The details of mills along with the
number of workers and profit/loss during the last three years is given at Annexure-I.
Problems have been faced in optimum
capacity utilization of the mills, on account of the acute power cuts in the
State of Tamil Nadu where 7 mills are located and due to labour
shortage. Despite this ,13 mills made
cash profits in the year 2010-11 as can be seen from Annexure-I. In the year 2011-12, NTC, alongwith
the entire textile industry, faced acute price volatility and supply side
disruptions in raw cotton, which aggravated its losses.
Several steps
have been taken by NTC to tackle the problems.
As per the Revival Scheme approved by BIFR, NTC has modernized its mills
and invested Rs. 1169 crores towards modernization
till date. Other initiatives taken by
NTC include inter alia the provision of DG sets to deal with acute power cuts
in the State of Tamil Nadu; engagement of women workers, providing transport,
subsidized food etc to deal with labour shortages;
obtaining ISO certification for 16 mills; utilization of Information Technology
to improve efficiencies etc.
NTC has offered Modified Voluntary
Retirement Scheme (MVRS) to the workers affected by the closure of the unviable
mills. The MVRS package covers the
compensation for the service rendered as well as the balance service. Besides
this, DPE has formulated a scheme for Counselling,
Retraining and Redeployment (CRR) of employees of Public Sector and NTC
employees are exposed to CRR programmes.
The State
wise/mill wise workers opted for Modified Voluntary Retirement Scheme during
the last three years and amount paid to them is at Annexure-II.
Earlier the Govt. of Maharashtra had
asked for 4 acres of land of India United Mill No. 6 vested in National Textile
Corporation (NTC) for construction of a memorial for Bharat Ratna
Dr. BabasahebAmbedkar. Subsequently, the Government of Maharashtra
has requested for transfer of the entire land of India United Mill No. 6 to the
Government of Maharashtra for developing the Memorial.
To examine and
make recommendations on the issue, a Committee consisting of officials from the
Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Environment & Forest, State Government of
Maharashtra and other co-opted Members (including Ministry of Law and Justice)
has been constituted. The broad Terms
of Reference of the Committee are to make recommendations on the following:
·
The
modalities of making available the requisite land for the proposed Memorial,
subject to the condition that the title and ownership of the land shall remain
either with the Govt of India/NTC or with the State Govt.
·
Compliance
with environmental, legal and procedural requirements in the matter.
·
Modalities
for suitably and adequately compensating NTC for making available the
approximately 12 acres of land for the memorial.
·
Any
other relevant matter.
2 Meetings of
the Committee have been held.
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Annexure-I
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2009-10
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2010-11
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2011-12
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S.
No.
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Statewise Name of
Mills
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No. of Workers
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Cash Profit/
Loss
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Cash Profit/
Loss
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Cash Profit/
Loss
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Rs. lakhs
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Rs. lakhs
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Rs. lakhs
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KERALA
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1
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Alagappa
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493
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-49.93
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20.84
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-297.06
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2
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Can.,Can.
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254
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-122.55
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173.17
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-306.45
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3
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Kerala Lakshmi
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276
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-120.41
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69.94
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-509.92
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4
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Vijay Mohini
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224
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-58.12
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78.66
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-283.23
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MAHE
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5
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CannanoreSpg.&Wvg. Mills
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207
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-84.69
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-73.40
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-566.64
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ANDHRA PRADESH
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6
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Tirupathi
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61
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-41.33
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-41.33
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-391.9
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TAMIL NADU
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7
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Cambodia
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331
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-80.38
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137.82
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-603.78
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8
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Rangavilas
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402
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-146.28
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9.33
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-967.70
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9
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Pankaja
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361
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-99.22
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23.97
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-756.88
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10
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Pioneer
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265
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-83.10
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9.45
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-630.72
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11
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KaleeswaraMill.'B' Unit
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300
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-15.12
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164.36
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-514.07
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12
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Coimb. Murugan
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455
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18.94
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-390.76
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-400.21
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13
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CoimbSpg. &Wvg. Mills
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121
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-381.57
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-346.30
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-376.08
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KARNATAKA
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14
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New Minerva
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163
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-
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128.12
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-223.03
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MAHARASHTRA
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15
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Tata
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652
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-699.81
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-449.72
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-1644.07
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16
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Podar
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463
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-351.12
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-247.48
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-1025.63
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17
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Indu No.5
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441
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-262.29
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-69.83
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-807.95
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18
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Barshi
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248
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19.54
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148.49
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-610.37
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19
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Finlay (Achalpur)
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130
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-
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6.22
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-693.66
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MADHYA PRADESH
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20
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New Bhopal
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173
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-31.25
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-191.13
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-686.88
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21
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Burhanpur Tapti
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118
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69.19
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-373.75
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-236.16
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WEST BENGAL
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22
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Arati
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10
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-42.02
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102.66
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-73.15
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GUJARAT
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23
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Raj Nagar Textile Mill
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18
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Commercial production started w.e.f. 1.4.12
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RAJASTHAN
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24
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Udaipur Cotton Mills
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5
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Slated as Technical Textile Unit.
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OVERALL
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-2561.52
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-1110.67
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-12605.54
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Annexure – II
DETAILS
OF NTC MILLS CLOSED DURING LAST 03 YEARS & COMPENSATION PAID
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S.No.
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Name of the
mill closed
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No. of
Employees relieved under MVRS
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Amount of
compensation paid as per MVRS Scheme (Rs.in crores)
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1.
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Ananatpur
Cotton Mills ,Andhra Pradesh
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294
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8.27
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2.
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SreeYallama Cotton
Mills, Karnataka
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313
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9.64
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3.
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Minerva Mills, Karnataka
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1936
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76.76
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4.
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Kharar
Textile Mills, Punjab
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648
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16.73
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5.
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Suraj
Textile Mills, Punjab
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557
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13.09
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6.
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Shree Bijay Cotton Mills, Rajasthan
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469
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10.83
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7.
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Ahmeadabad
New Textile Mills, Gujrat
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1231
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46.81
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8.
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Swadeshi
Cotton Mills, Naine, U.P.
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933
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30.79
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9.
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Bihar
Co-operative Mills, Bihar
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407
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15.88
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10.
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Associated
Industries, Assam
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177
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7.21
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11.
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Finlay Mills,
Maharashtra
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1075
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49.75
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Total
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8040
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285.76
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This
information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles, Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi in a written reply
in the Lok Sabha today.
DS/GK