LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3958
TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.08.2015
DEVELOPMENT
OF INFRASTRUCTURE
3958. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:
Will the Minister of TEXTILESवस्त्र मंत्री
be
pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has anyambitious
programme to develop theinfrastructure in the textile sector;
(b) if so, the details thereof includingthe
financial aspect to be considered toachieve the programme;
(c) the extent to which the saidprogramme is
beneficial in terms ofemployment, earning foreign exchange andbetterment of
people engaged in this trade,if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether the Government proposesto take
full care of financial aspects; and
(e)
if so, whether the foreign exchangeis likely to be earned by the
Governmentafter it become fully functional, if so, thedetails thereof?
उत्तर
ANSWER
वस्त्र राज्य मंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार)
(श्री संतोष कुमार
गंगवार)
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT
CHARGE)
IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES
(SHRI
SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a)to(e
): Government
has launched Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) in 2005 to
provide the Textile industry with State of the art world-class infrastructure
facilities for setting up their textile units. New parks of international
standards are set up under the scheme, at potential growth centres to
facilitate textile units to meet international environmental and social
standards.
under the Scheme, the Government of
India’s (GOI) supports by way of Grant or Equity will be limited to 40% of the
project cost subject to a ceiling of Rs. 40 crore for parks in the form of
grant to the SPV unless specifically decided by the Project Approval committee
(PAC) to be equity. However, the combined equity stake of GOI/State
Government/State Industrial Development Corporation, if any, would not exceed
49%. 90% of the project cost subject to
a ceiling of Rs. 40 croresis provided for first two projects in the States of
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura,
Sikkim and Jammu & Kashmir.
So far, 72 textile parks has been
approved by the Government and are in various stages of implementation. Once
operational, it is expected that these textile parks will attract investment of
Rs. 30000 crore and generate employment for 4.50 lakh persons.
In addition to the above,
infrastructural interventions are also done under the Comprehensive
PoweloomMegacluster Development Scheme (CPCDS), Comprehensive Handloom
Megacluster Development Scheme (CHCDS) and Comprehensive Handicraft Megacluster
Development Scheme (CHCDS). Budgets of
Rs. 28.88 crores, Rs. 94.77 crores&Rs. 123.55 crores respectively have been
provided for these schemes for the year 2015-16.
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