25 March 2022, Mumbai:
The Union Minister of State for Textiles Darshana Jardosh informed Lok Sabha that currently all the proposals received from states for setting up of textile parks under the PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) are under scrutiny for consideration by the project approval committee.
She said this in a written reply on Wednesday to a question raised by Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi, as the Odisha government is among one of the states who have sent out the proposals.
The central government has received a total of 17 proposals from 13 states for the establishment of textile parks under PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) having an outlay of Rs 4,445 crore.
Textile minister Jardosh said the parameters devised for selection of sites for PM MITRA parks include connectivity to the site (25 percent), the existing ecosystem for textiles (25 percent), availability of utility services at site (20 percent), state industrial/textile policy (20 percent) and environmental/social impact (10 percent).
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CREDITS: KNN India (The news article has not been edited by the DFU Publications staff).
