Madhya Pradesh's PM MITRA Textile Park Emerges as National Leader with Record Investment
Madhya Pradesh's PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Park in Dhar district has established itself as the clear frontrunner among India's seven designated textile mega parks. The park has achieved the highest level of committed investment and demonstrated the fastest pace of land allotment, significantly outpacing competing locations that remain in earlier implementation stages.
Strategic Vision and Implementation Success
Operating under the Centre's comprehensive 5F vision—farm to fibre to factory to fashion to foreign—the park represents a transformative approach to textile manufacturing. The initiative aims to create integrated manufacturing infrastructure, upgrade technological capabilities, foster innovation ecosystems, enhance workforce skills, and substantially reduce production costs across the entire textile value chain.
In the recently completed second phase of allotment in Madhya Pradesh, authorities allocated 320 acres to 13 companies proposing investments of approximately Rs 7,500 crore. This phase alone is expected to generate more than 16,000 direct employment opportunities. This builds upon earlier progress where around 1,130 acres had already been allotted, with officials now expediting lease execution and plot possession ahead of the upcoming third phase.
Investor Confidence and Anchor Commitments
Industry leaders have expressed strong confidence in the Madhya Pradesh location. Rajkumar Ramasamy, managing director of a Tamil Nadu-based textile company planning to invest Rs 981 crore in the park, explained their decision: "We are establishing an integrated unit to supply fibre to our existing plants. The favourable industrial climate in Madhya Pradesh, coupled with our successful pilot project in Ujjain, made this an attractive opportunity. We are optimistic about growth in MP, especially given its accessibility to raw material and supportive policies."
A major anchor investor, Bhilosa Industries, has proposed an investment of approximately Rs 4,500 crore over 200 acres, with expectations of generating 3,500 jobs. This substantial commitment is particularly significant as it strengthens the man-made fibre ecosystem in central India.
Competitive Advantages Driving Success
Industry analysts attribute Madhya Pradesh's leadership position to several key factors:
- Faster development of physical infrastructure
- Streamlined approval processes
- Proactive investor outreach initiatives
- Integrated planning of social infrastructure including housing, healthcare, education, and recreation facilities around the park
Industry participants conducting comparative studies of all seven PM MITRA parks identified Madhya Pradesh's advantages as including an early start, competitive power tariffs, and strong traction from anchor industries. The competitive power prices offered by the state significantly improve project viability and long-term cost efficiencies.
Sanjay Agrawal, managing director of NASAS Fibre to Fashion, detailed their approach: "We are developing a 30-acre integrated project inside the PM MITRA park in Madhya Pradesh, covering knitting, dyeing, and garmenting on one campus. The EU tariff advantage, combined with plug-and-play infrastructure and state garment and labour incentives, makes integrated manufacturing cost-effective and globally compliant, exactly what European buyers are now seeking."
Comprehensive Progress and Future Focus
Chandramauli Shukla, managing director of MPIDC, provided comprehensive figures: "Response from industries is very encouraging for the park. So far, 38 firms have submitted proposals with cumulative investment commitments crossing Rs 21,500 crore, which are expected to generate nearly 55,000 jobs. Our priority now is to accelerate plot possession, build social infrastructure, and ensure early commissioning of anchor units so that integrated textile manufacturing begins at scale."
National Context and Comparative Progress
The seven PM MITRA parks have been approved across Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra under a central outlay of Rs 4,445 crore. Each park targets large-scale textile investment and employment generation. Among these, five are greenfield sites, while two brownfield locations—Amravati in Maharashtra and Warangal in Telangana—are being developed on existing industrial land.
Progress across states remains uneven. Telangana has grounded investments of about Rs 3,862 crore with 540 acres allotted, while Tamil Nadu has completed land acquisition and secured clearances with proposals of about Rs 2,076 crore. Maharashtra has initiated land allotment, while other states remain at preparatory or early implementation stages.
This information was formally provided by Pabitra Margherita, minister of state for textiles, in a written reply to a parliamentary question in the Lok Sabha.
A senior textile ministry official, speaking anonymously, outlined the next phase: "Maharashtra started the process of inviting investment proposals and DPRs for the projects being developed on the PPP mode were also ready. Infrastructure work is in process in all the seven parks and the next phase of the programme will focus on fast-tracking infrastructure completion, attracting large anchor investors and enabling integrated value chains from fibre to finished apparel."
