The Ministry of Textiles cleared 23 strategic research projects in the areas of Specialty fibres, Sustainable Textiles, Geotextiles, Mobiltech and Sports textiles.
These strategic research projects fall under the Flagship Programme ‘National Technical Textiles Mission.’
Among these 23 Research projects, 12 Projects of Speciality Fibres having application areas in Agriculture, Smart Textiles, Healthcare, Strategic Application and Protective gears were cleared.
4 Projects from Sustainable Textiles having application area in Agriculture and Healthcare Sector were cleared.
Also, 5 projects from Geotextile, 1 from Mobiltech and 1 from Sportech were cleared.