India’s textile ministry is recasting former Powerloom Service Centres as ITADCs to offer skills, testing, design, technology, credit, export and market support.
The hubs target textile entrepreneurs and MSMEs needing faster access to services across the value chain.
ATUFS impact data points to machinery modernisation, investment leverage and direct job creation.
The centres trained over 1,170 trainees and reached nearly 1,770 textile units through outreach programmes during the reviewed quarter, while also supporting credit access, e-commerce linkages and product-led entrepreneurship around bamboo, hemp, flax, banana and pineapple fibres, the Ministry of Textiles said in a press release.
Citing an independent third-party impact assessment of the Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS), the ministry said that 10,061 units had received subsidy assistance of ₹27.76 billion (~$331 million), mobilising investments of more than ₹531.21 billion (~$6.32 billion).
The assessment also linked the scheme to nearly 670,000 benchmarked textile machines and about 360,000 direct employment opportunities.
Every ₹10 million (~$119,000) of subsidy mobilised nearly ₹190 million (~$2.26 million) of private investment and created around 130 direct jobs. It added that the weaving sector accounted for 46 per cent of total subsidy, while 46 per cent of new employment generated in composite units amounted to nearly 170,000 jobs.
Singh also inaugurated a revamped Office of the Textile Commissioner website and a Key Performance Indicator portal for ITADCs, designed for field-level data capture, benchmarking, dashboards and structured reviews.
The ministry directed field offices to work with the Textile Committee, Export Promotion Councils, Textile Research Associations, state governments and industry associations to improve scheme implementation and outreach to textile enterprises.
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