Textile minister Sidharth Nath Singh said: “The chief minister had announced that UP will become India’s textile and apparel hub. For that, we have come up with a most attractive policy and have invited tenders for it now. This will give a huge boost to apparel exports from UP.”
To develop Uttar Pradesh as a readymade garments hub, especially since much of the business in this field has been taken up by countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam and Indonesia in Southeast Asia, the textiledepartment has invited expressions of interest for setting up integrated textile and apparelparks in the state. The move comes days after CM Yogi Adityanath had directed the department to develop a textile hub in state to boost the economy and create employment.
Textile minister Sidharth Nath Singh said: “The chief minister had announced that UP will become India’s textile and apparel hub. For that, we have come up with a most attractive policy and have invited tenders for it now. This will give a huge boost to apparel exports from UP.”
The textile department said that UP is the third highest fabric producing state in the country and ranks fifth in the total silk production. It has 58 spinning mills and 74 textile mills in the non-Supplemental Security Income sector. It has the fifth highest number of handlooms in the country with 2.58 lakh weavers and about 5.5 lakh power loom weavers. UP also produces around 90% of the country’s carpets.
As conceptualised by the government, the proposed parks will be state-of-the-art and should be developed in a minimum area of 20 acres in Bundelkhand and Purvanchal and in 30 acres in Pashchimanchal and Madhyanchal. Parks which are developed in an area of 100 acres or more will be given special preference.
Preferred locations for the parks are Meerut, Agra, Jhansi, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Lucknow and Kanpur. The developer, however, can suggest an alternate location based on its viability.
The parks are expected to be developed with comprehensive infrastructure, including factory sheds, flatted factories, warehouses, common facility centres, skill development centres, repair shops, dormitories and hostels and incubation centres. The activities which the government is proposing for the park could include sericulture, handloom, spinning, weaving, processing, technical textiles, fashion accessories etc.
Among the incentives offered by the government under the Private Industrial Park Scheme of Industrial Investment and Employment Promotion Policy of 2017, the textile department will assist the developer in getting up to 50% of annual interest on loan taken to purchase land reimbursed, subject to conditions, reimbursement of interest of up to 60% of annual interest for 7 years on loan taken for building infrastructure and hostel, 100% reimbursement of stamp duty and assistance in availing incentives under the scheme for integrated textile parks of the Government of India.
