(a) whether the Government through Commercial Banks are providing loans to various textile units in the country to upgrade their existing technology;
(b) the details of the such units who have availed the loan facilities during each of the last three years;
(c) the number of application pending for such loans during the current year state-wise; and
(d) the time by which these are likely to be cleared?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI GINGEE N. RAMACHANDRAN)
(a) Yes, Sir. Under the Technology Upgradatiion Fund Scheme (TUFS), which is in operation with effect from 01.04.99 till 31.03.2007, Commercial Banks and Financial institutions (FIs) are providing loans to various textile units in the country to upgrade their existing technology as well as to set up new units;
(b) No. of units who have availed the loan facilities during each of the last three years is as follows:-
(Rs. crore)
During Receipt Sanctioned Disbursed
No. of Cost of Project No. of Amount No. of Amount applications applications applications
2000-2001 719 6296 616 2090 494 1863 2001-2002 472 1900 444 630 401 804 2002-2003 494 1835 456 839 411 931