TECHNICAL TEXTILES

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TECHNICAL TEXTILES

Enabling Academic Institute and degrees (graduate and Postgraduate) in technical textiles

Grant for Internship Support in Technical Textiles (GIST)

What are technical textiles?

They are functional fabrics that have applications across various industries including automobiles, civil engineering and construction, agriculture, healthcare, industrial safety, personal protection etc.

Based on usage, there are 12 technical textile segments: Agrotech, Meditech, Buildtech, Mobiltech, Clothtech, Oekotech, Geotech, Packtech, Hometech, Protech, Indutech and Sportech.

The penetration level of technical textiles is low in India varying between 5-10% against the level of 30-70% in developed countries.

The biggest players are the USA, western Europe, China and Japan (20-40% share).

What is the National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM)?

It was approved in 2020 for four years period (FY 2020-21 to FY 2023-24) to position India as a global leader in Technical Textiles.

It further aims to increase the domestic market size of technical textiles from USD 40 billion to USD 50 billion by 2024.

It has four components: R&D; Development of the market for technical textiles; export promotion, and focus on education, training and skill development.