NEW DELHI: Over 125 textile mills providing employment to 41,118 people have been shut down in the past three years on account of restrictions on cotton yarn exports and piling up of huge inventories, Parliament was informed today.
"As on May 31, 2011, 127 cotton/man-made fibre textiles mills (non-small scale units) were closed during the last three years," Minister of State for Textiles Panabaaka Lakshmi said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
She said the government has received representations from the industry with regard to a supply and demand mismatch, huge inventories of finished goods piling up, restrictions on the export of cotton yarn and rising input prices.
Lakshmi said out of 127 mills closed, 38 mills were registered with the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) as of March 31, 2010. The BIFR decides on reliefs or concessions to be given to sick units.
To rehabilitate the workers rendered jobless due to closure of these mills, the government has formulated the Textile Workers' Rehabilitation Fund Scheme.
In April last year, the government had restricted cotton yarn exports to 720 million kg, which led to huge inventories accumulating with the mills.
However, the restrictions were removed from April 1 this year after the manufacturers found themselves saddled with massive inventories due to the curbs on exports.
In July, 2011, the government restored the Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) scheme providing for tax refunds on cotton yarn exports with retrospective effect from April, 2011.
The incentive was withdrawn in April, 2010, due to a surge in prices of the natural fibre.
"As on May 31, 2011, 127 cotton/man-made fibre textiles mills (non-small scale units) were closed during the last three years," Minister of State for Textiles Panabaaka Lakshmi said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
She said the government has received representations from the industry with regard to a supply and demand mismatch, huge inventories of finished goods piling up, restrictions on the export of cotton yarn and rising input prices.
Lakshmi said out of 127 mills closed, 38 mills were registered with the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) as of March 31, 2010. The BIFR decides on reliefs or concessions to be given to sick units.
To rehabilitate the workers rendered jobless due to closure of these mills, the government has formulated the Textile Workers' Rehabilitation Fund Scheme.
In April last year, the government had restricted cotton yarn exports to 720 million kg, which led to huge inventories accumulating with the mills.
However, the restrictions were removed from April 1 this year after the manufacturers found themselves saddled with massive inventories due to the curbs on exports.
In July, 2011, the government restored the Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) scheme providing for tax refunds on cotton yarn exports with retrospective effect from April, 2011.
The incentive was withdrawn in April, 2010, due to a surge in prices of the natural fibre.
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