The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) will set up a ‘textile park’ near the Jewar airport in Greater Noida. The authority has agreed to allot a 200-acre land to 100 textile businessmen for setting up the park. The textile park will give a boost to the industry. It will create nearly 5 lakh jobs; 90 per cent of these employees will be women. The Jewar international airport will help in the import and export of goods
The Yamuna Authority issued a list of 240 units for the park. The industries include those for textiles, telecommunications, X-ray machines, air-conditioning, copper metal parts, cotton, cycle, milk testing and its products. In addition to this, if the authority receives any new and unique type non-polluting proposals, they may consider it for allotment.
The eligible entities could be individual, proprietorship firm, registered partnership firm, registered trust, registered society, private limited company, public limited company, government/semi-government undertaking/department, etc. The scheme is for allotment of industrial plot having an area above 4,000 sq. mt. only.
