The target under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) during the 10th Five Year Plan has been increased to 30 Textile Parks. This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles, Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan in a reply to a question by Shri Sudarshan Akarapu today.
He further stated that Under the SITP, so far, 26 projects have been sanctioned - 9 projects in 2005-06 and 17 projects in 2006-07. Statewise break-up is - Andhra Pradesh (4), Gujarat (6), Karnataka (1), Maharashtra (6), Rajasthan (2), Tamil Nadu (5), UP (1) and West Bengal (1).
Estimated project cost of these 26 parks (common infrastructure/ facilities) is Rs. 2433.35 crore, of which Government of India support would be Rs. 869 crore. So far, Rs. 73.56 crore has been released to 22 textile parks, he added.