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by the Ministry of Textiles under the
NTTM to develop and implement stan-
dards for the technical textiles items
and produce and market quality prod-
ucts that are at par with international
standards.
She highlighted that one of the most
prominent applications of technical
textiles is in protective segment,
which are used for its functional per-
formance in the areas of protection.
Focus should be on indigenization of
technology and implementation of
quality standards in niche Protech
items, given the spur in global de-
mand and usage for Protech products,
she further added.
Ms. Roop Rashi, Textile Commissioner,
Ministry of Textiles, Government of
India, in her address she mentioned
that there is a need to focus on out-
come-oriented R&D in the sector, and
given Ministry of Textiles’ focus on
R&D which is a major component of
the NTTM, tremendous growth is an-
ticipated in the coming years. She
apprised about the Government’s ef-
forts on resolving issues in this sec-
tor in terms of credit support, subsi-
dy support, facilitation of investment
flow among others. She mentioned
that the Technical Textiles industry will
cation ecosystem and skilled work- Mission etc. He highlighted that the
be a catalyst to fulfil India’s vision of
force in the field of technical textiles Government of India is promoting in-
Industry 4.0.
with the development of new courses digenous manufacture of technical
Mr. Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary, & laboratory infrastructure in techni- textiles to explore the global opportu-
Ministry of Textiles, Government of cal textiles, amongst others to pro- nities and cater to the domestic de-
India, presented on the credentials of mote the growth of technical textiles mand as well.
Indian technical textiles market, es- in India.
Mr. Amit Agarwal, Chairman, ITTA,
pecially protech, to the august gath-
Mr. Raj Kumar Jain, Chairman, NITRA, highlighted that protective textiles are
ering of the conclave. He emphasized
said that the market for Technical Tex- not only used in fire scenarios, but
on the National Technical Textiles Mis-
tiles is expanding as the products are have wider usage in many hazardous
sion (NTTM) and its components in-
being put to use by an ever-increas- prone activities related to energy
cluding Research, Development and
ing number of end users in various transmission, radiation energy,
Innovation; Skilling, Training and Ed-
industries such as protective wear, amongst others. He stated that there
ucation; Promotion and Market Devel-
agriculture, amongst others. Further- exists a huge potential for protective
opment; and Export Promotion.
more, with the increase in disposable textiles in India given increasing ex-
He highlighted on the various initia- income, the consumption of techni- posure to hazards and presence of
tives undertaken under the mission cal textiles is expected to increase five crore people in organized and al-
such as supporting R&D Projects in even in retail households in the near most equal people in unorganized
niche and strategic Protech areas, future. He appreciated Ministry of Tex- sector. India should focus on enhanc-
QCOs on 12 protech items, among tiles for launching many Schemes for ing the standardization for technical
others. He stated that the Govern- growth and development of technical textiles items, he added. He empha-
ment will soon be coming up with textiles such as PLI scheme, PM sized that mandation for the use of
guidelines to support create an edu- MITRA, National Technical Textiles technical textiles by user industry

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