Lok Sabha Question No. 5218 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: Sick Industrial Units
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Dr. Ganapathy Rajkumar P

## SICK INDUSTRIAL UNITS

## 5218.  DR. GANAPATHY RAJKUMAR P:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  data  on  the  total  number  of  sick  industrial  units  pertaining  to textile/weaving industries identified across the country during the last five years and the current year and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether the Government has any plans or proposals to revive such sick industrial units across the country and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of the funds earmarked, released and utilised during the said period to revive such sick industrial units, sick industry-wise; and

(d)  the  time  by  which  the  revival  works  would  be  completed  and  commercial  operations  likely  to  be started by these sick industrial units?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री (श्री गिरििाज स ंह)

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a)  to  (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. Ministry of Textiles does not maintain data of sick industrial units separately.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5218 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2026 REGARDING 'SICK INDUSTRIL UNITS'

No. of total Units, operational 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 Operatio n | Number of Factories | Factories in Operatio n | Number of Factories | Factories in Operation | Number of Factories | Factories in Operatio n | 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 Apparel | 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 Apparel | 6                   | 6                       | 3                   | 3                       | 4                   | 3                      | 3                   | 3                       | 5                   | 2                      |
| Bihar                    | Manufacture of Textiles        | 19                  | 18                      | 18                  | 17                      | 17                  | 17                     | 18                  | 13                      | 13                  | 12                     |
| Bihar                    | Manufacture of Wearing Apparel | 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 Apparel | 7                   | 7                       | 7                   | 7                       | 7                   | 7                      | 8                   | 8                       | 8                   | 7                      |
| Dadra& Nagar Havelli and | Manufacture of Textiles        | 359                 | 240                     | 315                 | 226                     | 316                 | 232                    | 366                 | 204                     | 296                 | 209                    |
| Daman& Diu               | Manufacture of Wearing Apparel | 38                  | 32                      | 38                  | 33                      | 40                  | 33                     | 34                  | 32                      | 32                  | 32                     |
| Delhi                    | Manufacture of Textiles        | 110                 | 90                      | 116                 | 75                      | 116                 | 90                     | 95                  | 73                      | 91                  | 87                     |
|                          | of Wearing Apparel             | 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                  |
|                          | Manufacture of Wearing Apparel | 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 Apparel | 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 Apparel | 7                   | 7                       | 6                   | 6                       | 5                   | 5                      | 8                   | 5                       | 5                   | 5                      |
| Jammu& Kashmir           | Manufacture of Textiles        | 25                  | 24                      | 30                  | 24                      | 20                  | 19                     | 22                  | 22                      | 24                  | 23                     |
| Jammu& Kashmir           | Manufacture of Wearing Apparel | 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 Apparel | 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 Apparel | 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 Apparel | 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 Apparel | 64    | 64    | 74    | 72    | 64    | 64    | 64    | 64    | 68    | 67    |
| Maharashtr a   | Manufacture of Textiles        | 1,759 | 1,151 | 1,756 | 1,220 | 1,764 | 1,246 | 1,705 | 1,221 | 1,725 | 1,292 |
| Maharashtr a   | Manufacture of Wearing Apparel | 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 Apparel | 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 Apparel | 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 Apparel | 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 Apparel | 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 Apparel | 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 Apparel | 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   |
| Telangana      | Manufacture of Wearing Apparel | 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 Apparel | 1,190  | 779    | 1,170  | 761    | 1,538  | 1,067  | 1,662  | 1,190  | 1,917 | 1,536 |
| Uttarakhan d  | Manufacture of Textiles        | 46     | 46     | 31     | 22     | 30     | 25     | 39     | 37     | 44    | 36    |
| Uttarakhan d  | Manufacture of Wearing Apparel | 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 Apparel | 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

Note 1: Others* - Factories with fixed assets but not maintaining its staff and not having production for 3 years, or non-existence, or de-registration, or out of coverage etc.]

Note 2: The above data pertains to the data coverage of the Annual Survey of Industries which extends to the entire Factory Sector comprising industrial units (called factories) registered under the Sections 2(m)(i) and 2(m)(ii)of the Factories Act, 1948, wherein a 'Factory', which is the primary statistical unit of enumeration for the ASI

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