Seven PM MITRA (Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel) Park sites announced

Government, Ministry of Textiles, has issued a notification to set up 7 Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks with a total outlay of Rs. 4,445 crore.

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More About The 7 PM MITRA Park sites announced:

• Seven sites were chosen out of 18 proposals for PM MITRA parks which were received from 13 States.
• The Parks will come up in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Aim of these PM MITRA Parks:

These are aimed at helping India to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 9: “Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”. It is hoped that the PM MITRA Parks will have world-class industrial infrastructure which would attract cutting age technology and boost FDI and local investment in the textiles sector.

KEY FEATURES of PM MITRA Parks:

• These Parks will offer an opportunity to create an integrated textiles value chain right from spinning, weaving, processing/dyeing and printing to garment manufacturing at 1 location.

• Integrated Textile Value chain at 1 location will reduce logistics cost of Industry

• Intended to generate 1 lakh direct and 2 lakh indirect employment per park
• Sites for PM MITRA Parks will be selected by a Challenge Method based on objective criteria
• Proposals of State Governments having ready availability of contiguous and encumbrance-free land parcel of 1,000+ acres along with other textiles related facilities & ecosystem are welcome.

About PM MITRA Scheme:

• It will offer the opportunity to create an Integrated Textiles Value Chain right from spinning, weaving, processing/dyeing and printing to garment manufacturing etc. at one location and will reduce the logistics cost of the Industry.
• A Special Purpose Vehicle owned by the Centre and State Government will be set up for each park which will oversee the implementation of the project.

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