UP to promote textile industry, plans mega parks

Virendra Singh Rawat

Lucknow / Feb 10, 2021

To promote the textile sector, the Uttar Pradesh government has proposed to set up Mega Textile Parks in Kanpur and Gorakhpur districts.

Taking the agenda forward, the state is preparing to send a proposal to the Centre in this regard. UP textile minister Sidharth Nath Singh said the two parks will generate large number of employment opportunities for the state’s youth.

In Union Budget 2021-22, the Centre has proposed to set up seven textile parks in India over the next few years.

Singh noted Kanpur had traditionally been a major textile centre with big mills operated by the National Textile Corporation and other companies. Kanpur is also famous for its quality knitwear, hosiery, leather garmenting etc.

Besides, Gorakhpur is equally reckoned as a textile hub in the Purvanchal (Eastern UP) region with several handloom, powerloom and knitwear spinning units functioning there.