Lok Sabha Question No. 5693 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Adequacy of R&D facilities in Textile Sector
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5693 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26-07-2019

## 'ADEQUECY OF R&D FACILITIES IN TEXTILE SECTOR'

## 5693. DR. T. SUMATHY (A) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of notified textile products / fibres including technical products produced in the country as on date;
- (b) the details regarding adequacy of Research and Development facilities available in the country in Textile sector for bringing out new products;
- (c) the details of indigenously discovered, produced and successfully marketed new fibres during the last ten years, if any; and
- (d) whether the Government is in the process of holding bilateral  discussions  with  other countries for the development / introduction of new technical products in textile sector, if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्मृ तत ज़ू बिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a): 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 at Annexure.
- (b): For  Research  and  Development  activities  in  Textile  sector,  the  Government  has established eight Centers 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   |

(c): 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.

(d): 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 such as M/s Teijin Frontier Corporation, Japan has 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.

## Annexure

|   S. No. | Chapter    | Items                                                                                                             |
|----------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Chapter 50 | Silk                                                                                                              |
|        2 | Chapter 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair, horsechair yarn and woven fabric                                                |
|        3 | Chapter 52 | Cotton                                                                                                            |
|        4 | Chapter 53 | Other vegetable textile fibres, paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn                                        |
|        5 | Chapter 54 | Man-made filaments                                                                                                |
|        6 | Chapter 55 | Man-made staple fibres                                                                                            |
|        7 | Chapter 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof                 |
|        8 | Chapter 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings                                                                         |
|        9 | Chapter 58 | Special woven fabrics, tufted textile fabrics, lace, tapes- tries, trimmings, embroidery                          |
|       10 | Chapter 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics, textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use |
|       11 | Chapter 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics                                                                                      |
|       12 | Chapter 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted                                                |
|       13 | Chapter 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted                                            |
|       14 | Chapter 63 | Other made up textile articles, sets, worn clothing and worn textile articles, rags                               |

Apart from the above, 207 technical textile products have been notified  by DGFT notification No.5412015-2020 dated 15.01.2019 with new HSN codes.

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