(a) the names of various sites in Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Bihar identified under Mega Textile Park Scheme;
(b) the names of various sites throughout the country identified for this purpose so far;
(c) whether it is proposed to include Wardha and Amravati districts of Vidarbha region for the same; and
(d) the various schemes of the Government for the textile parks including the nature of works to be undertaken?
MINISTER OF TEXTILES
(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) to (c): In the Union Budget 2021-22, it has been announced that a scheme of Mega Investment Textile Park will be launched. Under the scheme, seven Mega Textile Parks will be set up in the country over 3 years. The proposed scheme is awaiting the approval of the Cabinet. Once the proposed scheme is approved and modalities decided, location of mega textile parks may be selected under Challenge Method.
(d): With a view to increasing investments, generating employment opportunities and boosting exports in textile sector, Ministry of Textiles is implementing Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP) to provide subsidy for setting up textile parks with world-class, state-ofthe-art infrastructure in textile hubs across the country for a period of three years i.e. 01.04.2017 to 31.03.2020. The scheme is scaled up upto 31.03.2021. The primary objective of the Scheme is to provide financial assistance to a group of entrepreneurs to establish stateof-the-art infrastructure facilities in a cluster for setting up their textile units, common infrastructure, factory building, building for common facilities like testing laboratory, design centre, ware-housing facilities, raw material depot, packaging unit, workers’ hostel and marketing support system(backward/forward linkages) etc. conforming to international environmental and social standards and thereby mobilize private investment in the textile sector and generate fresh employment opportunities. The Scheme targets industrial clusters and locations with high growth potential, which require strategic interventions for developing world-class infrastructure support.
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