Textile Park

In the backdrop of this, the Yogi Adityanath government is positioning the state as a potential textile and garment hub in South Asia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Maharashtra on Friday to attend an event in Wardha marking the first anniversary of the PM Vishwakarma' scheme and lay the foundation stone of a textile park that will come up in Amravati. During the PM Vishwakarma' programme to be held in Wardha around 11.30 am, PM Modi will release certificates and loans to the beneficiaries of this scheme, an official release said. The central scheme was launched on September 17 last year to provide end-to-end support to artisans and craftspeople who work with their hands and tools. The PM will distribute credit under the scheme to 18 beneficiaries under 18 trades. As a tribute to their legacy and enduring contribution to society, he will release a commemorative stamp to mark one year of progress under the programme, it said. Modi will lay the foundation stone of a PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Park' that will come up in Amravati. The 1,000-acre park is being developed by the .

The Gujarat government and the Centre on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a PM MITRA textile park on a 462-hectare plot in Navsari district. The PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Park will come in Vansi-Borsi village and will help the circular economy of the region, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said after the MOU was signed here in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. "This will be a unique industrial model for the country. It will help increase investment in the textile sector, create job opportunities and make India a hub for textile manufacturing and export. It will create modern plug and play infrastructure in Navsari district, which will help the circular economy to grow," Goyal said. Such textile parks were being established in seven states and the sites were selected without any prejudice and in a transparent manner, he added. The park will play a crucial role in developing the textile sector as p

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday that "PM MITRA mega textile parks" will be set up in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, asserting that they will attract massive investments and create lakhs of jobs. "The PM MITRA mega textile parks will provide state-of-the-art infrastructure for the textiles sector, attracts investment of crores and create lakhs of jobs. It will be a great example of 'Make in India' and 'Make For the World'," Modi tweeted. He added, "PM MITRA mega textile parks will boost the textiles sector in line with 5F (Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign) vision. Glad to share that PM MITRA mega textile parks would be set up in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, MP and UP.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that a mini textile park will be made functional in Hulagur this year aiming to give employment to women

CM Bhagwant Mann said the Central government has approved the scheme for setting up seven PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks (PM MITRA) in partnership with state governments.

Upendra Prasad Singh says even as 10 states have expressed interest in PM MITRA, many more are expected to participate when the government invites proposals

The parks will be set up at greenfield or brownfield sites. States with contiguous and encumbrance-free land parcels of over 1,000 acres, along with other textiles ecosystems can apply

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The government on Monday unveiled a scheme for setting up mega textile parks in the country, as part of the Centre's efforts to position India as a fully integrated, globally competitive manufacturing and exporting hub for the sector. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made the announcement while presenting the Budget 2021-22 in Parliament. "A scheme of mega investment textile parks will be launched in addition to the PLI scheme," Sitharaman said. She informed that 7 mega textile parks will be launched in three years as part of the scheme. The mega textile parks will have integrated facilities and quick turnaround time for minimizing transportation losses, eyeing big-ticket investments in the sector. The textile ministry had recently said a scheme and a Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (MITRA) Park, in over 1,000 acres of land with state-of-the-art infrastructure, common utilities and Research and Development (R&D) lab, are under consideration. So far, 59 textile parks

Union Textile Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar also said that he would soon announce some developmental packages for the state in the textile and handloom sectors