{"id":8245,"date":"2025-11-07T11:38:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=8245"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:10:29","slug":"national-technical-textiles-mission-nttm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-technical-textiles-mission-nttm\/","title":{"rendered":"National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>National Technical Textiles Mission Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Technical Textiles Mission supported the development of Indigenous Thermal Testing Instruments for Protective Textiles in association with Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About National Technical Textiles Mission<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>launched in 2020<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <\/span><b>Ministry of Textiles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to boost technical textiles in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was launched for a <\/span><b>period from 2020-21 to 2025-26<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with an outlay of Rs.1,480 crores.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Components of the National Technical Textiles Mission<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Research, Innovation and Development:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It <\/span><b>supports R&amp;D in technical textiles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, inviting proposals to develop new materials and processes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Promotion and Market Development:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It aims to <\/span><b>increase technical textile adoption<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India through market promotion and international collaborations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Export Promotion:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Focuses on <\/span><b>boosting exports<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of technical textiles with a dedicated export council. Outlay<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Education, Training, and Skill Development<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Promotes technical textiles education,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> skill training, and internships in top institutes and industries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What are Technical Textiles?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technical textiles are defined as textile materials and products used primarily for their <\/span><b>technical performance and functional properties<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rather than their aesthetic or decorative characteristics.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other terms used for defining technical textiles include <\/span><b>industrial textiles, functional textiles, performance textiles,engineering textiles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, invisible textiles, and hi-tech textiles.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These products are broadly <\/span><b>classified into 12 different categories<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Agrotech, Oekotech, Buildtech, Meditech, Geotech, Clothtech, Mobiltech, Hometech, Sportstech,Indutech, Protech, Packtech.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Applications:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are used in products that help protect people, improve machinery, and solve practical problems, such as in <\/span><b>car parts, building materials, medical equipment, and safety gear.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2187085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Technical Textiles Mission was launched in 2020 by the Ministry of Textiles to boost technical textiles in India. 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