Question : TEXTILE MILLS IN A.P.

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI BASANAGOUDA R. PATIL (YATNAL)

(a) &( b) The number of functioning public, private and co-operative sector cotton/man-made fibre textile mills (Non-SSI), their production capacity and actual production during each of the last two years in the state of Andhra Pradesh as on 28th Feb. 2003 are given below :

SrNo	Management	No. of mills functioning	Installed Capacity	Production (Mn. kg.)	Spindles Rotors	Looms	(`000`)	(`000`) (`000`)	2001-02	2002-03 (P)
1.	Public	0	0	0	0	0	0

2.	Private	53	1380	2584	0	144.08	133.11

3.	Co-operative	1	25	0	0	1.00	0	Total	54	1405	2584	0	145.08	133.11

(c) With a view to improve the overall viability of the textile and jute industries and to enable it to meet the global challenges, Government has launched a Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) for Textile and Jute Industries, w.e f. 1.4.1999 for a period of 5 years, i.e. upto 31st March 2004. The Scheme covers the whole of India including Andhra Pradesh. The main feature of the scheme is that it provides a reimbursement of 5% point on the interest charged by the nodal agency/co-opted banks on the projects of technology upgradation of textile industry, which are eligible as per the scheme. These mills are free to approach nodal agency/ co-opted banks with their modernisation projects to seek assistance under the Scheme. As on February 28, 2003, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, 40 applications with project cost of Rs. 613 crore and loan requirement of Rs 361 crore have been received. 31 applications have been sanctioned a loan amount of Rs 229 crore and Rs. 170 crore has been disbursed against 26 applications.