National Technical Textiles Mission gets nod

New Delhi, February 26

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Technical Textiles Mission with an outlay of Rs 1,480 crore to position India as a leading manufacturer of technical fabrics that are mostly used in industrial applications.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had in the Budget announced a proposal to set up the mission with a four-year implementation period from 2020-21 to 2023-24.

Technical textiles are material and products made primarily for their technical properties and functional requirements. These have wide usage such as agro-textiles, medical textiles, geo-textiles, protection-textiles, industrial-textiles, sports-textiles and many other usages.

Use of technical textiles have benefits of increased productivity in agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture fields, better protection of military, paramilitary, police and security forces, stronger and sturdier transportation infrastructure for highways, railways, ports and airports and in improving hygiene and health-care of general public. — PTI