The 7th meeting of the Mission Steering Group of the National Technical Textiles Mission was presided over by Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday, and 18 R&D projects totaling Rs 46.74 crore were authorised, according to an official release. The projects that have been approved fall under the categories of Geotech, Protech, Indutech, Sustainable Textiles, Sportech, Smart E-Textiles, and Meditech segments’ major strategic areas.
The textiles minister said the industry’s proactive and robust engagement is essential for the indigenous development of technical textiles in India. Goyal also reviewed the progress of different components of the National Technical Textiles Mission, including review of sanctioned R&D products, R&D projects in Mission mode, formation of a committee for Startups in technical textiles under GREAT Guidelines and certain outreach activities and events.
Emphasis should be on R&D for globally highly imported technical textiles items, apart from import-dependent technical textiles items and speciality fibres in India. The progress on the education and training & skill development front was also reviewed by the minister wherein 26 applications from 15 public and 11 private institutes, valuing Rs 151.02 crore, were approved for introducing papers, procuring laboratory infrastructure and training of trainers across different application areas of technical textiles.
During the 7th MSG meeting, the Ministry of Textiles authorised 18 R&D projects totaling Rs 46.74 crore in the key strategic sectors of Geotech, Protech, Indutech, Sustainable Textiles, Sportech, Smart E-Textiles, and Meditech, according to a release. The 18 R&D initiatives include 1 ideation grant project, 3 prototype grant projects, and 14 high-value grant projects.
