Lok Sabha Question No. 2023 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Setting Up of Textile/Spinning Mills
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO, B. SREERAMULU

## SETTING UP OF TEXTILE/SPINNING MILLS

## 2023.   SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH   DEO: SHRI B. SRIRAMULU:

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

(a) the  number  of  textile/spinning  mills      set  up  in  the  country  including Odisha    particularly  in  the  rural  areas  during  the      last  three  years  and  the current year Statewise;

- (b) the expenditure incurred for the said   purpose, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes   to establish textile/spinning mills in the   country including Odisha; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र राज  ् य मंरी ( स्त्वतंर प्रभार ) ( श्री संतोष कु मार गंगवार ) MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (d): Government has been assisting entrepreneurs to set up textile units under  various  programmes  and  schemes  such  as  Technology  Up-gradation Fund  Scheme  (TUFS),  Scheme  for International Textile Parks (SITP), Integrated  Skill Development Scheme (ISDS), Schemes for Development of the  Powerloom  Sector    (SDPS)  etc.  Various  issues  relating  to  promotion  of textile  Industry  in  the  states  were  also  discussed  in  the  last  meeting  of  the States  Textiles  Ministers  held  in  Delhi  on  4 th November,  2015.  Ministry's officers have been visiting the states including Odisha and discussing issues on promotion of the textile sector. As per available information, 101 Cotton/ManMade Fibre Textile Mills have been set up in the country in the last three years and the current year (upto 31.10.2015). The details of expenditure incurred by the Private Entrepreneurs in setting up  Textile Spinning Mills in the country are not compiled.The state wise details of Cotton/Man-Made Fibre textiles set up in the country during 2012- 2016 are given in Annexure-I.

Annexure-I State-wise details of Cotton / Man-made Fibre Textile mills set up in the

## country during the last three years and current year (as on 31.10.2015)

| Sr No.      | State          | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   |   2015-16 (As on 31.10.2015) |
|-------------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1           | Andhra 9       |           | 7         | 2         |                            0 |
| 2           | Gujarat        | 4         | 2         | 1         |                            0 |
| 3           | Haryana        | 5         | 7         | 3         |                            0 |
| 4           | Karnataka      | 0         | 0         | 1         |                            0 |
| 5           | Madhya Pradesh | 4         | 0         | 1         |                            0 |
| 6           | Maharashtra    | 4         | 3         | 0         |                            1 |
| 7.          | Punjab         | 6         | 2         | 1         |                            0 |
| 8           | Rajasthan      | 1         | 0         | 0         |                            0 |
| 9.          | Tamil Nadu     | 20        | 12        | 4         |                            0 |
| 10          | Uttar Pradesh  | 1         | 0         | 0         |                            0 |
| Total       |                | 54        | 33        | 13        |                            1 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total    |           |           |           |                          101 |

Note: No Cotton/Man-made Fibre Textile Mills have been set up in other states including Odisha during this period.

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