Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Textile Minister Piyush Goyal to set up a greenfield Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (MITRA) park in Odisha.
In a letter to Goyal, Pradhan said: “Odisha has a long and rich history of textiles. The handlooms of Odisha have gained world-wide acclaim for their design and quality. Various designs have existed in Odisha, such as Sambalpuri, Bomkei and Berhampuri. Odisha is also famous for Ikat type of weaving”.
With this rich history and locally available competence in this area, Odisha is uniquely positioned to attract investments in the textiles and apparel sectors. Over the past few years. Odisho has also emerged as the knowledge and skill hub with presence of globally recognised institutes of higher learning & research and skill development including CIPET, IIT, IIM, IIIT, NIT, AIIMS, NISER, Skill Development Institute, IndianOil – ICT Odisha Campus, Pradhan mentioned.
” The state is one of the first to have a dedicated Skill Development Authority, which develops customised training programs for workers based on industry’s requirement. Odisha is uniquely poised logistically and industrially too with a wide network of 10,000 Kilometres of Highway, Paradip, Dhamara, Gopalpur Ports, proximity to Industrial Hubs and Jagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra Pipeline (JHBDPL) Gas Pipeline passing through the state.
Apparel and textiles, including technical textiles is one of the 6 focus sectors of the State. Odisha has also an Industrial Policy and Apparel Policy in place to ensure smooth clearance of the project and provide adequate incentive to the industries. Under the apparel policy of the Government of Odisha, capital grant of 20% of project. cost up to Rs.20 crone and interest-free loan up to 10%, maximum limit of Rs.10 crone is available to the industries presently,” he added.
He further stated that companies such as Shahi Exports, Aditya Birla Fashion and several others have already set up their manufacturing bases in Odisha. 2 Textiles and Apparel Parks are currently under construction, one near to the major port of Dhamra and another near Bhubaneswar at Malipada, both with ready availability of facilities including power, water, and boundary walls. In addition, a Technical Textiles Park is being developed in Bhadrak. This dedicated park is being anchored by a 300 KTPA IOCL Polyester and Fiber plant with committed feed stock of 100 KTPA Polyester Staple Fiber, 165 KTPA Drawn Texturized Yarn and 35 KTPA of Fully Drawn Yarn.
The Minister said, ” Ministry of Textile, Government of India has recently announced setting up of seven Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (MITRA) Parks in India, to be developed by a Special Purpose vehicle (Owned by State Government and Government of India) in a Public Private Partnership Mode with an aim to help Indian Companies to emerge as global champions in textile and apparel sector.”
” I take this opportunity to request you to consider a greenfield MITRA Park in the state of Odisha considering its immense untapped potential in the sector, which shall go long way in ensuring the success of Mission Purvodaya envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” concluded Pradhan.
The PM PM MITRA parks will be set up at Greenfield/Brownfield sites located in different states. For a Greenfield park, the Centre will provide 30% capital support of the project cost with a cap of Rs 500 crore. For Brownfield sites, it would be 30% of balance infrastructure and other support facilities with a limit of Rs 200 crore.
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