SME Times News Bureau | 09 Aug, 2018
The Centre has been implementing various policy
initiatives and programmes for development of textiles and handicrafts, stated Minister
of State for Textiles Ajay Tamta in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on
Thursday.
Government has been implementing various measures
for the textile sector, particularly for technology upgradation, infrastructure
creation and skill development, said the minister.
The key schemes include Amended Technology
Upgradation Funds Scheme (ATUFS), PowerTex India Scheme. Scheme for Integrated
Textile Parks, SAMARTH- scheme for capacity building in Textile Sector, Silk
Samagra- integrated silk development scheme, North Eastern Region Textile
Promotion Scheme (NERTPS), National Handicraft Development Programme (NHDP) and
Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS), he stated.
The Government also launched a special package
to boost investment, employment and exports in the garmenting and made-up
sector, the minister said.
The special package was designed to create upto
one crore jobs, and boost exports by US $ 31 billion and attract investment of
Rs. 80,000 crores in 3 years. So far, it has generated additional exports of
Rs. 5,728 crore and additional investments of Rs. 25,345 crore, he added.
Under the ATUFS, an amount of Rs. 17,822 crore
was approved for providing one-time capital subsidy to eligible machinery for
seven years from 2015-16 to 2021-22 (including committed liability of Rs.
12,671 crore and Rs. 5,151 crore for new cases). Rs. 8,078.94 crore has so far
been released under the scheme.
The Government has set up an Apparel and Garment Making Centre
(consisting of 3 Units installed each with 100 stitching machineries) at
Bodhjungnagar, Agartala under the NERTPS at a total cost of Rs.18.18 crore.
Under NERTPS, a silk printing unit has also been set up at Agartala
at a cost of Rs.3.71 crore with a capacity to print and process about 1.5 lakh
meters of silk fabric per annum.
To promote handloom sector in Tripura, Government sanctioned 3
Block level clusters with Rs. 4.28 crore, 44 marketing events with Rs.2.41 crore,
9 Mudra loans (Rs.3 lakh) and enrolled 9,367 weavers and artisans under Health
Insurance Scheme and 2,718 weavers and artisans under Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar
Bima Yojana, the minister said.
