The Uttar Pradesh government has earmarked more than 77 acre for the proposed Noida Apparel Export Cluster, aiming to get private investment worth Rs 900 crore in the infrastructure project.
The government plans to develop Uttar Pradesh as a global garment hub with the state looking to tap the lucrative international textile supply chain by providing a competitive avenue to marquee buyers who are currently procuring textile and fabrics from China.
The proposed Noida textile hub, comprising nearly 55 manufacturing and export units, is expected to generate employment for more than 1,00,000 people.
The state was also planning to establish Integrated Textile Park across the state, for which the government had invited expression of interest (EoI) from private players.
So far, six developers have evinced interest in setting up such parks at Agra, Meerut, Gautam Budh Nagar (Noida), Chandauli, Jhansi, Kanpur and Gorakhpur district.
The proposals will be pursued with private developers who would be expected to submit respective detailed project report (DPR) based on the request for proposal (RfP) document to be floated by the state government.
Recently, a delegation of Agra-based industrialists representing 300 textile manufacturers met Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Textiles Chaudhary Udaybhan seeking suitable land for setting up textile and apparel units in Agra.
The government has also expedited the process of identifying land for the proposed textile parks for mass employment generation and faster economic growth at local level.
The state is looking to employ skilled and semi-skilled migrant workers who were forced to return to Uttar Pradesh following COVID-19 lockdown from top textile manufacturing centres, including Surat, Ludhiana, etc.