India to establish 40 new textile parks
26/11/2010
India is to open 40 textile parks across nine states, according to Indian textiles minister, Panabaka Lakshmi.
These new parks have attracted investment of Rs35 billion ($763.3 million) under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP), and the government hopes around 15,000 textile jobs will be created as a result.
The zones will be located in: Maharashtra (nine), Tamil Nadu (eight), Andhra Gujarat (seven), Pradesh (five), Rajasthan (five), Punjab (three), Karnataka (one), Madhya Pradesh (one) and West Bengal (one).Share this story:
