Government Setting Up 7 PM MITRA Parks With World Class Infrastructure

The Government has approved setting up of 7 (Seven) PM Mega Integrated Textile Region. Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks in Greenfield/Brownfield sites (including a Greenfield project in Virudhanagar Tamil Nadu) with world class infrastructure including plug and play facility with an outlay of Rs. 4,445 cr for a period of seven years upto 2027-28. 

Aim to generate direct and indirect employment

It is envisaged that each park when completed will generate 1 lakh direct and 2 lakh indirect employments. In order to implement the PM MITRA Scheme in Virudhnagar, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) i.e. ‘PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel Park, Tamil Nadu Limited’ has been incorporated with Government of Tamil Nadu holding 51% stake in the SPV and remaining 49% being held by the Government of India.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth Rs 1200 cr

The process of obtaining Environmental Clearance as well as layout approval from Directorate of Town and Country Planning has been completed.  The Process of providing Water and Power supply up till the park gate is in progress. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth Rs 1200 cr for investment in the park have been signed so far.

Boost exports in textile sector

With a view to increasing investments, generating employment opportunities and boosting exports in textile sector, the Ministry is implementing Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP) to provide support for setting up textile parks with world-class, state-of-the-art infrastructure in textile hubs across the country. The scheme was in implementation up to 31.03.2021.

Textile parks in Tamil Nadu

However, the Scheme has now been subsumed under the umbrella Scheme of Textile Cluster Development Scheme (TCDS) and an outlay of Rs.568.15 Crore has been allotted for completing ongoing projects only. The details of the textile parks in Tamil Nadu under the Scheme are given below:

S. No. Name of the park District Approved Project Cost Total govt grant released Actual Employment Units Operational Park Status
1 PalladamHi-Tech Weaving park, Palladam Tirupur 55.42 22.17 2650 90 Completed
2 Komarapalayam Hi-Tech Weaving Park Namakkal 31.33 12.54 853 56 Completed
3 Karur Integrated Textile Park, Karur Park Karur 116.1 40.00 5000 35 Completed
4 Madurai Integrated Textile Park Ltd Madurai 87.30 31.43 2551 17 Completed
5 Perarignar Anna Handloom Silk Park Kanchi-puram 82.52 9.91 750 12 Under implementation
6 Pallavada Textile Park Erode 106.58 10.00 825 3 Under implementation
7 The Great Indian Linen & Textile Erode 104.29 12.00 170 7 Under implementation

 

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