The funds under plan programmes for development of Textiles sector are allocated and released scheme-wise and not state-wise. This information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles, Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan, in the Lok Sabha, in a written reply to a question by Shri Kinjarapu Yerrannaidu.
The Minister further informed that the programmes formulated and implemented for assisting the textile sector to face globalisation are Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme, Scheme for Integrated Textile Park, Technology Mission on Cotton and Jute Technology Mission.
New planned programmes are Textipolis, Brand Promotion scheme, Human Resource Development and setting up of Fashion Hub. These are aimed at modernising, upgrading technology, providing infrastructure facilities, facilitating technical know-how for improving productivity and increasing competitiveness both domestically and internationally.
Click here to view the amount allocated and released for the benefit of textile sector particularly of textile workers for the last three years:
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