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Komal gupta

18/01/22 12:20 PM IST

Source: PIB

National Technical Textiles Mission

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The Ministry of Textiles cleared 20 strategic research projects in the areas of Specialty fibres and Geotextiles which fall under the Flagship Programme ‘National Technical Textiles Mission.’ 

National Technical Textiles Mission

  • It was approved in 2020 by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) with the aim to position the country as a global leader in technical textiles and increase the use of technical textiles in the domestic market.
  • It aims at taking the domestic market size from USD 40 billion to USD 50 billion by 2024.

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