Industry yet to tap potential of technical textiles: Textile Secretary

25 Apr 2019 Evaluate

Expressing need for skilling the people in the sector, Textile Secretary Raghavendra Singh has said that there is great potential for the technical textiles sector but the industry is yet to tap it.

Textile Secretary also highlighted the efforts being taken for the sector, saying that the Ministry of Textiles has prepared two reports on technical textiles to tap the potential and also how to utilise it.

Technical textiles has been identified as the thrust area for an exponential growth by the Centre and also by all the state governments considering its potential for value addition, exports, domestic demand. The 15% credit linked capital investment subsidy is provided by the central government for technical textiles machines under Amended Technology Upgradation Fund scheme apart from providing various other benefits.

Besides, State governments of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka have also offered special incentives for investments made in technical textiles. The Tamil Nadu government in its recent Integrated Textile Policy has announced 6% interest subsidy for technical textiles products.

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