Mega textile park scheme waiting in the wings: Proposal with Cabinet

6TH AUG 2021, MUMBAI:

The government informed Parliament earlier this week that the proposed scheme to launch seven mega investment textile parks (MITRA) is in the making and is stuck at Cabinet approval level and is work in progress (MITRA) is awaiting approval of the Cabinet.

Minister of State for textiles Darshana Jardosh told Rajya Sabha that we are in the serious mode of review, evaluation regard to the location of MITRAs in different states in order to work out the modalities as the process unfolds.

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MoS stated as the things stand, Rs 1,469 crore of grant has been launched, 1.02 lakh employment thus generated and up until now Rs 13,311 crore investments have been attracted in the ongoing 'Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks'.

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