TECHNICAL
TEXTILES - ECONOMY
News:
Textile Technology dept
at NIT Jalandhar gets grant of Rs 10 crore from Ministry of Textiles
What's
in the news?
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Department of Textile Technology of
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar has been awarded a substantial
grant of 10 crore rupees by the Ministry of Textile, government of India under
the scheme of National Technical Textile Mission.
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This grant marks a pivotal moment for the
departmental research and development endeavours in the technical textiles area.
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.
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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 250Billion USD.
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However, the annual average growth of the
segment is 12%, as compared to 4% world average growth.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.