The Project Approval Committee under the textile ministry approved the formation of four textile parks in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. The total investment envisaged is Rs.1,765 crore.

Approvals have been granted to Gujarat Eco Textiles Park (Surat), Metro Hi-Tech Cooperative Park (Kolhapur), SIMA Textiles Processing Centre (Cuddalore) and Jaipur Texweaving Park ( Kisangarh).

The scheme, designed to achieve the textile and clothing export target of $50 billion by 2010, proposes to create 25 textile parks of international standards at potential growth centres by 2007-08.

At the first meeting of the PAC held in September , IL&FS had indicated its ability to develop 13 project proposals by March 2006 with the potential areas for development including Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Hindupur in Ananthapur district (Andhra Pradesh), Surat (Gujarat), Mundra (Gujarat), Wada under Thane district (Maharashtra), Burhanpur (Madhya Pradesh), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu), Perundurai (Tamil Nadu) and Kolkata (West Bengal).

Also See:

MoU for Integrated Textile Park Scheme (16-Sep-05)