Lok Sabha Question No. 2840 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Initiatives undertaken under NTTM
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Ms. S Jothimani

## INITIATIVES UNDERTAKEN UNDER NTTM

## 2840. MS. S JOTHIMANI:

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

(a) the specific initiatives have been undertaken under the National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) in Tamil Nadu over the past five years;

(b) the details of projects, funding allocations and their current status in the last five years for the State of Tamil Nadu, district-wise;

(c) whether the Government can provide a district-wise distribution of technical textile units established or upgraded in Tamil Nadu under the NTTM, along with details of the types of technical textiles being produced; and

(d)  the  measures  that  have  been  taken  to  promote  technical  textiles  in  Karur  and  Vedasandur  and  its impact on production capacity and market expansion?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री ( श्री पबित्र मार्घेररटा )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA)

(a) & (b): Since the launch of the National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) from 2020-21, support is  being  provided  for  Research  and  Development,  Start-ups,  Skill  Development,  Export  promotion  in technical textiles. These initiatives are expected to benefit various technical textile clusters across India including clusters in the state of Tamil Nadu. The details of the research projects approved under NTTM, their funding allocations and current status for the State of Tamil Nadu are at Annexure-A .

(c) & (d): The scope of the Mission does not cover the establishment or upgradation of Technical Textiles units. However, the initiatives undertaken under NTTM towards development of new products, R&D  activities,  generation  of  domestic  demand  through  market  promotion,  export  promotion  and skilling ecosystem have helped development of technical textiles industry across the country including Tamil  Nadu.  Further,  to  achieve  these  initiatives,  three  National/International  conferences  have  been organized in association with the Government of Tamil Nadu.

## Details of research projects approved under NTTM, their funding allocations and current status for the State of Tamil Nadu

|   S. No. | Research Project Title                                                                                                                        | Implementing Institute      | Approved Grant (INR)   | Status of Project                     |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|        1 | Design and development of facile high throughput needle less electrospinning set-up                                                           | SITRA, Coimbatore           | 1,89,65,000            | Under Progress                        |
|        2 | Development of natural herbal extract coated seed protection bag using natural fiber with long lasting mechanical and insecticidal properties | SITRA, Coimbatore           | 50,00,000              | Under Progress                        |
|        3 | Municipal Solid Waste (Soil Like Material) and Geotextile Interaction Study for Pavement Subgrade and Embankment Applications in Soft Ground  | NIT-Trichy, Tiruchirappalli | 30,31,520              | Under Progress                        |
|        4 | 3D Printed protein-based textile fibers                                                                                                       | IIT-Madras, Chennai         | 1,00,00,000            | Completion report is under evaluation |
|        5 | Studies on the Ballistic Energy Absorption of Polyethylene Coated Aramid Fabrics                                                              | IIT-Madras, Chennai         | 26,90,000              | Under Progress                        |
|        6 | Additive Manufacturing of Technical Textiles for Sustainable Mobility- Agro Waste Based Materials and Product Design                          | IIT-Madras, Chennai         | 99,94,600              | Under Progress                        |
|        7 | Boron-doped diamond coated corrosion-resistant carbon materials for electro-organic synthesis, energy, and clean water applications           | IIT-Madras, Chennai         | 6,99,90,000            | Under Progress                        |
|        8 | Fabrication of flexible conductive fibres/fabric for wearable electronic textiles                                                             | CSIR-CECRI, Sekkalakottai   | 1,00,00,000            | Under Progress                        |
|        9 | Design and development of fabric antibody embedded matrix for tuberculosis screening                                                          | IIT-Madras, Chennai         | 50,00,000              | Under Progress                        |
|       10 | Conductive yarns embroidered e- textile wearable systems for health and sports application.                                                   | CSIR-CECRI, Sekkalakottai   | 55,54,800              | Under Progress                        |
|       11 | Development of Seaweed-derived Cellulose and Phytochemicals as Cost-efficient Additive Composite for Medical-grade Textiles                   | CSIR-CECRI, Sekkalakottai   | 51,48,264              | Under Progress                        |