Lok Sabha Question No. 4451 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Sustainability of Textile Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2022

## SUSTAINABILITY OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY

## 4451. DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government has considered improving sustainability of textile industries through use of natural dyes, natural fabric, recycling etc.;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the amount of funds invested into research and development for the same;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  identify  and  reward  textile  manufacturers  who  have  been making textile products sustainable;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  studies  to  understand  the  adverse  effect  of  synthetics  in Textiles including the effluents and residue of the same; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof including the actions taken thereon to mitigate the same?

उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES

(SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

- (a) & (b): The Government has approved followings projects under the Research & Development scheme for improving sustainability of textile industries. The details are as under:-

(Rs. In Lakhs)

|   S. No | Project name                                                                                                                                                      | Name of TRA/ Institution   |   Sanctioned amount |   Released amount till date. |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
|       1 | Development of alternative eco-friendly process for reduction clearing of dyed or printed polyester fabric using oxidation technique including advance oxidation. | MANTRA, Surat              |               17.78 |                        7.112 |
|       2 | Development of Eco-clothing by greener reduction process of natural indigo dye.                                                                                   | SITRA, Coimbatore          |                8.64 |                        3.456 |
|       3 | Coating / Finishing of Textile based on jute and other natural fibre for technical applications.                                                                  | DJFT, Kolkata              |               17.5  |                        9.625 |

| 4.   | Development of Eco-friendly Natural Fibre Based Textiles (OEKO-TECH Products) with simultaneous Natural Dyeing and Natural Finishing and to establish Natural dye / finish Mark   | DJFT, Kolkata   |   38.5 |   26.95 |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|--------|---------|
|      |                                                                                                                                                                                   | Total           |  82.42 |  47.143 |

(c) & (d): So  far,  the  Government  has  not  formulated  any  plans  to  identify  and  reward  textile manufacturers who have been making textile products sustainable.

(e) & (f): The  Government  has  approved  one  project  to  Bombay  Textile  Research  Assocation (BTRA) for the study on effluents management in Textile processing Industries titled as 'Analysis of Eco-management in Indian textile processing Industry'. The Outcomes of this project are as under:-

- i) 49 units (45 mills and 4 CETP's) were audited to understand the current status/level of the eco management system.
2. ii) The Data was generated for listing of the significant impacts, water and fuel consumption in the processing plant, inlet and outlet effluent characteristics, air emissions/pollution levels etc.
3. iii) Awareness and Knowledge sharing Conference for the participating mills as well as for others in textile industry was organized on 27 th April 2018.  The topics on need of eco management status and need, Chemical management system, ETP-ZLD case study, overall sustainability case study and  Energy  conservation  in  textile  processing  industry  were  discussed.    Also,  the  in-depth Training program for participating mills as well for others was designed and conducted in BTRA Mumbai from 20 th Aug 2018 to 25 th Aug 2018 and 25 th Sept to 29 th Sept 2018.
4. iv) The review audit was carried out in mills. During the review audit the improvements were seen in  the  areas  like  understanding  and  preparation  of  water  balance  diagram,  process  wise  water consumption mapping, waste segregation, taking target for process water consumption reduction and awareness regarding the importance of Environmental management system (EMS).
- v) The problems faced by industry and gaps against EMS were identified and listed.

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