The government has taken following major initiatives/ measures to help ameliorate the conditions in textile sector to boost exports, production, demand and job opportunities in the sector on pan-India basis:

  1. To boost exports in MMF sector, Government has removed anti-dumping duty on PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid), a key raw material for the manufacture of MMF fibre and yarn and also on Acrylic fibre, a raw material for yarn and knitwear industry.
  1. The Government has approved setting up of Seven PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks in Greenfield/Brownfield sites including plug and play facility with an outlay of Rs. 4445 cr for a period of seven years upto 2027-28. These parks will enable the textile industry to become globally competitive, attract large investment and boost employment generation. The scheme will enable creation of global champions in exports.
  2. The Production Linked Investment scheme of Rs 10,683/- crore over a five-year period covering MMF and Technical Textiles sector has been announced which will create global champions in exports and domestic production in textile sector will also grow substantially.
  3. In order to make the textile sector competitive by rebating all taxes/levies in international market, Government has also given its approval for continuation of Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) on exports of Apparel/Garments and Made-ups till 31st March 2024.

Further, Government is implementing various policy initiatives and schemes for supporting the development of textile industry viz. the Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (A-TUFS), Schemes for the development of the Powerloom Sector(Power-Tex), Schemes for Technical Textiles, Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP),Scheme for Additional Grant for Apparel Manufacturing Units under SITP (SAGAM),  SAMARTH- The Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS), Jute (ICARE- Improved Cultivation and Advanced Retting Exercise), Incentive Scheme for Acquisition of Plant and Machinery (ISAPM), Export Market development Assistance(EMDA), Retail Outlet of Jute Diversified Products and Bulk Supply Scheme, Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS), Silk Samagra, National Handloom Development Programme, National Handicraft Development Programme, Integrated Wool Development Programme (IWDP), North East Region Textiles Promotion Scheme (NERTPS),National Technical Textile Mission, Scheme for Production and Employment  Linked Support for Garmenting Units (SPELSGU) etc.

These schemes and initiatives which promote technology upgradation, creation of infrastructure, skill development and sectoral development in the textile sector, create a conducive environment and provide enabling conditions for textile manufacturing in the country and help in boosting the textile sector.

The role of the Government is to ensure conducive policy environment, facilitating in creating enabling conditions for the industry and private entrepreneurs to set up units through its various policy initiatives and schemes. Due to these interventions a number of handloom, powerloom, readymade garments, synthetic yarn and hosiery manufacturing units have been setup across the country. Details of such units may be seen at Annexure A, B, C & D.

The details of the amount spent for development of textile industry through various sectoral scheme during the last three years and current year is at Annexure E.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles Smt. DarshanaJardosh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

Annexure-A

LIST OF HANDLOOM UNITS STATE-WISE

S.No.States/UTsHouseholds Own LoomsNo of Own Looms In Non-Households
1ANDHRA PRADESH920261349
2ARUNACHAL PRADESH994504
3ASSAM12466132193
4BIHAR837869
5CHHATTISGARH12364379
6DELHI10811417
7GOA115
8GUJARAT9771132
9HARYANA68111078
10HIMACHAL PRADESH14273929
11JAMMU AND KASHMIR1471139
12JHARKHAND69761631
13KARNATAKA222491822
14KERALA1072820891
15MADHYA PRADESH101631906
16MAHARASHTRA33541000
17MANIPUR215397795
18MEGHALAYA432200
19MIZORAM218611014
20NAGALAND69363726
21ODISHA47625536
22PUDUCHERRY104825
23PUNJAB644114
24RAJASTHAN5449997
25SIKKIM1302
26TAMIL NADU19071628032
27TELANGANA115445551
28TRIPURA165713337
29UTTAR PRADESH9173232510
30UTTARAKHAND62641104
31WEST BENGAL2784994905
Total2701080122302

Annexure-B

Number of Powerloom Units in the Country

STATEUNITSTOTAL LOOMSSHUTTLELESS LOOMS
UP590381908742690
RAJASTHAN9452298016434
HARYANA1600255101128
PUNJAB&HP,J&K1162145111251
Madhya Pradesh8344399791063
NORTH  ZONE TOTAL7108929385422566
GUJARAT3496652410234331
MAHARASHTRA14961394889135429
CHATTISGARH49166NA
WESTZONETOTAL184628147315969760
ORISSA8241793NA
West Bengal35091269025
BIHAR38392051112
ASSAM/NE30464NA
EASTZONETOTAL82023545837
Tamil Nadu894495625138794
Andhra Pradesh12635481761435
KARNATAKA1856668795199
KERALA10274463350
SOUTHZONETOTAL12167768394710778
ALLINDIA3855962486418103141
 

Annexure-C

STATEUnit
BIHAR10
DELHI481
GUJARAT14
HARYANA11
KARNATAKA52
MADHYA PRADESH4
MAHARASHTRA162
NOIDA236
PUNJAB4350
TAMILNADU7990
UP866
WEST BENGAL4467
OTHERS (HP & UK)9
TOTAL18652

Number of Knitted Ready-Made Garment(RMG)units in the Country

Woven RMG Units in the Country
STATE Unit
ANDHRA PRADESH653
ASSAM61
BIHAR8
CHATTISGARH14
DELHI22674
GUJARAT2362
HARYANA387
JHARKHAND3
JAMMU1
KARNATAKA1584
KERALA35
MADHYA PRADESH965
MAHARASHTRA13837
NOIDA1067
ORISSA239
PUNJAB404
RAJASTHAN455
TAMILNADU564
UTTAR PRADESH1103
UTTARAKHAND1
WEST BENGAL6403
NORTH EAST (Meghalaya & Manipur)7
Total        52,827

Annexure-D

Man-made Filament Yarn Unit details:

S.No.StateNumber of Unit
1.TELANGANA01
2.GUJARAT11
3.MAHARASHTRA06
4.ORISSA01
5.PUNJAB02
6.RAJASTHAN02
7.UTTAR PRADESH01
8.WEST BENGAL01
9.DAMAN & DIU01
10.DADRA NAGAR HAVELI06

Annexure-E

Details of Expenditure(pan-India) under various Textile Sector Schemes

(Rs. in crores)

Textile Sector2018-192019-202020-212021-22
Name of the Scheme/ Project/ ProgrammeExpenditureExpenditure 

Expenditure

 

Expenditure (upto 26.11.2021)

Handloom334.33373.37317.34184.79
Handicrafts195.26267.73270.18137.45
Wool3.316.59.335.20
Silk601.29787.61650.01635.47
Powerloom92

 

41.5155.0315.35
Jute28.00104.4271.5038.42
Technology Upgradation Funds Schemes (TUFs)615.68317.90556.39280.82
Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks(SITP)20.2941.0179.9134.94
Research & Capacity Building50.27149.36199.02185.91
North Eastern Textiles Promotion65.71115.2379.2113.60
Total2006.132214.642287.92

 

1531.95