 5     | 4     | 5     | 5     | 5     | 5     |
| Jharkhand      | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 7     | 7     | 20    | 20    | 15    | 14    | 17    | 17    | 17    | 15    |
| Karnataka      | Manufacture of Textiles           | 296   | 182   | 272   | 178   | 258   | 215   | 293   | 215   | 308   | 216   |
| Karnataka      | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 994   | 679   | 975   | 693   | 932   | 672   | 967   | 638   | 985   | 671   |
| Kerala         | Manufacture of Textiles           | 433   | 415   | 439   | 389   | 414   | 404   | 434   | 383   | 405   | 392   |
| Kerala         | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 62    | 61    | 62    | 56    | 65    | 61    | 64    | 64    | 66    | 66    |
| Madhya Pradesh | Manufacture of Textiles           | 163   | 154   | 176   | 154   | 183   | 166   | 173   | 160   | 162   | 148   |
| Madhya Pradesh | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 64    | 64    | 74    | 72    | 64    | 64    | 64    | 64    | 68    | 67    |
| Maharashtra    | Manufacture of Textiles           | 1,759 | 1,151 | 1,756 | 1,220 | 1,764 | 1,246 | 1,705 | 1,221 | 1,725 | 1,292 |
| Maharashtra    | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 933   | 535   | 1,018 | 623   | 998   | 577   | 1,055 | 678   | 950   | 632   |
| Manipur        | Manufacture of Textiles           | 3     | 3     | 4     | 4     | 4     | 4     | 6     | 6     | 6     | 6     |
| Mizoram        | Manufacture of Textiles           | 31    | 31    | 29    | 29    | 29    | 29    | 27    | 27    | 27    | 27    |
| Mizoram        | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 29    | 29    | 31    | 31    | 31    | 31    | 31    | 31    | 31    | 31    |
| Odisha         | Manufacture of Textiles           | 32    | 32    | 32    | 32    | 34    | 29    | 29    | 25    | 27    | 25    |
| Odisha         | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 3     | 3     | 3     | 3     | 4     | 4     | 6     | 5     | 5     | 5     |
| Puducherry     | Manufacture of Textiles           | 27    | 24    | 29    | 29    | 27    | 27    | 30    | 23    | 25    | 23    |
| Puducherry     | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 4     | 3     | 4     | 4     | 4     | 3     | 4     | 4     | 4     | 4     |
| Punjab         | Manufacture of Textiles           | 808   | 613   | 801   | 594   | 770   | 557   | 750   | 642   | 743   | 619   |
| Punjab         | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 826   | 664   | 845   | 652   | 889   | 780   | 972   | 798   | 974   | 804   |
| Rajasthan      | Manufacture of Textiles           | 1,257 | 1,154 | 1,261 | 1,187 | 1,268 | 1,197 | 1,292 | 1,259 | 1,302 | 1,147 |
| Rajasthan      | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 351   | 309   | 387   | 279   | 457   | 374   | 487   | 374   | 537   | 450   |
| Tamil Nadu     | Manufacture of Textiles           | 6,250 | 4,670 | 6,387 | 4,806 | 6,505 | 4,867 | 6,468 | 4,713 | 6,382 | 4,552 |
| Tamil Nadu     | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 4,825 | 3,828 | 4,906 | 3,780 | 4,955 | 3,904 | 4,964 | 3,770 | 5,085 | 3,951 |
| Telangana      | Manufacture of Textiles           | 225   | 134   | 229   | 179   | 161   | 140   | 176   | 146   | 239   | 183   |

|               | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 54     | 38     | 56     | 24     | 33     | 13     | 22     | 22     | 25    | 20    |
|---------------|-----------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|
| Tripura       | Manufacture of Textiles           | 3      | 3      | 3      | 1      |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| Uttar Pradesh | Manufacture of Textiles           | 959    | 702    | 972    | 704    | 1,013  | 763    | 1,102  | 891    | 1,174 | 1,010 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 1,190  | 779    | 1,170  | 761    | 1,538  | 1,067  | 1,662  | 1,190  | 1,917 | 1,536 |
| Uttarakhand   | Manufacture of Textiles           | 46     | 46     | 31     | 22     | 30     | 25     | 39     | 37     | 44    | 36    |
| Uttarakhand   | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 7      | 6      | 6      | 6      | 7      | 6      | 7      | 7      | 7     | 7     |
| West Bengal   | Manufacture of Textiles           | 505    | 417    | 524    | 441    | 469    | 354    | 459    | 381    | 484   | 386   |
| West Bengal   | Manufacture of Wearing A pparel   | 346    | 323    | 404    | 356    | 400    | 324    | 486    | 447    | 442   | 329   |
| All India     | Manufacture of Textiles           | 17,996 | 13,539 | 18,174 | 13,855 | 18,047 | 13,767 | 18,126 | 13,979 | 0     | 0     |
| All India     | Manufacture of Wearing Apparel    | 11,573 | 8,598  | 11,825 | 8,557  | 12,163 | 9,007  | 12,546 | 9,122  | 0     | 0     |

Source : E Sankhyiki Portal of Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation