Ministry of Textiles
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Centre takes initiatives for development of Textiles sector to boost exports, production, demand and job opportunities

Posted On: 08 DEC 2021 4:51PM by PIB Delhi

The government has taken following major initiatives/ measures to help ameliorate the conditions in textile sector to boost exports, production, demand and job opportunities in the sector on pan-India basis:

  1. To boost exports in MMF sector, Government has removed anti-dumping duty on PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid), a key raw material for the manufacture of MMF fibre and yarn and also on Acrylic fibre, a raw material for yarn and knitwear industry.
  1. The Government has approved setting up of Seven PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks in Greenfield/Brownfield sites including plug and play facility with an outlay of Rs. 4445 cr for a period of seven years upto 2027-28. These parks will enable the textile industry to become globally competitive, attract large investment and boost employment generation. The scheme will enable creation of global champions in exports.
  2. The Production Linked Investment scheme of Rs 10,683/- crore over a five-year period covering MMF and Technical Textiles sector has been announced which will create global champions in exports and domestic production in textile sector will also grow substantially.
  3. In order to make the textile sector competitive by rebating all taxes/levies in international market, Government has also given its approval for continuation of Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) on exports of Apparel/Garments and Made-ups till 31st March 2024.

Further, Government is implementing various policy initiatives and schemes for supporting the development of textile industry viz. the Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (A-TUFS), Schemes for the development of the Powerloom Sector(Power-Tex), Schemes for Technical Textiles, Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP),Scheme for Additional Grant for Apparel Manufacturing Units under SITP (SAGAM),  SAMARTH- The Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS), Jute (ICARE- Improved Cultivation and Advanced Retting Exercise), Incentive Scheme for Acquisition of Plant and Machinery (ISAPM), Export Market development Assistance(EMDA), Retail Outlet of Jute Diversified Products and Bulk Supply Scheme, Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS), Silk Samagra, National Handloom Development Programme, National Handicraft Development Programme, Integrated Wool Development Programme (IWDP), North East Region Textiles Promotion Scheme (NERTPS),National Technical Textile Mission, Scheme for Production and Employment  Linked Support for Garmenting Units (SPELSGU) etc.     

These schemes and initiatives which promote technology upgradation, creation of infrastructure, skill development and sectoral development in the textile sector, create a conducive environment and provide enabling conditions for textile manufacturing in the country and help in boosting the textile sector.

The role of the Government is to ensure conducive policy environment, facilitating in creating enabling conditions for the industry and private entrepreneurs to set up units through its various policy initiatives and schemes. Due to these interventions a number of handloom, powerloom, readymade garments, synthetic yarn and hosiery manufacturing units have been setup across the country. Details of such units may be seen at Annexure A, B, C & D.

The details of the amount spent for development of textile industry through various sectoral scheme during the last three years and current year is at Annexure E.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles Smt. DarshanaJardosh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

Annexure-A

LIST OF HANDLOOM UNITS STATE-WISE

 

S.No.

States/UTs

Households Own Looms

No of Own Looms In Non-Households

1

ANDHRA PRADESH

92026

1349

2

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

99450

4

3

ASSAM

1246613

2193

4

BIHAR

8378

69

5

CHHATTISGARH

12364

379

6

DELHI

1081

1417

7

GOA

1

15

8

GUJARAT

9771

132

9

HARYANA

681

11078

10

HIMACHAL PRADESH

14273

929

11

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

14711

39

12

JHARKHAND

6976

1631

13

KARNATAKA

22249

1822

14

KERALA

10728

20891

15

MADHYA PRADESH

10163

1906

16

MAHARASHTRA

3354

1000

17

MANIPUR

215397

795

18

MEGHALAYA

43220

0

19

MIZORAM

21861

1014

20

NAGALAND

69363

726

21

ODISHA

47625

536

22

PUDUCHERRY

104

825

23

PUNJAB

644

114

24

RAJASTHAN

5449

997

25

SIKKIM

130

2

26

TAMIL NADU

190716

28032

27

TELANGANA

11544

5551

28

TRIPURA

165713

337

29

UTTAR PRADESH

91732

32510

30

UTTARAKHAND

6264

1104

31

WEST BENGAL

278499

4905

Total

2701080

122302

 

 

Annexure-B

Number of Powerloom Units in the Country

STATE

UNITS

TOTAL LOOMS

SHUTTLELESS LOOMS

UP

59038

190874

2690

RAJASTHAN

945

22980

16434

HARYANA

1600

25510

1128

PUNJAB&HP,J&K

1162

14511

1251

Madhya Pradesh

8344

39979

1063

NORTH  ZONE TOTAL

71089

293854

22566

GUJARAT

34966

524102

34331

MAHARASHTRA

149613

948891

35429

CHATTISGARH

49

166

NA

WESTZONETOTAL

184628

1473159

69760

ORISSA

824

1793

NA

West Bengal

3509

12690

25

BIHAR

3839

20511

12

ASSAM/NE

30

464

NA

EASTZONETOTAL

8202

35458

37

Tamil Nadu

89449

562513

8794

Andhra Pradesh

12635

48176

1435

KARNATAKA

18566

68795

199

KERALA

1027

4463

350

SOUTHZONETOTAL

121677

683947

10778

ALLINDIA

385596

2486418

103141

 

 

 

Annexure-C

STATE

Unit

BIHAR

10

DELHI

481

GUJARAT

14

HARYANA

11

KARNATAKA

52

MADHYA PRADESH

4

MAHARASHTRA

162

NOIDA

236

PUNJAB

4350

TAMILNADU

7990

UP

866

WEST BENGAL

4467

OTHERS (HP & UK)

9

TOTAL

18652

Number of Knitted Ready-Made Garment(RMG)units in the Country

 

Woven RMG Units in the Country

STATE

 Unit

ANDHRA PRADESH

653

ASSAM

61

BIHAR

8

CHATTISGARH

14

DELHI

22674

GUJARAT

2362

HARYANA

387

JHARKHAND

3

JAMMU

1

KARNATAKA

1584

KERALA

35

MADHYA PRADESH

965

MAHARASHTRA

13837

NOIDA

1067

ORISSA

239

PUNJAB

404

RAJASTHAN

455

TAMILNADU

564

UTTAR PRADESH

1103

UTTARAKHAND

1

WEST BENGAL

6403

NORTH EAST (Meghalaya & Manipur)

7

Total

        52,827

 

 

Annexure-D

Man-made Filament Yarn Unit details:

S.No.

State

Number of Unit

 
 

1.

TELANGANA

01

 

2.

GUJARAT

11

 

3.

MAHARASHTRA

06

 

4.

ORISSA

01

 

5.

PUNJAB

02

 

6.

RAJASTHAN

02

 

7.

UTTAR PRADESH

01

 

8.

WEST BENGAL

01

 

9.

DAMAN & DIU

01

 

10.

DADRA NAGAR HAVELI

06

 

 

Annexure-E

 

Details of Expenditure(pan-India) under various Textile Sector Schemes

(Rs. in crores)

Textile Sector

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Name of the Scheme/ Project/ Programme

Expenditure

Expenditure

 

Expenditure

 

Expenditure (upto 26.11.2021)

Handloom

334.33

373.37

317.34

184.79

Handicrafts

195.26

267.73

270.18

137.45

Wool

3.3

16.5

9.33

5.20

Silk

601.29

787.61

650.01

635.47

Powerloom

92

 

41.51

55.03

15.35

Jute

28.00

104.42

71.50

38.42

Technology Upgradation Funds Schemes (TUFs)

615.68

317.90

556.39

280.82

Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks(SITP)

20.29

41.01

79.91

34.94

Research & Capacity Building

50.27

149.36

199.02

185.91

North Eastern Textiles Promotion

65.71

115.23

79.21

13.60

Total

2006.13

2214.64

2287.92

 

1531.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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