The Ministry of Textiles (MoT) has invited research proposals for funding for design, development and manufacturing of machinery, tools, equipment and testing instruments under National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM).
In a statement, MoT informed that this step has been taken in order to position India as the global leader in technical textiles manufacturing. As on date, high-tech machinery, equipment, plants, special tools and accessories are being largely imported.
In order to meet the diverse needs of the textile industry and to make our nation self-reliant and Atmanirbhar, it is essential to go for indigenisation by tapping the local skills in design, engineering, fabrication and prototyping. Hence NTTM under component-I (Research, Innovation and Development) envisages indigenous manufacturing of machinery, equipment, tools and testing instruments for technical textiles on ‘Make in India’ concept.
The companies engaged in manufacturing of any machinery (preferably textile machinery), textile/garment value chain manufacturers, and research organisations, academic institutions (both public funded and private) can explore this opportunity.
The statement also added that the indigenous development of state-of-the-art technical textile machinery and equipment would support and enhance the manufacturing capabilities of high-end technological products, and thus would play an instrumental role in driving India’s technology readiness level in technical textiles.
