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A. REGULAR MEMBERSHIP
The following categories of regular membership are available:
1. FULL MEMBER - Textile units situated in South India can become full members
2. ASSOCIATE MEMBER - Textile units situated outside South India as well as in foreign countries may become associate members
Membership benefits
The membership facilities as well as services available to full members and associate members are identical except that associate members do not have any voting rights.
Salient features of membership facilities:
- Entitlement to publications-all research/study reports, SITRA News, Trends, Focus etc. are sent to members at free of cost.
- Liaison visits – in the case of member mills within the country, will be made free of cost. In the case of Overseas members, all travelling and halting expenses for such visits will have to be borne by the concerned mills.
- Inter-firm studies on Financial Performance and Productivity will be made available at free of cost.
- Other services – testing, training and consultancy are offered on priority, at concessional rates.
- SITRA has a well-stocked library containing more than 23000 books and bound volumes of periodicals and has been receiving over 230 journals. Two library cards are made available to members for borrowing books.
Membership fees
The following are the fees payable by members:
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Category of membership |
Installed capacity |
Capital contribution (payable at the time of enrolment) (Rs) |
Recurring* contribution (payable annually) (Rs) |
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Full members
(For mills in SITRA region covering Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry) |
per spindle
per rotor
per shuttle loom
per shuttleless loom |
2.50
15.00
125.00
250.00
(sub. to a min. of Rs 25000) |
1.00
5.00
40.00
80.00
(sub. to a min. of Rs 10000 & a max. of Rs 75000 per unit) |
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Associate members
(For mills outside SITRA region including overseas mills) |
per spindle
per rotor
per shuttle loom
per shuttleless loom |
Admission fee
: Rs 20000 |
1.00
5.00
40.00
80.00
(sub. to a min. of Rs 10000 & a max. of Rs 25000 per unit) |
* plus 12.36% service tax
- The financial year of SITRA commences from 1st April.
- Capital/annual recurring contributions are levied on the basis of installed capacity and not on ‘working capacity’.
- The above contributions are also payable on any subsequent increase in the installed capacity at the rates prevailing at that time.
- Packing/forwarding expenses for SITRA publications, for members outside India – Rs 2500 per annum.
B. TECHNICAL SERVICE CARD (TSC) HOLDERS
Limited membership facilities are extended to Small Scale Spinning Mills, Allied and Non-Textile units under Technical Service Card.
The fees structure of Technical Service Card are as follows.
1. For Small Spinning Mills - Rs 4000/annum (plus 12.36% service tax)
(below 10000 spindles capacity)
2. For Allied and Non-Textile units
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Annual turnover |
Fees per annum* (Rs) |
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Up to Rs 10 crores |
4000/- |
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Above Rs 10 crores and up to Rs 25 crores |
10000/- |
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Above Rs 25 crores |
Rs 10000/- plus Rs 300/- for every additional turnover of Rs one crore, over and above Rs 25 crores, subject to a total maximum fees of Rs 15000/- |
* plus 12.36% service tax
For relevant application form to enrol as SITRA regular member or to be admitted as Technical Service Card Holder, please click the appropriate entry from the following list and forward it to SITRA after duly completing.
Membership Form
TSC : Small Spinning mills
TSC : Allied and Non-Textile units
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