Scheme for Integrated Textiles Parks

Scheme for Integrated Textiles Parks in 11th five year plan. Though the Indian textile industry has its inherent advantages, infrastructure bottleneck is one of the prime areas of concern. To provide the industry with world-class infrastructure facilities for setting up their textile units, the Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP) was approved in July 2005 to create new textile parks of international standards at potential growth centers.

Taking into consideration the response to the scheme and the opportunities for the growth of textile industry in the quota free regime, the Government of India have decided to continue the SITP in the 11th Five Year Plan. Ten (10) Textiles Park projects will be approved at the first instance. This will facilitate additional investment, employment generation and increase in textiles production.

Detailed guidelines of the scheme, inter alia including the objective of the scheme, salient features of the scheme, level of assistance, role of SPV, PMC, State Government etc. and list of the empanelled PMCs are available at http://www.texmin.nic.in or can be obtained from the SITP Cell, Ministry of Textiles, Room # 545, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-11, Tel: 011 - 23063544.

The interest promoters may contact any one of the empanelled PMCs for preparation of Project proposals. (A list of Project Management Consultants (PMCs) is attached below along with Guidelines of the scheme).

With regards
(Chandrima Chatterjee)
Director (E&C)

LIST OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS UNDER SCHEME FOR INTEGRATED TEXTILES PARK (SITP) DURING 11TH FIVE YEAR PLAN

Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP)

A. Objectives of the Scheme:

• Primary objective of the SITP is to provide the industry with world-class infrastructure facilities for setting up their textile units. The scheme would facilitate textile units to meet international environmental and social standards
• SITP would create new textile parks of international standards at potential growth centres. This scheme envisages engaging of a panel of professional agencies for project identification and execution.
• However, aggregate investment in land, factory buildings and Plant & Machinery by the entrepreneurs in a Park shall be atleast twice the cost of common infrastructure proposed for the Park.
• Each Integrated Textile Park (ITP) would normally have 50 units. The number of entrepreneurs and the resultant investments in each ITP could vary from project to project. The ITPs may also be set up in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs), in which case the special provisions of SEZs would be applicable for them. In case these are set up outside SEZs, proposal may be pursued with the Ministry of Commerce & Industry to declare the ITP as SEZ, if it is so desired.
• The Scheme is co-terminus with the 11th Plan period (2007-12).

B. Scope of the Scheme:

• The scheme targets industrial clusters/locations with high growth potential, which require strategic interventions by way of providing world-class infrastructure support. The project cost will cover common infrastructure and buildings for production/support activities (including textiles engineering, accessories. packaging), depending on the needs of the ITP. There will be flexibility in setting up ITPs to suit the local requirements.
• An ITP will have the following components:
  Group A - Land.
  Group B - Common Infrastructure like compound wall, roads, drainage, water supply, electricity supply including captive power plant, effluent treatment, tele - communication lines etc.
  Group C - Buildings for common facilities like testing laboratory (including equipments), design center(including equipments), training center(including equipments), trade center/display center, ware housing facility/ raw material depot, one packaging unit, creche, canteen, workers hostel, offices of service providers, labour rest and recreation facilities, marketing support system (backward / forward linkages) etc.
  Group D - Factory buildings for production purposes.
  Group E - Plant & machinery.
• The items covered under each of the above Groups are illustrative only, and every ITP may be developed to suit the specific production and business requirements of members of ITP. The Project Approval Committee (PAC) will decide on merit the inclusion or otherwise of a component in the project cost on case to case basis.
• The total Project Cost for the purpose of this Scheme includes the cost on account of components of ITP, as listed under Groups A, B, C and D above, provided the ownership of the factory buildings vests with the SPV.
• The SPV will, however, have the option of seeking financial support from Government of India for components under Groups B and C only, if factory buildings are individually owned.