Centre to generate 20 lakh jobs via 7 mega textile plants in these states
1 year, 9 months ago

Centre to generate 20 lakh jobs via 7 mega textile plants in these states

Live Mint  

As part of the Make in India initiative, the Central government has announced plans to set up seven mega textile parks in the country. Announced under the PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel scheme, the seven plants will be set up in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. In a series of tweets on March 17, PM Modi had explained “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.” Union Minister Piyush Goyal says the government envisages investing almost ₹70,000 crores in the parks with a goal of generating almost 20 lakh jobs.

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Govt may launch dozen industrial parks to attract ₹1.50 lakh crore investments
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Govt may launch dozen industrial parks to attract ₹1.50 lakh crore investments

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The government may launch about a dozen industrial parks covering the entire country in a quadrilateral to attract over Rs.1.50 lakh crore investments, boost manufacturing, and create employment opportunities, people aware of the development said, adding that the approval is expected in the Cabinet today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds Cabinet meeting The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister …

Telangana CM firm on making Kakatiya textile park a model-Ponguleti
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana CM firm on making Kakatiya textile park a model-Ponguleti

Deccan Chronicle  

Warangal: The Kakatiya mega textile park in Warangal district will be transformed into a role model in the country. Minister Srinivas Reddy said several big companies are going to establish their firms in the textile park with the initiative taken by the CM. Former chief minister Y. S. Rajashekar Reddy had sanctioned Rs 41 crore for Konayamakula minor lift irrigation …

Textile industry has long term goals as its focus: CITI
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Textile industry has long term goals as its focus: CITI

The Hindu  

The Indian textile industry is working an action plan that will look at what the industry can achieve by 2047, according to Rakesh Mehra, chairman of the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry. “The textile industry has faced challenges on multiple fronts, including geopolitical uncertainties, shifting consumer preferences, and stiff competition from other sectors. The recent India-European Free Trade Association Agreement …

Centre to finalize all SPVs for PM MITRA parks in early 2024
1 year ago

Centre to finalize all SPVs for PM MITRA parks in early 2024

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : The government is in the final stages of creating special purpose vehicles for the Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel parks to boost the textile sector. Kulin Lalbhai, the chairman of CII National Committee on textiles & apparel, said: “I don’t have any specific comments to make on the current status of activity in SPV, …

Officers directed to hand over 1,000 acres in a month to Mega Textile Park in Kalaburagi
1 year, 4 months ago

Officers directed to hand over 1,000 acres in a month to Mega Textile Park in Kalaburagi

The Hindu  

Shivanand Patil, Minister for Textiles and Sugarcane Development, directed Kalaburagi district administration officials to hand over 1,000 acres in the first phase for the development of Mega Textile Park near Ferozabad off Kalaburagi-Jewargi Road under the Union government’s PM MITRA Parks and mention the name of Textile Department in the RTC. At a brief meeting of senior officers at Aiwan-e-Shahi …

CPI urges Centre to include Puducherry under PM MITRA textile scheme
1 year, 6 months ago

CPI urges Centre to include Puducherry under PM MITRA textile scheme

The Hindu  

The Communist Party of India has urged the Centre to include the Union Territory under the Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel park scheme. In a memorandum to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, party secretary A. M. Saleem said Puducherry has a good history of textile mills that once thrived in the region, providing hundreds of jobs to …

PM MITRA Parks to give impetus to local economy in Uttar Pradesh: PM Modi
1 year, 8 months ago

PM MITRA Parks to give impetus to local economy in Uttar Pradesh: PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the setting up of PM Mega Integrated Textile Sector and Apparel textiles park in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow and Hardoi districts. While speaking during a program of launch and signing of Memorandum of Understanding of Integrated Textile Park in Lucknow on Tuesday along with state chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Commerce and Textiles minister …

India is getting more textile parks
1 year, 9 months ago

India is getting more textile parks

Live Mint  

The Union government is planning to establish seven mega textile parks under PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel scheme. In a tweet, prime minister Narendra Modi said, “The parks would provide state-of-the-art infrastructure for the textiles sector, attract investment of crores and create lakhs of jobs.” "PM MITRA mega textile parks will boost the textiles sector in line with …

Explained | Will mega textile parks help boost the sector?
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | Will mega textile parks help boost the sector?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On March 17, the government announced that seven mega textile parks under the ₹4,445-crore PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel scheme will be set up in the first phase. Under the first phase of the PM MITRA scheme, large textile parks, spread across at least 1,000 acres, will come up in seven States —Tamil Nadu, …

Textile federation thanks PM for setting up mega park in Telangana
1 year, 9 months ago

Textile federation thanks PM for setting up mega park in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana State Federation of Textile Associations, Secunderabad, thanked Prime Minister Narender Modi for setting up a mega textile park in the state, which helps traders procure their requirements locally based on the market demand and the latest designs. “By stocking these quantities for a long period, the designs were becoming outdated, resulting in losses to traders,” said Prakash …

Textile industry welcomes announcement on integrated parks
1 year, 9 months ago

Textile industry welcomes announcement on integrated parks

The Hindu  

The textile industry has welcomed the announcement on seven integrated textile parks under the PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks scheme. The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry’s chairman T. Rajkumar said the PM MITRA parks are an initiative to improve the cost competitiveness of the Indian textile sector and are expected to generate about 20 lakh jobs with …

Telangana among seven states selected for setting up of PM MITRA mega textile parks
1 year, 9 months ago

Telangana among seven states selected for setting up of PM MITRA mega textile parks

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday that ‘PM MITRA mega textile parks’ will be set up in Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, and asserted that they will attract massive investments and create lakhs of jobs. He added the PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel Parks scheme would boost the textiles …

Poll-bound Karnataka among seven states to win mega textile park project
1 year, 9 months ago

Poll-bound Karnataka among seven states to win mega textile park project

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday formally launched the ₹4,445 crore project to develop seven ‘PM MITRA’ mega textile parks -- one each in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh – which, according to the textiles ministry, will attract ₹70,000 crore investments, create 2 million jobs and immensely boost exports. “PM MITRA mega …

UP Textile Sector Gets Feather in Its Cap as Exports Rise 41%, Apparel Park Coming Up in Noida
2 years, 6 months ago

UP Textile Sector Gets Feather in Its Cap as Exports Rise 41%, Apparel Park Coming Up in Noida

News 18  

The Uttar Pradesh government is going to build an apparel park in Noida to organise most of this industry in the unorganised textile sector, officials told News18. Apart from this, the government also plans to make five textile and apparel parks by the public-private partnership model. Keeping in view the possibilities of the cluster approach, the government will also establish …

Centre approves 7 Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks (PM MITRA)
3 years, 3 months ago

Centre approves 7 Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks (PM MITRA)

Op India  

The Narendra Modi government at the centre has approved the establishment of 7 Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks in the country with the objecting of putting the country on the global textiles map. The 7 Mega Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks will ne se up at Greenfield / Brownfield sites located in different willing states. The …

Cabinet approves setting up of 7 PM MITRA parks with outlay of Rs 4,445 crore over 5 years
3 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet approves setting up of 7 PM MITRA parks with outlay of Rs 4,445 crore over 5 years

India TV News  

On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet Ministry approved setting up of seven PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel parks with a total outlay of Rs 4,445 crores over five years. Addressing a Cabinet briefing in the national capital, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal said, "Union Cabinet approves setting up of seven PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and …

Budget unveils scheme for setting up mega textile parks in India
3 years, 11 months ago

Budget unveils scheme for setting up mega textile parks in India

India TV News  

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. "A scheme of mega investment textile parks will be launched in addition to the PLI scheme," Sitharaman said. She informed that 7 …

Budget 2021: Can mega investment parks spin success for Indian textiles?
3 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2021: Can mega investment parks spin success for Indian textiles?

India Today  

The textile sector, India’s second largest employment generator after agriculture, had been badly hit by the Covid lockdown. In a bid to enable the textile industry to become globally competitive, attract large investments and boost job creation, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a scheme of Mega Investment Textile Parks that will be launched in addition to the Production-Linked Incentive …

Textile industry seeks basic means before mega parks
4 years, 10 months ago

Textile industry seeks basic means before mega parks

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The government will be announcing plans to develop 10 mega textile parks for promoting exports in its new National Textile Policy. However, I am not sure whether this is a priority, as we had mixed success with the textile parks already approved by the government in the past," he said. The Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks approved during the …

Union textiles minister Smriti Irani says govt will identify powerloom clusters, launches project 'India Size'
5 years, 11 months ago

Union textiles minister Smriti Irani says govt will identify powerloom clusters, launches project 'India Size'

Firstpost  

The government is going to go ahead in a big way for skilling of powerloom sector, in synergy with CMAI, Irani said Mumbai: Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani Wednesday said the textiles ministry along with the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India will identify powerloom clusters in the country and go ahead in a big way for skilling of powerloom sector. …

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