ENA State 2023-07-17 15:58:41 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Amravati, July 17 (KNN)</strong> Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), the state government and the Union Ministry of Textiles on Sunday signed a MoU for the establishment of PM Mitra textile park in Amravati.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The PM Mitra park is expected to attract investment of Rs 10,000 crore and create employment for 300,000 individuals.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3B9mZSj"><img alt="FOLLOW US on GOOGLE NEWS" src="https://knnindia.co.in//uploads/gallery/GoogleNews.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:95px; margin:1px; width:299px" /></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Addressing the launch ceremony of PM MITRA Textile Park, Union Minister of Textiles Piyush Goyal said, Given Maharashtra's significant contributions across the entire textile value chain, from Farm to Fiber to Factory to Fashion to Foreign, it is a natural choice for a textile park.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Goyal further highlighted that the well-connected infrastructure of Amravati, including its road, rail, port, and airport networks, will significantly boost the textile industry in Maharashtra.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Spanning across a contiguous 1020 acres of land at Nandgaon Peth, adjacent to the Additional Amravati Industrial Area (MIDC), the Park is situated just 30 kilometers away from the Mumbai Nagpur Samruddhi Highway and 147 kilometers from the nearest port, the Wardha Dry Port. As a brownfield park, it already possesses essential infrastructure such as roads, water, and electricity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The ceremony was attended by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister of State for Railways and Textiles, Darshana Jardosh.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The Minister of Textiles, Government of Maharashtra Chandrakant Patil; Minister of Industries, Government of Maharashtra, Uday Samant; Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, Rachna Shah and Principal Secretary, Industries, Government of Maharashtra, Harshdeep Kamble were also present amongst the dignitaries on the occasion.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The PM MITRA Scheme was announced by the Government on the 15th of January 2022. <em><strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong></em></span></p> 34111 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/state/pm-mitra-park-for-textiles-to-come-up-at-amravati-in-maharashtra 2023-07-17 15:58:41 knnindia.co.in