Textiles Ministry clears 15 Research & Development projects across key strategic areas

The Textiles Ministry has cleared 15 Research and Development projects across key strategic areas including Speciality fibre, Protective textiles, Medical Textiles and Sustainable Textiles.

Addressing the fifth Mission Steering Group meeting in New Delhi on Friday, Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal noted that to pursue technical textiles in India, the young engineering minds need to be encouraged.

He also urged leading textile manufacturers and institutes to come together and develop strategic and high-value technical textile products indigenously. Mr Goyal said that robust outreach exercise is required to attract R&D proposals in Machinery and Equipment across major textile machinery manufacturing hubs in India.

During the meeting, the minister also also reviewed the progress of previously sanctioned R&D projects under National Technical Textiles Mission.