The Government has finalized setting up of PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks at 7 sites viz. Tamil Nadu (Virudhnagar), Telangana (Warangal), Gujarat (Navasari), Karnataka (Kalaburagi), Madhya Pradesh (Dhar), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow) and Maharashtra (Amravati) with an outlay of Rs. 4,445 cr for a period of seven years upto 2027-28. The PM MITRA scheme is expected to generate employment of 3lakhs (1 lakh direct and 2 lakh in-direct employment) with an estimated investment of Rs 10,000/-cr per park. To attract investment and effective implementation of the Parks, over 200 consultations with various stakeholders including States, investors and potential park developers at international, national and local levels have been conducted.
Infrastructure works worth Rs 2,160.17 cr for providing external infrastructure till these parks gate have been started by the state governments and an expenditure of Rs. 564.72 cr has been incurred so far. DPR proposals worth Rs. 7,145 cr of Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Telangana PM MITRA Parks have been approved. In Madhya Pradesh, 1150 acres of land has been allotted with a proposed investment of Rs 24,175 cr. In Tamil Nadu, applications for 201 acres of land with proposed investment of Rs 2,076 cr have been received so far. In Maharashtra, applications have been invited for land allotment while in Telangana, Investment of Rs 3,862 cr has been grounded so far with 540 acres land already allotted. As a part of Development Capital Support of PM MITRA Scheme, 1st instalment of Rs 50 cr has been sanctioned to Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu each and Rs 30 cr has been sanctioned to Maharashtra and Telangana each.
100% land has been acquired and necessary approvals including environment clearance have been obtained in the case of PM MITRA Park, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. A Detailed Project Report (DPR) worth Rs 1,894 Cr has been approved and infrastructure works worth Rs. 364 cr. allotted. Post approval of Land Allotment policy, applications for 201 acres of land with proposed investment worth Rs 2,076 cr have been received so far.
No new proposal for setting up of PM MITRA Park is currently under consideration.
This information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES PABITRA MARGHERITA in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
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