Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra
The Government of India announced the sites for setting up of 7 PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks for the Textile industry. The Parks will come up in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Inspired by the 5F vision of the Hon’ble Prime Minister (i.e. Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign), the PM MITRA Parks are a major step forward in realising the Government’s vision of making India a global hub for textile manufacturing and exports. It is expected that these parks will enhance the competitiveness of the textiles industry by helping it achieve economies of scale as well as attract global players to manufacture in India.
These 7 sites were chosen out of 18 proposals for PM MITRA parks which were received from 13 States. Eligible States and sites were evaluated using a transparent Challenge Method based on objective criteria taking into account a variety of factors such as connectivity, existing ecosystem, textile/industry policy, infrastructure, utility services etc. PM Gati Shakti- National Master Plan for Multi-modal Connectivity was also used for validation.
PM MITRA Parks will help in creating world-class industrial infrastructure that would attract large scale investment including foreign direct investment (FDI) and encourage innovation and job creation within the sector.
The Ministry of Textiles will oversee the execution of these projects. An SPV owned by Centre and State Government will be set up for each park which will oversee the implementation of the project. The Ministry of Textiles will provide financial support in the form of Development Capital Support upto Rs. 500 crore per park to the Park SPV. A Competitive Incentive Support (CIS) upto Rs 300 crore per park to the units in PM MITRA Park shall also be provided to incentivise speedy implementation. Convergence with other GOI schemes shall also be facilitated in order to ensure additional incentives to the Master Developer and investor units.
State governments will provide contiguous and encumbrance-free land parcel of at least 1000 acres of land and will also facilitate provision of all utilities, Reliable Power Supply and Water availability and Waste Water Disposal system, an effective single window clearance as well as a conducive and stable industrial/textile policy.
The parks will offer an excellent infrastructure, plug and play facilities as well as training and research facilities for the industry.
PM MITRA Parks represent a unique model where the Centre and State Governments will work together to increase investment, promote innovation, create job opportunities and ultimately make India a global hub for textile manufacturing and exports. Nearly Rs. 70,000 crores investment and 20 lakhs employment generation is envisaged through these parks.
CITI hails selection of States
Confederation of Indian Textile Industry’s (CITI) Chairman, Mr. T. Rajkumar hails the Government’s decision of launching the PM MITRA parks in the states of Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. He said that all 7 sites have excellent connectivity, infrastructure, utility services, etc. and favorable textile/industrial policies further add up to their selection.
Thanking the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Rajkumar said that PM MITRA Parks is a great initiative towards increasing the cost competitiveness of the Indian Textile sector and is expected to generate about 20 lakh jobs with about 70,000 crores of investment over the next 3 years and would be a great example of “Make in India” and “Make for World”.
Shri Rajkumar said that after Covid-19, due to certain geo-political factors textile supply chain across the globe is realigning itself with companies looking to establish their manufacturing base out of China. Owing to a strong Government at the Center and the growth story of the Indian Economy make it is one of the most sought destinations for these investments. PM MITRA with world-class industrial infrastructure as well as training and research facilities would attract cutting-edge technology and will boost not only FDI but also local investment in the textile sector.
He said that the Indian Textile sector is highly fragmented and the cost of logistics in transporting textile raw material from one state to other has a considerable share in the overall cost of production. However, these parks will offer an excellent opportunity to create an integrated textile value chain right from spinning, weaving, processing/dyeing, and printing to garment manufacturing at a single location thereby reducing logistics costs and will provide a big boost to the 5F vision of the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India – Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign.
Shri Rajkumar said that the Hon’ble Union Minister of Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal is providing all possible support to the Textile Industry. As a result of his constant and innovative policy decisions, Indian Textile Sector is all set to increase investment, promote innovation, create job opportunities and ultimately making India a global hub for textile manufacturing and exports.
Shri Rajkumar expressed hopes that Government will continue its support to make the Indian Textile Industry more competitive and soon Indian Textile & Apparel Industry will reach to a mark of US$ 350 bn. industry including US$ 100 bn exports.
Three parks in South India
Mr.Ravi Sam, Chairman, The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) has thanked the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and Hon’ble Union Textile Minister, Shri Piyush Goyal for allocating three parks for Southern States viz., Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Karnataka considering the unique capabilities of these States apart from allocating four parks each one to Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. He also appreciated the Hon’ble Chief Ministers of the three Southern States for making considerable efforts in bringing the mega park to their States. Mr.Ravi Sam has particularly thanked the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Mr.M.K.Stalin, Hon’ble Industries Minister, Mr.Thangam Thennarasu and Hon’ble Handlooms and Textiles Minister, Mr.R.Gandhi for their tireless efforts in getting a mega park for Tamil Nadu.
Mr.Ravi Sam has said that Tamil Nadu that accounts 1/3rd of the country’s textile business size already attracted seven parks under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP). He has said that this announcement would further strengthen Karnataka which has prominence in readymade garment manufacturing activities and Telangana which has been the third largest cotton producing State in the Country and having one of the attractive state textile policies in attracting new investments.
Mr.Ravi Sam has said that the PM MITRA mega textile park scheme would aim at increasing the scale of operation and value-addition by providing unique infrastructure facility for textile processing, the weakest link in the whole textile value chain. SIMA Chief has stated that the industry started reviving from the long-drawn recession owing to various proactive policy initiatives of the Government including the fast progress in Free Trade Agreements, PLI scheme, RoDTEP scheme, National Technical Textile Mission, etc. Mr.Ravi Sam has concluded that the allocation of PM MITRA parks to seven States would boost the textiles sector in line with Government’s 5F (Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign) vision and enable the industry to achieve the envisage textile business size of USD 350 Bn by 2030.