Hyderabad, Telangana Government has requested the Union Government for setting up of first National Design Centre (NDC) in Hyderabad.
State Municipal Administration and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao along with Minister for BC Welfare Gangula Kamalakar called on Union Minister for Commerce and Textiles Piyush Goyal at his Residence in New Delhi on Wednesday and said a detailed project report for the proposed NDC is submitted to the Government of India.
They submitted a representation to extend financial support for establishing Kakatiya Mega Textile Park in Warangal.
Details of the proposal for setting up of the NDC, based on the inputs received, Detailed Project Report is submitted indicating the activities which will be undertaken to make the Centre self-sustaining in approximately six years’ time post commencement of operations, Mr Rao told Mr Goyal.
The State Government will be able to support 50 percent of the deficit in operational funds requirement until the NDC becomes self-sustainable, on equal sharing basis with the Central Government, the Municipal Administration Minister said the cost-sharing by State Government in operational expenditure will be in addition to the 30 acres of prime land provided free of cost in University of Hyderabad (UoH) campus adjacent to National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB) in Gopanpally here.
The Government of Telangana is keen to develop this unique and first-of-its-kind institution in India, in Hyderabad, and would like to start the interim activities of envisioning, planning, identifying prospective stakeholders and working towards forging long-term sustainable partnerships for the National Design Centre, he said.
Telangana Government has identified Textiles and Apparel as one of the priority areas under our Industrial Policy and accordingly, we have decided to set up a large-scale textile park at Warangal which will be eventually spread over 2000 acres, Mr Rao said.
In the first phase, we have aggregated 1200 acres and have identified marquee names as anchor clients including Youngone from Korea and Kitex from Kerala, he explained to the Union Minister.
The state government has already obtained Environment Clearance for the Park and has also been able to put in all the required basic infrastructure like water and power connection for construction purposes, road connectivity, the Industries Minister said.
For the last five years, the state government is requesting the Government of India to support by declaring this textile park as a Mega Textile Park and provide funding support in order to take up external infrastructure such as dedicated water and power lines, Rail Over Bridge as well as common amenities like CETP, Technical Textile Testing Lab, warehousing, Training Centre, et cetera, Mr Rao informed.
Since a long time under the pretext that the Union Government is designing a scheme for Mega Textile Parks and now that the MITRA ( Mega Investment Textiles Parks (MITRA) scheme is under finalization, he said.
Mr Rao requested Mr Goyal that the Kakatiya Mega Textile Park in Warangal be approved as the first beneficiary under MITRA scheme given that no other mega textile park in the country is in such an advanced stage of implementation.