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Ministry of Textiles has invited proposals for constitution of a dedicated Export Promotion Council (EPC) for Technical Textiles vide Public Notice

Technical Textiles

• Technical textiles are material and products manufactured primarily for their technical properties and functional requirements rather than for aesthetic characteristics.
• The scope of use of technical textiles encompasses a wide range of applications 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, para-military, police and security forces, stronger and sturdier transportation infrastructure for highways, railways, ports and airports and in improving hygiene and healthcare of general public.
• In India, technical textiles hold immense growth opportunities both for the industry as well as across various applications.
  

Technical textiles industry in India

• Annual technical textile exports are now worth ₹14,000 crore.
• The government had set a target market size of $350 billion for technical textiles by 2024-2025 from the current $167 billion for the textile and clothing sector.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, in February this year, gave its approval to set up a National Technical Textiles Mission, with a four-year implementation period.
  • The export promotion council for technical textiles is one of the components of the mission.

Source: The Hindu