Lok Sabha Question No. 474 (STARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: National Technical Textiles Mission
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Sanjeev Kumar Singari

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *474 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2023

## NATIONAL TECHNICAL TEXTILES MISSION

## *474. DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI:

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

- (a) the details of the progress of the National Technical Textiles Mission;
- (b) the details of textiles recognised in the State of Andhra Pradesh under the Mission; and
- (c) the details of funds allocated to the chosen textiles?

उत्तर ANSWER वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री पीयूष गोयल ) MINISTER OF TEXTILES

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (c):A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.474 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 05.04.2023 RAISED BY DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI ON NATIONAL TECHNICAL TEXTILES MISSION .

(a) to (c): With an objective to position the country as a global leader in Technical Textiles, National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) has been approved with a total outlay of Rs.1,480 Crore; with a four year implementation period from FY 2020-21 to 2023-24. In order to develop high-end technical textiles  products  indigenously  thereby  reducing  dependency  on  imports  and  enhancing  exports, Government had allocated Rs 1,000 Crores under Component I of National Technical Textiles Mission specifically  for  Research,  Innovation  and  Development.  Under  this  component,  so  far,  89  research projects  worth  Rs.264  crores  have  been  awarded  to  premier  research  institutes  of  the  country,  for undertaking research in the field of technical textiles. All 12 segments of Technical Textiles have been identified/ taken up for research projects from the Government /Public funded Institutes from all over the country including Andhra Pradesh.

The initiatives taken by the Government to encourage the technical textiles industry under NTTM in the country are:-

- (i) In order to promote Technical Textiles, 8 stakeholders events/ conferences on various segments were organized in the country.
- (ii) Issued General  Guidelines  for Enabling  of Academic  Institutes in Technical  Textiles' Education in India: For Private & Public Institutes, with the objective of improving learning levels  by  encouraging  new  Technical  Textiles  Degree  Programme  (UG  &  PG),  updating existing conventional degree programmes with new papers of Technical Textiles etc. Grant to be given for procurement of Laboratory equipment and training for faculty.
- (iii) Launched Scheme for Internship Support in Technical Textiles (GIST) with the objective of supporting  academic  industry  linkages  in  the  domain  of  technical  textiles.  As  per  the guidelines, financial assistance upto Rs 20,000 per student per month (for a maximum period of 2 months) would be given to empanelled companies on re-imbursement basis, for onward release to eligible students.
- (iv) Launched Guidelines to support indigenous development of high-end machinery, equipment, tools,  and  testing  instruments  for  Technical  Textiles  in  India  and  establish  an  indigenous platform for domestic design, development, and manufacturing.
- (v) In  addition to 207 HSN codes in technical textiles, 32 new HSN codes for technical textiles items were notified in the Finance Bill 2022.
- (vi) Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) has been assigned the role of the Export Promotion Council for promotion of Technical Textiles.
- (vii) To promote Skilling and training in Technical textiles sector, a two-week Skilling programme was conducted by Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore wherein 124 Design Engineers were trained in Geotextiles Applications in Highway, Railways and Water Resources from 17 th till 28 th January 2022.

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