(a) whether the Government proposes to set up new textile units in Assam and Gujarat under ‘Make in India’ Scheme;
(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
(c) the total number of textile units set up across the country during the last three years, State-wise including Gujarat?
MINISTER OF TEXTILES
(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) & (b): The Government has not received any proposal for setting up of textile units in Assam and Gujarat under ‘Make in India Scheme’. However, the Government is implementing Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP) which is demand driven and it provides support for creation of world-class infrastructure facilities for setting up of textile units, with a Government of India grant upto 40% of the project cost and Government of India grant upto 90% of the project cost for first two projects (each) in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh; with ceiling limit of Rs. 40.00 crores for each textile park. The Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) formed by the representatives of local industry, Financial Institutions, State Industrial and Infrastructural Corporations and other agencies of State and Central Governments registered as a Corporate Body under Companies Act would submit their proposal directly to the Ministry for consideration. SITP is thus a demand driven scheme. 1 textile park has been sanctioned in State of Assam and 14 textile parks have been sanctioned in the State of Gujarat under SITP by the Ministry of Textiles, the details of which is placed at Annexure.
(c): As per the data furnished by the textile parks sanctioned under SITP, the State-wise details of textile units within SITP, set up in the last 3 years is as under:
S. No. State/ U.T. Units set up in last 3 year
1 Gujarat 36
2 U.T. of Jammu & Kashmir 3
3 Karnataka 7
4 Maharashtra 36
5 Punjab 5
6 Rajasthan 11
7 Tamilnadu 22
8 Telangana 1
TOTAL 121