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Investment in
Plant and Machin- Investment in Investment in Plant and Machinery or Equip-
Equipment: More ment and turnover: The investment in plant
ery: More than
Medium than Rs. 2 crore and machinery or equipment does not exceed
Rs. 5 crore but but does not Rs. 5 Rs. 50 crore and turnover does not exceed Rs.
does not exceed
Rs. 10 crore crore. 250 crore.
8.26. The CHAMPIONS portal (www.champion.gov.in) is an ICT based technology system
for making the smaller units big by helping and handholding them. A network of control rooms
is created in a Hub & Spoke Model where hub is situated in the Ministry of MSME, New
Delhi whereas 68 spokes are located across the country in various offices and institutions of
Ministry. As on 16.01.2022, 42,304 grievances have been received, out of which 41,965 (99.1%)
grievances have been replied.

The key features of the portal include:

¾ Information dissemination: Regular updates on recent development in MSME sector.

¾ With a view to resolve the grievances in a fast track manner, all Nationalised Banks, a good
number of Private/Regional Rural Banks, State Financial Corporations, Central Government
Ministries/ Departments, State Governments and CPSEs have been onboarded on the portal.

¾ Scheme/Programme wise mapping of officials of the Ministry for fast track responses of
grievances.

¾ Integration with various portals such as MSME Samadhaan, Udyam Registration, CPGRAM
etc.

Textiles
8.27 Textile industry is the second largest employment generator in the country, next only to
agriculture. In the last decade, close to Rs. 203,000 crores have been invested in this industry
with direct and indirect employment of about 105 million people, a major part of which is
women. Despite the industry being deeply affected by the lockdown, it has shown a remarkable
recovery with positive contribution to growth, as reflected by IIP, of 3.6 percent during April-
October 2020.

8.28 Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Man Made Fiber (MMF) segment and
technical textiles, notified in September 2021, for enhancing India’s manufacturing capabilities
and enhancing exports will focus on promotion of 40 MMF apparel and 10 Technical textiles
lines and create global champions. It is estimated that over the period of five years, the PLI
Scheme for Textiles will lead to fresh investment of more than Rs.19,000 crore, cumulative
turnover of over Rs.3 lakh crore will be achieved under this scheme and, will create additional
employment opportunities of more than 7.5 lakh jobs in this sector.

8.29 Further in a major support to enhance the competitiveness of the sector, the government
notified the setting up of 7 PM MEGA INTEGRATED TEXTILES REGION AND APPAREL
PARK (MITRA) in October 2021 with a total outlay of Rs. 4,445 crores. The scheme is
expected to further the vision of AtmaNirbhar Bharat and to position India strongly on the