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dustry, Consumer Affairs, Food and
Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri
Piyush Goyal said we must encour-
age startups and young scientists in
the niche areas like Technical Textiles.
He said this during a review meeting
of Textile Research Associations
(TRA) on 3rd Nov 2022 in New Delhi.

Shri Piyush Goyal asked Textile Re-
search Associations (TRA) to submit
proposals to the Ministry for any sup-
port they require to reach world class
Textile Minister Piyush Goyal held a review meeting with the officials of
levels of robust state-of-the-art labs,
Textile Research Associations. He asked Textile Research Associations
modern machinery, amongst others.
(TRA) to submit proposals to the Ministry for any support they require to
The Ministeradded that the Bureau of
reach world class levels of robust state-of-the-art labs, modern machin-
Indian Standards could provide nec-
ery, amongst others.
essary support in modernizing the
labs of TRAs. manship of Union Minister Shri Piy- research on HEPA Filters, which has
ush Goyal was attended by Dr VK a huge potential in future. He also
In consonance with the vision to fos-
Saraswat, Member (Science and asked TRAs to identify the products
ter innovation and drive science-cen-
Technology), NITI Aayog, Prof. Ajay which are mainly imported and urged
tric sustainable growth, Shri Piyush
K. Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser them to direct their research activi-
Goyal suggested to create a special
(PSA) to the Government of India and ties to these products in order to
fund to increase the number of scien-
representative of 8 TRAs (affiliated achieve self-sustainability.
tists in TRAs.
bodies under the Ministry of Textile),
During the review meeting, presenta-
Minister pointed out the need to as- namely, Ahmedabad Textile Industry's
tions were made by the TRAs, high-
sess the projects till their last mile Research Association (ATIRA)
lighting their performance over the last
success and added that the projects Ahmedabad, The Bombay Textile Re-
decade which including their research
may be sanctioned accordingly to search Association (BTRA) Mumbai,
projects, patents status, machinery
make them commercially viable.He Man-Made Textiles Research Associ-
and equipment statistics and strate-
noted that for medical textiles the re- ation (MANTRA) Surat, Northern In-
gies for future.
search is incomplete without the clin- dia Textile Research Association (NI-
ical trials. Therefore,costs associat- TRA) Ghaziabad, Synthetic & Art Silk MoT clears 20 Strate-
ed with clinical trials may also be tak- Mills Research Association (SAS-
en into account while recommending MIRA) Mumbai, South India Textile gic Projects under the
future projects in Technical Textiles. Research Association (SITRA) National Technical Tex-
Coimbatore,Wool Research Associa-
He directed the officials to Fastrack tion (WRA), Thane, and Indian Jute tiles Mission (NTTM)
the clearance of patents filed by Gov-
Industries’ Research Association
ernment related bodies, in a time 5 Projects of Speciality Fibres, 6
(IJIRA) Kolkata.
bound manner. He also discussed Projects of Agro-textiles, 2
ways to restructure TRAs by enhanc- Dr V K Saraswat, Member (Science Projects from Smart Textiles, 2
ing research & innovation in textiles, and Technology), NITI Aayog, said that from protective gear and apparel,
adding further impetus to the sector TRAs need to work on taking their re- 2 from geotextiles, 1 from ac-
as it emerges as a global hub for qual- search at commercially viable level tivewear apparels, 1 from strate-
gic application area, 1 from sports
ity & competitiveness. and bring the final product to the mar- textiles approved. Minister ac-
ket. He highlighted that the focus is
Shri Goyal asked to explore the pos- claimed the efforts and contribu-
required on reducing the imports of tions made by the scientists and
sibilities of merging TRAs or foster-
important products and increase their technologists of the country in in-
ing partnership among TRAs engaged
indigenous production. novation and indigenization. Indus-
in similar kind of research in order to
try and Academia linkages are
bring synergy among these bodies. He
Prof Ajay K. Sood, Principal Scientif- essential for the growth of R&D in
also instructed that the quarterly en- Technical Textiles. Ideation and
ic Adviser (PSA) to the Government
gagement of TRAs with the Ministry Prototyping R&D projects upto INR
of India, highlighted the importance
be institutionalized. 1Cr to be supported under NTTM
of having incubation centers in
The review meeting under the Chair- TRAs.He emphasized on the need to Ministry of Textiles cleared 20 strate-
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