Sudhakar Singh, Member of Parliament, representing Buxar from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to implement the Prime Minister Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Park (PM-MITRA) scheme in Bihar.
Recently announced by the Central Government, the PM-MITRA scheme allocates textile parks for seven excluding Bihar, Singh points out.
An industrially underdeveloped state, Bihar has significant potential for the textile industry, he adds.The state has identified 1,719 acre for this project and submitted the preliminary project report to the Ministry of Textiles before the March 15, 2022, deadline, Singh notes.
While states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka already possess well-established textile industries, Bihar lacks any modern textile clusters, Singh highlights. Scarcity of job opportunities forces workers from the state to migrate. Establishing a PM-MITRA park would not only create local employment but also significantly reduce large-scale migration, he adds
