GREAT Scheme

About GREAT Scheme: 

• Grant for Research and Entrepreneurship across Aspiring Innovators in Technical Textiles (GREAT) encourages young innovators, scientists/technologists, and startup ventures in the field of Technical Textiles to translate their ideas into commercial technologies/products and make India self-reliant.
• It supports individual entrepreneurs or start-ups for functional prototypes or commercialization of their technologies for Technical Textile
• Funding:
  • A grant-in-aid of up to Rs 50 lakh for up to a period of 18 months will be provided.

Key facts about National Technical Textiles Mission

• It was launched to increase the penetration level of technical textiles in India while leveraging the extraordinary growth rate of the sector.
• The mission aims to position India as a global leader in Technical Textiles.
• Components:
  • Research, Innovation and Development
  • Promotion and Market Development
  • Export Promotion
  • Education, Training, Skill Development
• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Textiles 
• Time period: It has been approved with an implementation period of four years, starting from FY 2020-21 till FY 2023-24.

Q1: What is a textile?

It is any material made of the interlacing fibers, including carpeting and geotextiles, which may not necessarily be used in the production of further goods, such as clothing and upholstery.

Source: Ministry of Textiles approved Startups in Technical Textiles to boost innovation: Textiles Secretary