Textile industry players in India are hoping that PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) initiative announced on March 17, would be a game changer for the sector and boost Indian textile and apparel exports.
The government announced that seven mega textile parks under the ₹4,445-crore scheme will be set up in the first phase. Centre expects the parks to attract investments worth ₹70,000 crores, generate jobs for 20 lakh people, and create an integrated value chain for the sector, says Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal.
The Centre has selected sites in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh to set up new textile parks, a year and a half after the PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) scheme was announced.
Listing the seven selected States in a tweet on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the parks would “provide state-of-the-art infrastructure for the textiles sector, attract investment of crores and create lakhs of jobs’. The scheme was announced in October 2021, and the parks will be set up by 2026-27. The total outlay for the project is ₹4,445 crore, though the initial allocation in the 2023-24 Budget is only ₹200 crore.
The Ministry of Textiles has issued a notification to set up 7 Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks with a total outlay of Rs. 4,445 crores. These are aimed at helping India to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 9: “Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”. It is hoped that the PM MITRA Parks will have world-class industrial infrastructure which would attract cutting-edge technology and boost FDI and local investment in the textiles sector.
The PM MITRA scheme is Inspired by the 5F vision of the Hon’ble Prime Minister – Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign. It aspires to fulfill the vision of building an Aatmanirbhar Bharat and to position India strongly on the Global textiles map. PM MITRA Parks will offer an opportunity to create an integrated textiles value chain right from spinning, weaving, processing/dyeing, and printing to garment manufacturing at 1 location.
An Integrated Textile Value chain at 1 location will reduce the logistics cost of the Industry. Intended to generate ~1 lakh direct and 2 lakh indirect employment per park. Sites for PM MITRA Parks have been selected by a Challenge Method based on objective criteria
Proposals of State Governments having ready availability of contiguous and encumbrance-free land parcels of 1,000+ acres along with other textiles-related facilities & ecosystems were welcome. Several states such as Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Assam, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana have expressed interest. Out of these Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh have been selected.
The notification for large-scale textile parks under PM MITRA had been given in October 2021. The scheme seeks to streamline the textile value chain into one ecosystem, taking in spinning, weaving, and dyeing to printing and garment manufacturing.
Seven Textile parks to be set up in India
