Parliament Question: Promotion of Textile Sector in southern India

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TEXTILES RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3994 ANSWERED ON- 27/03/2026 PROMOTION OF TEXTILE SECTOR IN SOUTHERN INDIA 3994. SHRI I.S. INBADURAI: Will the Minister of TEXTILES be pleased to state: (a) whether Government has undertaken any initiatives to promote growth of textile and apparel sector in southern States including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether Government has allocated funds under technology upgradation or technology promotion schemes for modernisation of textile units in south India, if so, State-wise details of allocations and beneficiaries; and (c) whether Government proposes to strengthen textile clusters, garment parks and technical textile production facilities in southern States to boost employment and exports, if so, the details of projects and timelines? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH) (a): The Government of India have implemented various schemes/initiatives to promote the growth of textile and apparel sector across the country including the southern States viz., Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. The major schemes/initiatives include PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks Scheme to create a modern, integrated, world class textile infrastructure; Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme focusing on Man-Made Fibre (MMF) Fabric, MMF Apparel and Technical Textiles to boost large scale manufacturing and enhancing competitiveness; National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) focusing on Research Innovation & Development, Promotion and Market Development; SAMARTH-Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector with the objective providing demand driven, placement oriented, skilling program and Silk Samagra-2 for comprehensive development of sericulture value chain. (b): In order to augment investment, productivity, quality, employment, exports along with import substitution in the textile industry, Amended Technology Up gradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS) was launched in January 2016 to provide credit linked Capital Investment Subsidy (CIS) to units for purchase of benchmarked machinery in different segment of Textile Sectors (excluding spinning) across the country including the southern States viz., Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. This scheme has ended on 31st March, 2022 for generation of UID/registration of application. The funds released and number of beneficiaries under ATUFS in the State of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh are: Name of State Released funds N o. of beneficiary (claims) (in ₹ Cr.) Tamil Nadu 327.08 952 Karnataka 64.30 93 Kerala 1.16 07 Andhra Pradesh 20.69 29(c): With a view to develop integrated large scale and modern industrial infrastructure facility for entire value chain of the textile industry, the Government has finalized PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks at 7 sites viz. Tamil Nadu (Virudhnagar), Telangana (Warangal), Gujarat (Navasari), Karnataka (Kalaburagi), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow), Madhya Pradesh (Dhar), and Maharashtra (Amravati). In addition, the Government through Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP) also provided supports to the textile industry with state-of-the-art infrastructure for setting up of textile units. The scheme was in implementations till 31.03.2021 after which it was approved for continuation for meeting committed liabilities only as a component of Textile Cluster Development Scheme (TCDS) with an outlay of Rs.568.15 Crore. The list of textile Parks in state of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh is as below: Sl. No. Name of the park State 1 Hindupur Vyapar Apparel Park Limited Andhra Pradesh 2 Brandix India Apparel City Private Limited Andhra Pradesh 3 Tarakeshwara Textile Park Andhra Pradesh 4 Guntur Textile Park, Guntur Andhra Pradesh 5 Doddabalapur Integrated Textile Park Karnataka 6 Palladam Hi-Tech Weaving park, Palladam Tamil Nadu 7 Komarapalayam Hi-Tech Weaving Park Tamil Nadu 8 Karur Integrated Textile Park, Karur Park Tamil Nadu 9 Madurai Integrated Textile Park Ltd Tamil Nadu 10 Perarignar Anna Handloom Silk Park Tamil Nadu 11 Pallavada Textile Park Tamil Nadu 12 The Great Indian Linen & Textile Tamil Nadu Further, with a view to boost Technical Textiles sector in the country, Ministry of Textiles launched National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) in the year 2020 with a financial outlay of Rs. 1,480 crore. The mission covers Research, Development and Innovation along with indigenous development of related machinery; Market Development; Export Promotion; and Education, Training and Skilling in the field of technical textiles. ****