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MINISTRY OF TEXTILES.

RESOLUTION.

New Delhi, the 17th March, 2020.

S.O. 1148(E).—With a view to position the country as a global leader in Technical Textiles, National Technical Textiles Mission has been approved for creation at a total outlay of Rs.1480 Crore; with a four year implementation period from FY 2020-21 to 2023-24.Technical Textiles are futuristic and nice segment of textiles, which are used for various applications ranging from agriculture, roads, railway tracks, sportswear, health on one end to bullet proof jacket, fire proof jackets, high altitude combat gear and space applications on other end of spectrum. Technical textiles are textiles materials and products manufactured primarily for technical performance and functional properties rather than aesthetic characteristics. Technical Textiles products are divided into 12 broad categories (Agrotech, Buildtech, Clothtech, Geotech, Hometech, Indutech, Mobiltech, Meditech, Protech, Sportstech, Oekotech, Packtech) depending upon their application areas. India shares nearly 6% of world market size of 250 Billion USD. However, the annual average growth of the segment is 12%, as compared to 4% world average growth. Penetration level of technical textiles is low in India at 5-10%, against 30-70% in advanced countries. The Mission aims at improving penetration level of technical textiles in the country.
The Mission will have four components:-

Component -I (Research, Innovation and Development)

l textiles. The total outlay for this component is Rs.1000 crs.

The fundamental research activities will be based on ‘pooled resource’ method and will be conducted in various Centre for Scientific & Industrial Research(CSIR) laboratories, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and other scientific/ industrial/ academic laboratories of repute.
Application based research will be conducted in CSIR, IIT, Research Design & Standards Organization (RDSO) of Indian Railways, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), National Aeronautical Laboratory (NAL), Indian Road Research Institute (IRRI) and other such reputed laboratories, as approved by the Mission Steering Group.

- The research & development activists shall be undertaken for:- Development of T-850 or equivalent/higher grade Carbon Fibre; Development of Aramid or other protective fibre and its products; Development of Nylon Fibre and its products; Composites; Geo-Textiles, Agrotextiles, Medical Textiles, Mobile Textiles, Sports Textiles; Development of Indigenous Textiles Machinery,and any other advanced technological/scientific research as approved by the Mission Steering Group.

Component –II (Promotion and Market Development)
Indian Technical Textiles segment is estimated at USD 16 Billion which is approximately 6% of the 250 Billion USD global technical textiles market. The penetration level of technical textiles is low in India varying between 5-10% against the level of 30-70% in developed countries. The Mission will aim at average growth rate of 15-20% per annum taking the level of domestic market size to 40-50 Billion USD by the year 2024; through market development, market promotion, international technical collaborations, investment promotions and ‘Make in India’ initiatives.
Component – III (Export Promotion)

The component aims at export promotion of technical textiles enhancing from the current annual value 
of approximately Rs.14000 Crore to Rs.20000 Crore by 2021-22 and ensuring 10% average growth in exports per year upto 2023-24.
An Export Promotion Council for Technical Textiles will be set up for effective coordination and promotion activities in the segment.

Component- IV (Education, Training, Skill Development)

Education, skill development and adequacy of human resources in the country is not adequate to meet the technologically challenging and fast growing technical textiles segment. The Mission will promote technical education at higher engineering and technology levels related to technical textiles and its application areas covering engineering, medical, agriculture, aquaculture and dairy segments.

Skill development will be promoted and adequate pool of highly skilled manpower resources will be created for meeting the need of relatively sophisticated technical textiles manufacturing units.



The Mission will focus on usage of technical textiles in various flagship missions, programmers of the country including strategic sectors. The use of technical textiles in agriculture, aquaculture, dairy, poultry, etc. Jal Jivan Mission; Swatchh Bharat Mission; Ayushman Bharat will bring an overall improvement in cost economy, water and soil conservation, better agricultural productivity and higher income to farmers per acre of land holding in addition to promotion of manufacturing and exports activities in India. The use of geo-textiles in highways, railways and ports will result in robust infrastructure, reduced maintenance cost and higher life cycle of the infrastructure assets.

Promotion of innovation amongst young engineering/ technology/ science standards and graduates will be taken up by the Mission; alongwith creation of innovation and incubation centres and promotion of ‘start-up’ and ‘ventures’. The research output will be reposited with a ‘Trust’ with the Government for easy and assessable proliferation of the knowledge thus gained through research innovation and development activities. A sub-component of the research will focus on development of bio degradable technical textiles materials, particularly for agro-textiles, geo-textiles and medical textiles. It will also develop suitable equipment for environmentally sustainable disposal of used technical textiles, with emphasis on safe disposal of medical and hygiene wastes. There is another important sub-component in the research activity aiming at development of indigenous machinery and process equipment for technical textiles, in order to promote ‘Make In India’ and enable competitiveness of the industry by way of reduced capital costs.

The National Technical Textiles Mission will get implemented through a 3-tier institutional mechanism constituting as follows:
Mission Steering Group: The Constitution of 
Mission Steering Group:
i. Union Minister of Textiles – In the Chair
ii. Member (Science & Technology), NITI Aayog - Member
iii. Principal Scientific Adviser - Member
iv. Secretary, Ministry of Textiles - Member
v. Secretary, Department of Expenditure - Member
vi. Secretary, Department of Science & Technology - Member
vii. Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ - Member
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viii. Secretary, Ministry of Roads Transport & Highways - Member
ix. Secretary, Ministry of MSME - Member 
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x. Secretary, DPITT - Member
xi. Secretary, Department of Heavy Industries - Member
xii. Secretary, MSDE - Member
xiii. Secretary, Department of Higher Education - Member
xiv. Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare - Member
xv. Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti - Member
xvi. Chairman, Railway Board - Member
xvii. Secretary, Department of Defence, R&D - Member
xviii. Secretary General, FICCI - Member
xix. Director General, CII - Member
xx. Chairman, Indian Technical Textiles Association - Member
xxi. Three (3) Eminent Scientists / Technologist to be
nominated by Minister of Textiles - Member
xxii. Two (2) Eminent Persons from Technical
Textiles Industry - Member
xxiii. Joint Secretary (Technical Textiles) in MoT - Convener
More number of Members may be inducted with permission of the Chair.
Powers of Mission Steering Group: 
The Mission Steering Group is fully empowered 
to approve all financial norms in respect of all Schemes, 
Components and Programme 
of the NTTM. 
In addition, all scientific /
technological research projects under the NTTM 
shall require approval of the Mission Steering 
Group. 
Empowered Programme Committee: The EPC of NTTM may be 
constituted with the following members: 
i. Secretary, Ministry of Textiles -In chair
ii. Sr. Adviser / Adviser ( in charge of S&T) NITI Aayog- -Member
iii. Representative of Principal Scientific Adviser - Member
(not below rank of Scientist- G)
iv. AS&FA, Ministry of Textiles - Member
v. Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards - Member
vi. Director General, CSIR* - Member
vii. Director General, ICAR* - Member
viii. Chairman, Central Water Commission* -Member
ix. Director General, DGHS - Member
x. Additional Director General, DRDO - Member
xi. DG, Central Road Research Institute - Member
xii. DG, RDSO (Railways) - Member
xiii. Joint Secretary, MSDE - Member
xiv. Joint Secretary, Deptt. of Higher Education - Member
xv. Joint Secretary, Deptt of Defence Production - Member
xvi. Joint Secretary, DPITT - Member
xvii. Indian Technical Textiles Association - Member
xviii. Secretary General, FICCI - Member
xix. Director General, CII - Member
xx. Eminent Scientists/Technologists/Policy Specialists
(up to maximum 4 numbers with approval of the Minister of Textiles)
- Member
xxi. Mission Director - Member
xxii. Joint Secretary, MoT - Member Convenor
(*or represented by their nominated representatives)
Powers of Empowered Programme Committee: The Empowered Programme 
Committee(EPC) will approve all
projects within the financial limit of each programme as approved 
by the Mission Steering Group, except
Research Projects. The EPC will also monitor the 
implementations of various 
components of the Mission and
guide the Mission Directorate on implementation matters.
Committee on Technical Textiles on 
Research, Development & Innovation: 
The Constitution of Committee
on Technical Textiles on Research, Development & 
Innovation shall be:- 
a) Member (S&T) NITI Aayog -In Chair
b) Principal Scientific Adviser -Co chair
c) Nominee of Chief of Army Staff -Member
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d) Nominee of Chief of Air Force Staff -Member
e) Nominee of Chief of Navy Staff -Member
f) Nominee of Secretary, Defence Research -Member
g) Nominee, Secretary, Department of Space -Member
h) Nominee, Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy -Member
i) Nominee, Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs -Member
j) Nominee, Director, IIT Delhi -Member
k) Nominee of Director, IIT, Madras (NTC, PWC) -Member
l) Mission Director -Convenor
The Chairperson of the Committee may add more Members with the 
approval of Mission Steering Group,as he/she may desire.
Powers of Committee on Technical Textiles on Research, 
Development & Innovation: The Committee on
Technical Textiles on Research, Development & 
Innovation will identify and recommend all research projects
related to strategic sectors such as defence, para-
military, security, space, and atomic energy to the Mission
Steering Group for approval. After approval of these 
research projects, any change in financial parameters may
be recommended by the Committee to Empowered Programme 
Committee for approval, within the budget
outlay as approved by the Mission Steering Group.
Mission Directorate has been constituted with a 
Mission Director for programme implementation, coordination
and monitoring activities. The Mission Directorate will 
consist of Mission Coordinator, Joint Mission Director
(Programme Implementation), 
Joint Mission Director (Research, Innovation), 
Deputy Mission Director,
Consultants and Specialists.
The Mission will have a sunset clause after 
completion of its target year i.e. 2023-24.
[F. No. 7/2/2019-R&D]
NIHAR RANJAN DASH, Jt. Sec
Source:
 
Courtesy:https://nttm.texmin.gov.in/PI/AboutMission

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