Lok Sabha Question No. 730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Raw Material for Textile Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

## RAW MATERIAL FOR TEXTILE INDUSTRY

## 730. SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी

be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  financial  aid  and  raw  material  to  handicraft units/textile  industry  in  order  to  make  textile  industry  competitive  at  international  level  and  if  so,  the details thereof;

(b) whether the  Government proposes to establish textile  centres  in  the  country  so  as  to  generate employment opportunities in textile industry;

(c) if so, the details of concessions and incentives proposed to be given by the Government for this purpose, State-wise; and

- (d) the other steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंरी (स्त्वतंर प्रभार) (श्री संतोष क ु मार गंगवार)

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (d): In  order  to  make  textile  industry  globally  competitive,  Government  is  implementing various policy initiatives and schemes to provide financial assistance and raw material to textile industry including handicraft sector. These include Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS), Scheme for Development of Technical Textiles, Schemes for the Development of the Powerloom Sector, Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP), Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS), Schemes for Development of Silk and Sericulture sectors, Baba Sahib Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojna, Design and Technology Upgradation Scheme, Marketing support and services scheme, Infrastructure and Technology  Development  Scheme,  etc.  The  Government  of  India  has  recently  notified  the  Amended Technology  Upgradation  Fund  Scheme  (A-TUFS)  for  promoting  modernization  and  Technology upgradation in textile industry.

For the Handloom sector, government of India is implementing Yarn Supply scheme throughout the country to make available all types of yarn at Mill Gate Price to the eligible handloom weavers so as to  facilitate  regular  supply  of  basic  raw  materials  to  the  handloom  sector  and  help  utilize  the  full employment  potential  of  the  sector.  In  the  Handicrafts  Sector,  Raw  material  depots  are  setup  in  the country under National Handicrafts Development Programme to make  easy availability of quality and graded raw material to artisans/ enterpreneurs/ units at a reasonable rates. For the powerloom sector, a corpus fund for yarn Bank is provided under the Integrated Scheme for Powerloom Sector Development, to provide interest free corpus to set up Yarn Banks.  So far, 13 Yarn Banks have been sanctioned and an amount of Rs. 6.872 crores has been released as Government Assistance.

The textile sector schemes facilitate the industry and private entrepreneurs in the setting up of new textiles units including textiles parks as well as expansion of the existing units which have potential for  generating  large  employment  opportunities  in  all  states  throughout  the  country.    So  far,  74  textile parks  have  been  sanctioned  under  the  SITP  in  all  the  States  of  the  country  with  a  total  employment potential of 4.50 lakh persons and an investment potential of Rs. 30000 crores. Scheme-wise funds spent by the government during the last three years are at Annexure .

## Annexure

| Details of plans funds spent in respect of schemes relating to various segments of the Textile sector during each of the last three financial years (2013-14 to 2015-16).   | Details of plans funds spent in respect of schemes relating to various segments of the Textile sector during each of the last three financial years (2013-14 to 2015-16).                                             | Details of plans funds spent in respect of schemes relating to various segments of the Textile sector during each of the last three financial years (2013-14 to 2015-16).   | Details of plans funds spent in respect of schemes relating to various segments of the Textile sector during each of the last three financial years (2013-14 to 2015-16).   | Details of plans funds spent in respect of schemes relating to various segments of the Textile sector during each of the last three financial years (2013-14 to 2015-16).   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                             | Rs in Crores                                                                                                                                                                |
| Sr.No.                                                                                                                                                                      | Name of the Scheme / Sector                                                                                                                                                                                           | 2013-14                                                                                                                                                                     | 2014-15                                                                                                                                                                     | 2015-16                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 4                                                                                                                                                                           | 5                                                                                                                                                                           | 6                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                           | Handloom                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 550.00                                                                                                                                                                      | 397.44                                                                                                                                                                      | 549.19                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                           | Handicraft                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 142.13                                                                                                                                                                      | 100.99                                                                                                                                                                      | 163.66                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                           | Wool &Woollens                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 16.66                                                                                                                                                                       | 20.00                                                                                                                                                                       | 27.51                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                           | Sericulture / Silk                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 374.55                                                                                                                                                                      | 297.58                                                                                                                                                                      | 178.10                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                           | Powerlooms                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 13.09                                                                                                                                                                       | 51.52                                                                                                                                                                       | 101.02                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                           | Megacluster                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 38.75                                                                                                                                                                       | 61.79                                                                                                                                                                       | 138.75                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                           | Industry schemes including Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS), Scheme for Integrated Textiles Park (SITP), Integrated Skill Development Schemes (ISDS) and North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS) | 2029.78                                                                                                                                                                     | 2384.39                                                                                                                                                                     | 1951.27                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                                                                                             | GRAND TOTAL                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 3164.96                                                                                                                                                                     | 3313.71                                                                                                                                                                     | 3109.50                                                                                                                                                                     |