Textiles ministry includes 6 additional courses in its programme called 'Samarth'

New Delhi, Dec 27 (KNN) Ministry of Textiles has said that it has included 6 additional courses for technical textiles in its Skill Development Programme called 'Samarth'.

''On request from the Industry, Ministry of Textiles has included 6 additional courses for technical textiles in its Skill Development Programme called Samarth,'' Textiles Ministry said in its Year-End report on Friday.

The Ministry further said that 207 technical textiles items have been brought under separate head in the Harmonised System of Nomenclature (HSN) code under the Foreign Trade Policy.

With a view to derive the benefits of technical textiles in various fields of applications, currently 92 application areas have been identified for mandatory use across 10 Central Ministries/Departments, said the ministry.

The Ministry also spoke about the exports in technical textiles and said that it has seen an increase by 11% in April – June quarter of 2019.

''Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has developed standards for 348 technical textiles products.'' report added.

In its year-end report, the Ministry also said that it has issued Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order dated 23.10.2019, prescribing minimum local purchase content for technical textiles items in 10 segments for government procurement.

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.

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