Parliament Question: Proposal for Integrated Textile Park in western Odisha

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TEXTILES RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3992 ANSWERED ON- 27/03/2026 PROPOSAL FOR INTEGRATED TEXTILE PARK IN WESTERN ODISHA 3992. SHRI NIRANJAN BISHI: Will the Minister of TEXTILES be pleased to state: (a) whether Government has received any proposal from Odisha for establishment of an Integrated Textile Park in western Odisha or the KBK region; (b) whether the cotton-producing districts such as Bolangir have been considered under the Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) or other textile park schemes; (c) the criteria adopted for selection of locations for textile parks; and (d) the steps proposed to promote textile infrastructure in cotton-growing districts of Odisha? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH) (a) to (d): With a view to increasing investments, generating employment opportunities and boosting exports in the textile sector, the Ministry is implementing Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP) to provide support for setting up textile parks with world-class, state-of-the-art infrastructure in textile hubs across the country. The scheme was in implementation upto 31.03.2021; however, the Scheme has now been subsumed under the umbrella Scheme of Textile Cluster Development Scheme (TCDS) for completing ongoing projects only. No proposal to set up an integrated textile park in Odisha under the SITP scheme is currently pending with the Ministry. With the aim to develop large scale and integrated world class industrial facilities, the Government has approved setting up of 7 mega textile parks under PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions & Apparel Park (PM MITRA) Scheme in the shape of integrated mega textile parks. All States were invited to send their proposals for setting up of parks under the scheme. In response, 18 proposals were received from 13 States including one from Government of Odisha for setting up a a park under the scheme at Ganjam. After evaluating all the proposals that were received through a transparent challenge matrix, the Government finalized 7 sites at Tamil Nadu (Virudhnagar), Telangana (Warangal), Gujarat (Navasari), Karnataka (Kalaburagi), Madhya Pradesh (Dhar), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow) and Maharashtra (Amravati). In the Union Budget 2026-27, an announcement was made regarding setting up of Mega Textile Parks in challenge mode. In order to ensure early sanction and quick implementation of the Scheme, the Ministry has initiated a process of stakeholder consultation with State Governments and other stakeholders. It has also constituted a Joint Working Group to discuss eligibility criteria, selection process and evaluation parameters.Further, in the Union Budget 2026-27, the Government has also announced an Integrated Textiles Programme which includes the Textile Expansion and Employment Scheme (TEEM) to modernize traditional clusters with capital support for machinery, technology upgradation and common testing and certification centres. The Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) has acquired Govt. land measuring 88.50 acres at village Golamunda under Golamunda Tahasil for a MSME park where applicants having textile projects would also be considered for land allotment. Further, infrastructure work is in progress for another IDCO led MSME Park in Kesinga (Kurlupada) over an area of 47.69 acres. In addition, for promotion of textile sector in the state, the Government of Odisha has also formulated the “Odisha Apparel Policy–2016 (OAP-2016)” in 2016 and the “Odisha Apparel and Technical Textiles Policy–2022 (OATTP-2022)” in 2022, which aims to attract new investments and accelerate the growth of the textile sector in the State, which will help reduce unemployment, distress migration, and also promote reverse migration in Western Odisha. ****