(a) whether the National Textile Corporation (NTC) has decided to sell off its surplus land in various States;
(b) if so, the details of the surplus land identified and the steps being taken for its disposal , State-wise;
(c) the total amount expected to be realised by the sale of surplus land, State-wise; and
(d) the purpose for which it is likely to be utilized ?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI BASANAGOUDA R. PATIL (YATNAL)
(a): Yes sir. BIFR has sanctioned Rehabilitation Schemes for sick subsidiaries of NTC envisaging funding of these schemes through sale of surplus assets.
(b) & (c): The state-wise details of surplus land and amount expected to be realised from their sale is given in Annexure-I. The assets are valued by independent valuers and sale is being undertaken through Asset Sale Committees formed under direction of BIFR.
(d): The amount would be utilized towards expenses on VRS, statutory dues, modernization etc.
Annexure-I
STATE-WISE DETAILS OF SURPLUS LANDS INDICATING AREA AND VALUE
S.No. Name of State Surplus land Area in acres Value in Rs. Crores
1 DELHI 8.98 82.54 2 PUNJAB 63.56 29.65 3 RAJASTHAN 61.05 65.86 4 UTTAR PRADESH 247.90 309.03 5 MADHYA PRADESH 343.84 190.24 6 CHATTISGARH 52.10 12.71 7 GUJARAT 188.10 183.27 8 ANDHRA PRADESH 344.87 93.43 9 KARNATAKA 361.91 214.58 10 KERALA 38.17 6.04 11 TAMIL NADU 119.64 210.61 12 PONDICHERRY 40.00 48.79 13 MAHARASHTRA 430.33 1778.58 14 WEST BENGAL 209.30 157.37 15 ASSAM 50.00 0.60 16 BIHAR 54.97 6.02 17 ORISSA 62.17 0.87
TOTAL 2676.89 3390.19