The subsidies are as follows:
a) Stand alone spinning units – 2% Interest Reimbursement (IR) for new stand alone/replacement/modernization of spinning machinery.
b) For units having spinning capacity with forward integration having matching capacity in weaving/ knitting/processing/garmenting – 5% IR.
c) Weaving – 
i) 6% IR and 15% capital subsidy on brand new shuttleless looms or 30% Margin Money Subsidy (MMS) on brand new shuttleless looms for powerloom sector.
ii) 2% IR or 8% MMS on second hand imported shuttleless looms with 10 years vintage and with a residual life of minimum 10 years.
iii) For 30% MMS – capital ceiling caps of RS. 5 crore and subsidy cap of Rs. 1.5 crore would be adhered to for encouraging adequate investments by the MSME sector.
d) Processing – 5% IR and 10% capital subsidy for specified processing machinery. CETP/ETP will not be considered for support under TUFS.
e) Garmenting – 5% IR and 10% capital subsidy on specified machinery for garmenting units.
f) Technical Textiles (including non-wovens) – 5% IR and 10% capital subsidy on specified machinery required in manufacture on technical textiles.
g) Handloom and silk sector – 5% IR or 30% capital subsidy on benchmarked machinery.
h) MSMEs including jute sector – 5% IR or 15% MMS– subsidy ceiling to be $ 115,384.
i) Other segments – i.e. cotton ginning and pressing, wool scouring, combing and carpet industry, synthetic filament yarn texturising, crimping and twisting, viscose staple fibre and viscose filament yarn, knitting and fabric embroidery,  weaving preparatory machines, made-up manufacturing, CAD, CAM and design studio and jute industry – 5%IR
j) Investments like factory buildings, pre-operative expenses and margin money for working capital are eligible for benefit of reimbursement

Under the scheme only for apparel and handloom sector with 50% cap of total new eligible investment under RR-TUFS. Land is altogether excluded from eligible investments under TUFS. This benefit, however, shall not be available for textile units under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP).
 

An exemption certificate is issued to enable quota/duty free entry of the eligible items of Handloom origin at the importing end. GSP certificates (Form A) is issued for the eligible items for the following tariff preference giving (donor) countries:

Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, United States of America (USA), Republic of Belarus, Russian Federation, and European Union.

The European Union includes 28 countries Viz. Austria, Belgium,Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands (Holland), Republic of Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom (UK).

Note: 
1) For Australia, the main requirement is exporter’s declaration on the normal commercial invoice. Form A accompanied by the normal commercial invoice is an acceptable alternative, but official certification is not required.

2) In case of Canada and New Zealand, Official Certification is not required.

3) The United States does not require GSP Form A. A declaration setting forth all pertinent detailed information concerning the production or manufacture of the merchandise is considered sufficient only if requested by the district collector of the Customs.

The Ministry of Textiles through the Textile Committee provides information on the various schemes available for the textile sector. The schemes are aimed at providing wholistic benefits and growth opportunities to this sector.

These schemes are:

1. Power-loom sector.
2. Technology upgradation.
3. Cluster development programme/ integrated textile parks.
4. Integrated Skill Development Scheme.
5. Technical Textiles

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The Export Promotion & Quality Assurance Division carries out functions under various Sections of The Textiles Committee Act, 1963 as under:

1) Conducting technical studies in the textile industry.
2) Promotion of textile exports.
3) Establishing, adopting and recognizing standard specifications for textiles and packing materials.
4) Specifying the type of quality control or inspection needs to be applied to textiles.
5) Providing training on the techniques of quality control to be applied to textiles.
6) Providing for inspection and examination of textiles and packing materials used in the packing of textiles.
7) Advising on the matters relating to development of textile industry and providing for such other matters.
8) Classification of textiles under Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS).