Seven PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks have been approved with an outlay of Rs 4,445 crore for 2021-22 to 2027-28.
The sites are in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
MoUs have been signed with all states and 100% of the land has been acquired at every site.
Investment interest of Rs 68,590 crore has been received, against detailed project reports worth Rs 13,537 crore.
Each completed park is expected to generate about 3 lakh jobs — 1 lakh direct and 2 lakh indirect.
The PM MITRA design rests on the 5F vision — Farm, Fibre, Factory, Fashion, Foreign — the idea that India's textile advantage is wasted when the value chain is split across distant locations. Cotton grown in one state is spun in another, woven in a third and stitched in a fourth, and every transfer adds freight cost, delay and coordination risk. A mega park co-locates spinning, weaving, processing, garmenting and support infrastructure on a single site with common utilities and effluent treatment, so a bale entering at one gate can leave as an export-ready garment. That integration is the entire economic argument: it is not about subsidy but about compressing a value chain that is currently spread across the map.
Simple Analogy: Putting every stage of a kitchen in one room instead of carrying half-cooked food between four houses.
Create integrated large-scale modern industrial infrastructure covering the entire textile value chain
Key: 7 parks, Rs 4,445 crore outlay for 2021-22 to 2027-28; 5 greenfield and 2 brownfield sites
Skill development for the organised textile and related segments
Key: Funds are allocated directly to implementing partners rather than being distributed state-wise or district-wise; Rs 100 crore was allocated and fully released in its first year, 2017-18
Promote production of man-made fibre apparel, MMF fabrics and technical textiles
Key: Incentivises scale in high-value segments where India has historically been weaker than in cotton
Develop India's technical textiles segment — textiles engineered for function rather than appearance
Key: Covers research and development, promotion and market development, education and skilling
GS Paper 3 > Indian Economy > Industrial Policy and Manufacturing
General Awareness > Government Schemes
General Awareness > Schemes and Economy
With reference to 'National Investment and Infrastructure Fund', which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. It is an organ of NITI Aayog. 2. It has a corpus of ₹4,00,000 crore at present. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Answer: Neither 1 nor 2
Which of the following correctly highlights a unique feature of India's textile industry?
Answer: It is self-reliant across the full value chain
PM MITRA has appeared regularly in SSC and banking General Awareness since its announcement and is standard GS Paper 3 material.
PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks — seven integrated textile parks with a Rs 4,445 crore outlay
Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign — the integrated value chain concept underlying textile policy
Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector — the ministry's skilling programme, funded through implementing partners
Textiles engineered for functional performance rather than appearance, used in medicine, agriculture, construction and defence
Special Purpose Vehicle — the project company incorporated for each park, here through joint venture agreements with the states