NATIONAL TECHNICAL TEXTILES MISSION - ECONOMY
News: Projects cleared under National Technical Textiles Mission
What's
in the news?
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The number of strategic research projects
cleared by the Union Government under the National Technical Textiles Mission
has been raised to 20.
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The projects worth around 374 crore, are
in the fields of speciality fibre, Agro-textiles,
smart textiles etc.
● Despite the usage of speciality fibres in India, indigenisation of the technology is still a major challenge, according to Minister Piyush Goyal.
Technical
textiles:
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Technical textiles are textiles materials
and products manufactured primarily for technical
performance and functional properties rather than aesthetic characteristics.
● Technical Textiles products are divided into 12 broad categories (Agrotech, Buildtech, Clothtech, Geotech, Hometech, Indutech, Mobiltech, Meditech, Protech, Sportstech, Oekotech, Packtech) depending upon their application areas.
Technical
textiles in India:
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India shares nearly 6% of the world market
size of 250 Billion USD.
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However, the annual average growth of the
segment is 12%, as compared to 4% world average growth.
● The penetration level of technical textiles is low in India at 5-10%, against 30-70% in advanced countries.
National
Technical Textiles Mission:
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Aim: By
increasing the local market's size from USD 40 billion to USD 50 billion by
2024, the mission's goal is to establish India as a global leader in technical
textiles.
● Implementation Period: FY 2020-21 to 2023-24.
Components
of the mission:
The mission has four
components as follows.
1.
Research, Innovation and Development:
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Focus on research, innovation and
indigenous development of speciality fibres from Carbon, Nylon-66, Glass,
Aramid and other high technology polymers; increase the application of geotextiles,
agro-textiles, medical textiles, protective textiles and other segments of
technical textiles in various application areas.
2.
Promotion and Market Development:
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Promote awareness amongst users, bring in
large scale investments and encourage high-end technical textiles products.
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By 2024, the Mission intends to have an average annual growth of 15% to 20%.
3.
Export Promotion:
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Enhance India’s exports of technical
textiles by 2024 through focused attention on the highest traded products.
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It concentrates on export promotion in
order to increase technical textile exports from the nation from Rs 14,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore by
2021–2022, and to guarantee an annual average growth rate of 10% until the
Mission is completed.
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There will be an export promotion council
for technological textiles.
4.
Education, Training, Skill Development:
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Create robust human resources in the
country both through specialised higher education and skill development of
technical manpower of the country.
● The Mission will support technical education pertaining to technical textiles and their application fields at higher engineering and technology levels.
Implementation
Mechanism:
The mission will be
implemented through a 3-tier institutional mechanism constituting as follows.
1.
Mission Steering Group:
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It is chaired
by the Union Minister of Textiles.
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It is fully empowered to approve all
financial norms in respect of all Schemes, Components and programmes of the
NTTM. In addition, all scientific/technological research projects under the
NTTM shall require the approval of this Group.
2.
Empowered Programme Committee:
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It is chaired
by the Secretary, Ministry of Textiles. It will approve all projects within
the financial limit of each programme as approved by the Mission Steering
Group, except Research Projects.
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The EPC will also monitor the
implementations of various components of the Mission and guide the Mission
Directorate on implementation matters.
3.
Committee on Technical Textiles on Research, Development & Innovation:
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It is chaired
by Member(S&T), Niti Aayog.
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It will identify and recommend all
research projects related to strategic sectors such as defence, paramilitary,
security, space, and atomic energy to the Mission Steering Group for approval.