Thousands of weavers in Telangana are at the centre of a major central push — and Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy laid out the numbers on Thursday, 30 July 2026, detailing how two flagship textile schemes are reshaping the state's fabric economy from Warangal to Yadadri Bhuvanagiri.

Warangal's textile park: ₹3,862 crore in and counting

The Warangal PM MITRA Textile Park — one of seven such parks sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) scheme — has already drawn ₹3,862 crore in investments, with additional investment interest touching ₹8,800 crore. The Centre has committed ₹30 crore for core infrastructure. When fully operational, the park is projected to generate approximately 24,500 jobs.

PM MITRA was announced in the Union Budget 2021-22 with an outlay of over ₹4,400 crore to build integrated value chains — spinning, weaving, processing, dyeing, and garmenting — under one roof. Warangal, a historic handloom centre, was among the sites selected precisely because it already carries the industrial and artisanal DNA a mega-park needs to hit the ground running.

Pochampally and Ranga Reddy: SITP's quiet but steady hand

Running parallel is the older Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP), launched in 2005 and credited with supporting more than 50 parks across India. In Telangana, two clusters are benefiting. The Pochampally Handloom Park Limited in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district — home to the globally recognised ikat saree tradition — has received central assistance of ₹13.60 crore. The White Gold Textile Park in Ranga Reddy district has received ₹32.48 crore.

Pochampally's inclusion is significant. The cluster's double-ikat weave carries a Geographical Indication tag, and its weavers — many working on pit looms in home workshops — have long needed modern infrastructure to compete in export markets without abandoning traditional technique. SITP funding targets exactly that gap: shared processing facilities, testing labs, and logistics support that individual weavers cannot finance alone.

Kishan Reddy's political stake in Telangana's textile story

As BJP's Telangana state president, Kishan Reddy has a clear political interest in amplifying central investment in the state — but the underlying numbers represent real policy commitments. His post frames the Modi government's outreach to weavers as part of a broader employment and welfare agenda, connecting two schemes that span more than two decades of central textile policy.

Successive governments have used dedicated park schemes to modernise handloom clusters, attract private capital, and grow India's textile export share. Telangana fits that pattern: concentrated weaving districts, a skilled artisan base, and proximity to southern ports. The question now is execution — whether infrastructure tendering at Warangal moves at the pace the investment interest demands, and whether utilisation certificates from the SITP parks translate into weavers actually earning more.

With ₹8,800 crore in expressed investment interest sitting above ₹3,862 crore already committed, the gap between intent and capital on the ground is the number to watch.