With a view to attract investment, boost employment generation and position itself strongly in the global market, the Government has approved setting up of 7 (Seven) PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks in Greenfield/Brownfield sites with world class infrastructure including plug and play facility with an outlay of Rs. 4,445 Cr for a period of 2021-22 to 2027-28.
Ministry received 18 proposals from 13 states for setting up Mega Textile Parks and has finalised 7 sites including one in Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow) for setting up of PM MITRA Park. Other selected sites are Tamil Nadu (Virudhnagar), Gujarat (Navsari), Karnataka (Kalaburagi), Madhya Pradesh (Dhar), Telangana (Warangal) and Maharashtra (Amravati).
It is envisaged that each park when completed will lead to an investment of Rs. 10,000 Cr. and generate about 1 lakh direct and 2 lakh indirect jobs. In addition, provision for skilling through creation of infrastructure and through convergence with ongoing schemes has been made for PM MITRA Parks.
The details of investment received/grounded/MoUs signed under the PM MITRA Scheme so far are as under:
| S. No | State | Investment (MoUs & EOIs)(in Crores) |
| 1 | Madhya Pradesh | ₹14,099 |
| 2 | Gujarat | ₹13,084 |
| 3 | Uttar Pradesh | ₹5,270 |
| 4 | Telangana | ₹3,862 |
| 5 | Maharashtra | ₹3,245 |
| 6 | Karnataka | ₹1,700 |
| 7 | Tamil Nadu | ₹1,231 |
| Total | ₹42,491 |
For development of PM MITRA Parks, there is a provision of Development Capital Support (DCS) @30% of the project cost with a maximum support of ₹ 500 Cr and ₹200 Crore per park for Greenfield and Brownfield PM MITRA Parks respectively from the Government of India.
This information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES PABITRA in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
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