Lok Sabha Question No. 5299 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: Technical Textile Sector
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Ravneet Singh

## TECHNICAL TEXTILE SECTOR

## 5299. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

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

(a) whether the Government intends to organize various events to increase investment and the industry's overall thrust in the technical textile sector;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise especially in the State of Punjab;

(c)  whether  the  Government  is  taking  any  measures  to  improve  the  quality  of  these  technical  textile products and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the details of the total technical textile exports during the last three years, year-wise and countrywise; and

(e) whether the Government is taking any other measures to support the immense potential for trade and investment with foreign countries in the technical textile sector and if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER )

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर्

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a) & (b): With  an  objective  to  position  the  country  as  a  global  leader  in  Technical  Textiles, National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) has been approved at a total outlay of Rs.1,480 Crore; with a four year implementation period from FY 2020-21 to 2023-24.  In order to promote Technical Textiles in the country, a series of stakeholders events/ conferences were organized viz: -

- (i) International Conference on Technical Textiles with the theme 'Creating the Winning Leap' was held on 12 th March 2022 at New Delhi.
- (ii) 5 th National  Conclave  on  Standards  for  Technical  Textiles -  'Building  Standards  for India@2047' was held on 10 th June 2022 at New Delhi.
- (iii) Conference on Geotextiles & Agrotextiles was held on 23 rd August, 2022 at Imphal, Manipur.
- (iv) 'National Conclave on Protech' was held on16 th November 2022 at New Delhi.
- (v) 'International Conference on Technical Textiles' was held in partnership with Department of Textiles, Govt. of Tamil Nadu at Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 25 th -26 th November, 2022
- (vi) TechnoTex  2023-  International  exhibition  and  conference,  was  organized  with  the  theme 'Envisioning Indian Technical Textiles @ 2047' from 22nd   - 24th February 2023 at Mumbai.
- (vii) One-day National Conference on Geo-Textiles- 'PM Gati Shakti Scheme: Leveraging growth opportunity for Geotextiles' was held on 24 th March 2023 at New Delhi.

(c): The Bureau of Indian Standards has notified 500+ Standards for technical textiles items. In this connection,  5 th National  Conclave  on  Standards  for  Technical  Textiles  -  'Building  Standards  for India@2047' was held on 10 th June 2022 at New Delhi.

(d): The total technical textiles exports during the last three years is listed as under:-

| Year    | Exports (Rs. In Crores)   |
|---------|---------------------------|
| 2019-20 | 14,193.15                 |
| 2020-21 | 16,123.53                 |
| 2021-22 | 21,200.12                 |

(e): The other initiatives taken by the Government to encourage the technical textiles industry in the country are:-

- (i) 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.
- (ii) 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 INR 20000 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.
- (iii) 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.
- (iv) In  addition to 207 HSN codes in technical textiles, 32 new HSN codes for technical textiles items were notified in the Finance Bill 2022.
- (v) Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) has been assigned the role of the Export Promotion Council for promotion of Technical Textiles.

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