Synthetic Yarn

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March 19, 2021

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To boost exports, Government of India has announced a scheme namely “Scheme for Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products’, (RoDTEP) to all export goods, including textiles and garments with effect from 1st January, 2021. Further, in order to boost exports in Man-Made Fibre (MMF) sector, Government of India has removed santi-dumping duty on PTA, a key raw material for the manufacture of MMF fibre and yarn. Government has also removed anti-dumping duty on acrylic fibre, raw material for yarn and knitwear industry. Assistance is also provided to exporters under Market Access initiative (MAl) Scheme.

As per Nielsen baseline survey of Powerloom industry conducted during 2012-13, 24.86 lakh Powerloomswereinstalled in the country. The location-wise details is in ANNEXURE-I. As per 4^th All India Handloom Census (2019-20), there are 28,23,382 handlooms across the country on which handloom cloth/products are manufactured using varieties of yarn. A statement showing state-wise number of handlooms is at ANNEXURE-II.

The details of funds allocation/expenditure under major schemes in the last three years and till date are atANNEXURE-III.

This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Textiles, Smt. SmritiZubinIrani in LokSabha today.

Annexure-I
Number of Powerlooms across the country

STATE	TOTALLOOMS
UP	190874
RAJASTHAN	22980
HARYANA	25510
PUNJAB&HP,J&K	14511
MP	39979
NORTHZONETOTAL	293854
GUJARAT	524102
MAHARASHTRA	948891
CHATTISGARH	166
WESTZONETOTAL	1473159
ORISSA	1793
WB	12690
BIHAR	20511
ASSAM/NE	464
EASTZONETOTAL	35458
TN	562513
AP	48176
KARNATAKA	68795
KERALA	4463
SOUTHZONETOTAL	683947
ALLINDIA	2486418

Annexure-II

No. of Handlooms across the country
SN	State	No. of Handlooms
East Zone
1	Arunachal Pradesh	99454
2	Assam	1248806
3	Bihar	8447
4	Jharkhand	8607
5	Manipur	216192
6	Meghalaya	43220
7	Mizoram	22875
8	Nagaland	70089
9	Odisha	48161
10	Sikkim	132
11	Tripura	166050
12	West Bengal	283404
	Total East Zone	2215437
West Zone
13	Chhattisgarh	12743
14	Gujarat	9903
15	Goa	16
16	Madhya Pradesh	12069
17	Maharashtra	4354
	Total West Zone	39085
North Zone
18	Delhi	2498
19	Haryana	11759
20	Himachal Pradesh	15202
21	Jammu & Kashmir	14750
22	Punjab	758
23	Rajasthan	6446
24	Uttrakhand	7368
25	Uttar Pradesh	124242
	Total North Zone	183023
South Zone
26	Andhra Pradesh	93375
27	Karnataka	24071
28	Kerala	31619
29	Pudducherry	929
30	Tamil Nadu	218748
31	Telangana	17095
	Total South Zone	385837
	Grand Total	2823382

Annexure-III

Details of Funds allocated and Expenditure under various Textile Sector Schemes

(Rs. in crores)

Textile Sector	2017-18			2018-19			2019-20			2020-21
Name of the Scheme/ Project/ Programme	BE	RE	Exp	BE	RE	Exp	BE	RE	Exp	BE	RE	Exp. Upto 17.03.21
Handloom	604	470.28	468.98	396.09	400.59	334.33	456.8	445.94	385.02	475	336	297.85
Handicrafts	289.7	229.82	217.06	198.42	240.61	195.20	286.17	332.31	282.16	398.21	284.77	235.59
Wool	32	25	29.14	11.45	5.3	3.3	29	29	16.5	20	10	9.33
Silk	575	600	542.5	510.61	600.61	601.29	740	765.45	787.61	810	650	650
Powerloom	161.76	115.5	114.91	112.15	106.18	91.90	159.08	152.78	41.53	140	60	49.63
Jute	97.52	135.92	149.18	28.14	28.04	28.00	34.55	84.55	104.42	136.53	71.5	54.25
Technology Upgradation Funds Schemes (TUFs)	2013	1956	1904.95	2300	622.63	615.68	700	494.37	317.9	761.90	545	502.77
Research & Capacity Building	272.99	153.2	151.72	252.09	93.99	50.25	142.24	182.66	149.45	327.01	195	142.68
North Eastern Textiles Promotion	245	245	259.8	112.6	112.6	65.71	125	126.01	117.21	135.60	42.4	16.45
Total	4290.97	3930.72	3838.24	3921.55	2210.55	1985.66	2672.84	2613.07	2201.80	3204.25	2194.67	1958.55