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Adequecy of R&D Facilities in Textile Sector

Published: July 30, 2019

Author: TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN

For Research and Development activities in Textile sector, the Government has established eight Centres of Excellences (CoEs) in technical textiles which are as under:

S.No.	Name of COEs	Area	S.No.	Name of CoEs	Area
1.	Bombay Textile Research Association, Mumbai	Geotech	5.	DKTE Society’s Textile and Engineering Institute, Kolhapur	Non-Wovens
2.	Synthetic & Art Silk Mills’ Research Association, Mumbai	Agrotech	6.	PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore	Indutech
3.	Northern India Textile Research Association, Ghaziabad	Protech	7.	Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association, Ahmedabad	Composites
4.	South India Textile Research Association Coimbatore	Meditech	8.	Wool Research Association, Thane	Sportech

Glass fibres and composites are produced and marketed in India. Other modified polymer new synthetic fibres / filaments which are being potentially developed in the country are: flame retardant Poly Ethylene Terephthalate (PET), Antimicrobial PET, HOLLOW PET, Trilobal PET, Conjugate staple PET, Moisture management PET filament, Ultraviolet Resistant Polypropylene. Basic research is being conducted in developing fibre from indigenously available Himalayan plant sources such as flax and nettle.

Government is in discussion with technical textiles manufacturers in Japan for possible investment by Japanese textile manufacturers in India through joint ventures and technological collaborations. A high level official delegation had visited Japan in February, 2019, in which some of the leading manufacturers like M/s Teijin Frontier Corporation, Japan expressed their interest in investing in the field of textiles manufacturing in India. The Indian Technical Textiles Association (ITTA), which was also a part of the high level Indian delegation to Japan is working towards business-to-business partnership and joint venture proposals with their Japanese counterparts.

The number of textile products / fibres including technical products, produced in the country, notified by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, as on date is given below:

S. No.	Chapter	Items
	Chapter 50	Silk
	Chapter 51	Wool, fine or coarse animal hair, horse hair yarn and woven fabric
	Chapter 52	Cotton
	Chapter 53	Other vegetable textile fibres, paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
	Chapter 54	Man-made filaments
	Chapter 55	Man-made staple fibres
	Chapter 56	Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
	Chapter 57	Carpets and other textile floor coverings
	Chapter 58	Special woven fabrics, tufted textile fabrics, lace, tapes- tries, trimmings, embroidery
	Chapter 59	Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics, textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use
	Chapter 60	Knitted or crocheted fabrics
	Chapter 61	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
	Chapter 62	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
	Chapter 63	Other made up textile articles, sets, worn clothing and worn textile articles, rags