(a) whether the Government proposes to set up a textile park in Guwahati to promote the traditional styles of North Eastern States including Assam;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) whether the Union Government has received any proposal in this regard from the Government of Assam and if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF TEXTILES
(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) to (c): The Government has not received any proposal for setting up of textile parks in Guwahati to promote the traditional styles from the North Eastern States including Assam. 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 under SITP by the Ministry of Textiles in State of Assam the details of which is placed at Annexure.
Annexure
Sl. no. Name of the park District GOI share
(In crores) Total govt grant released
(In crores) Status
1 Prag Jyoti Textile Park, Assam Darrang 40.00 12.00 Under construction
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