Seven sites were chosen out of 18 proposals for PM MITRA parks which were received from 13 States.
The Parks will come up inTamil Nadu, , Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
These are aimed at helping India to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 9: Build resilient Infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
It will offer the opportunity tocreate an Integrated Textiles Value Chainright from spinning, weaving, processing/dyeing and printing to garment manufacturing etc. at one location and will reduce the Logistics cost of the Industry.
ASpecial Purpose Vehicleowned by the Centre and State Government will be set up for each park which will overseethe implementation of the project.