Explanation:

• Recently Tamil Nadu, in all probability, will be the location for Ministry of Textile’s ‘Mega Textile Park Scheme’.
• Under the formulated scheme, the state shall get three textile parks and a technology research centre. These parks will be sector-specific textile parks – a mega textile park, a technology park for textile machinery, a technical textiles park and a technology research centre.
• Building the mega textile park will require a minimum of 1,000 acres of land, and various locations have been suggested to the Centre in this regard.
• With an aim to make textile machinery production indigenous, the Textile Machinery Park is proposed to be developed in Surat and Coimbatore.
• The aim will either be achieved by developing technology in-house or by exporting from other countries.
• The infrastructure for Technical Textiles Park is likely to come up in Salem, while a technology research centre is expected to come up in Coimbatore.
• The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has welcomed the efforts of the Union Textile Ministry.Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), a Company registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act 1956.CITI works as an interface between the Government of India and Industry.