Government Schemes in India play a crucial role in solving many socio-economic problems that beset Indian society, and thus their awareness is a must for any concerned citizen. These are launched by the government to address the social and economic welfare of the citizens of this nation. The government has approved the launching of a new Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS) to establish four to six Brown Field projects and three to five Green Field projects to address the environmental issues faced by the textile processing units.

TOPICS COVERED IN THE ARTICLE

  • Integrated Processing Development Scheme
  • Projects under the scheme
  • Benefits to textile industry

 INTEGRATED PROCESSING DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

The scheme will provide government support for establishing common infrastructure to catalyse private sector investments in the major processing clusters. The new Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS) aimed at addressing the environmental concerns faced by textiles units has been given approval by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA).

What is IPDS?

Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS) is a government sponsored scheme to be implemented during the 12th Five Year Plan at a total cost of Rs 500 crore. Under this scheme, four to six brown field projects and three to five green field projects would be established to address the environmental issues faced by textile processing units.

PROJECTS UNDER THE SCHEME

  • Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)
  • Infrastructure such as storm water management, necessary roads and pipelines for water & wastewater
  • Captive power generation on technology preferably renewable/green technology
  • Facility for testing and R&D centres.

HOW WOULD IPDS BENEFIT THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY

The IPDS will help the textiles industry to become competitive on the global scale by adopting environmentally friendly processing standards and technology and by setting up new processing parks. It will support the upgradation of existing processing clusters/centres specifically in the field of water and waste water management and also promote research and development work in the textiles-processing sector.

In order to test the dynamic knowledge of the candidate, UPSC and other Government  Exams will have questions regarding the various schemes overseen by the Government of India. So the candidate is required to know about these schemes. More government schemes here