Govt. has approved proposal for creation of National Technical Textiles Mission for 4 years : Irani

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New Delhi : The government has approved the proposal for creation of National Technical Textiles Mission for a period of 4 years (2020-21 to 2023-24) with an outlay of Rs 1,480 crore.

The focus of the Mission is will be on developing usage of technical textiles in various flagship missions, programmes of the country including strategic sectors. The use of technical textiles in agriculture, aquaculture, dairy, poultry, etc. Jal Jivan Mission; Swachch Bharat Mission; Ayushman Bharat will bring an overall improvement in cost economy, water and soil conservation, better agricultural productivity and higher income to farmers per acre of land holding in addition to promotion of manufacturing and exports activities in India. The use of geo-textiles in highways, railways and ports will result in robust infrastructure, reduced maintenance cost, and higher life cycle of the infrastructure assets.

Promotion of innovation amongst young engineering /technology/ science graduates is proposed to be taken up by the Mission along with creation of innovation and incubation centres and promotion of start-up and ventures. The research output will be reposited with a Trust with the Government for easy and assessable proliferation of the knowledge thus gained through research innovation and development activities.

A sub-component of the research will focus on development of bio degradable technical textiles materials, particularly for agro-textiles, geo-textiles and medical textiles. It will also develop suitable equipment for environmentally sustainable disposal of used technical textiles, with emphasis on safe disposal of medical and hygiene wastes. There is another important sub-component in the research activity aiming at development of indigenous machineries and process equipment for technical textiles, to promote Make In India and enable competitiveness of the industry by way of reduced capital costs.

The mission will work for holistic development of entire technical textile sector on pan-India basis and aims at generating 2 lakh jobs in organised/ unorganised sector in the country.This information was given by Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani, in written replies in the Rajya Sabha on March 19, 2020, according to a PIB release.