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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Parbhani, Maharashtra. India’s first solar power-enabled textile mill the Jai Bhawani Women’s Cooperative Textile Mill will be established at Parbhani district of Maharashtra. This will also be Asia’s first solar-powered textile mill.

Detailed explanation-2: -Key Highlights. The Jai Bhawani Women cooperative textile mill is spread across 30 acres of land. It will majorly process cotton to cloth. The mill will undertake a lot of activities including ginning, pressing, weaving and spinning of cotton.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hitachi Astemo installed its India’s first ground mounted solar power plant of 3 megawatt (MW) at its Jalgaon manufacturing plant. Hitachi Astemo has installed its India’s first solar power plant at Jalgaon manufacturing plant in Maharashtra. The 3 megawatts (MW) solar power plant will be built in an area of 43301 sqm.