New Delhi: Decks have been cleared for the construction of the first textile park of Uttar Pradesh in Noida with the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) allotting 150 acres of land for the park.
The Apparel Export Cluster (textile park) to be built in Noida is yet another initiative by the Yogi Adityanath Government to make UP the textile hub of North India.
A total of 152 companies will set up their factories at the textile park at the estimated cost of Rs 8365.73 crore while about five lakh people will get employment in these firms. The construction of 91 textile and garment factories is expected to start in the first month of next year. On completion of construction of 91 textile and garment factories, two lakh people will get employment.
The park will not only enhance Noida’s stature in the garment and textile sector within the country, but also contribute significantly towards making UP the textile hub of North India.
It is worth mentioning here that Uttar Pradesh is the third largest textile producing state of the country. The share of Uttar Pradesh in textile production at the national level is 13.24 percent. Uttar Pradesh ranks fifth in the country in terms of handlooms and silk production. There are 2.58 lakh handloom and 5.5 lakh powerloom weavers in the state. There are 58 spinning mills and 74 textile mills in the non-small scale industrial sector in the state.
The share of Uttar Pradesh in carpet production in the country is 90 percent. Besides, of all the sectors, the textile and garment sector has provided employment to the highest number of people in UP.
Meanwhile, impressed with CM Yogi’s investor-friendly policies, 66 major industrialists of the country and abroad have submitted lproposals to the Government to invest Rs 8715.16 crore in the textile and garment sector in the last four years. Out of these 66 proposals, 12 textile factories have already been set up in the state while construction of 18 others is in progress. The target is to start production in the 18 textile factories this year itself. In addition, construction of 17 textile units is expected to start this year. These 17 factories will start production from next year.
UP government intends to develop more such integrated textile parks in major textile producing areas of the state, where the manufacturing units can benefit from the entire value chain. It can also enhance employment and export prospects in the state.
Countries such as Bangladesh, Vietnam and Indonesia have emerged as major textile producers in the recent years.
The intention of the UP Government is to be ahead of these countries in textile production. There is a lot of potential for expansion in the textile and garment sector in the state, but the number of fully integrated textile parks in the state is negligible. Taking cognisance of this, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath decided to promote construction of integrated textile parks. Following the Government’s decision, YEIDA allotted 150 acres of land in Sector 29 for the construction of the textile park of the Society of Noida Apparel Cluster.
CM Yogi Adityanath is contemplating construction of similar integrated textile parks in Meerut, Agra, Jhansi, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Lucknow and Kanpur divisions where textile production has been carried out all along in collaboration with the private sector. These integrated textile parks include readymade factory sheds/plots, warehousing facilities, tool rooms, raw material banks, common facility centres for testing and research and research, skill upgradation centres, truck terminals and parking facilities, machines repair shops, dormitories or hostels for emplyees, incubation centres, fashion institutes and training centres etc.
The Department of Handlooms and Textiles will ensure that the benefits of the State Government’s policies reach investors while providing them with all necessary support.
The Yogi Government believes that once the integrated textile park is completed in Noida, big investors in other districts of the state will also be interested in setting up similar textile parks elsewhere in the state as well. The main reason for this is the presence of a large number of people in the state who are keen on working in the textile and garment sector. That is why big companies in the textile and garment sector in the state are setting up their factories in Kanpur, Gorakhpur and Varanasi.
According to Lalit Thukral, president of the Society of Noida Apparel Export Cluster, the initiative of the Chief Minister to build a textile park in Noida is motivating Tamil Nadu-based industrialists to build their own factories in the state. The textile park will employ a large number of people for different jobs ranging from thread making, dyeing and sewing to their packing and transportation. It will offer job opportunities to those interested in designing, accountancy and managerial posts also.
