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Indian Technical Textile Association Leaders Meet Textile Minister To Discuss Industry’s Current Issues And Growth Path

• By  Textile Excellence
• September 05, 2024

A delegation of Indian Technical Textile Association (ITTA) met Union Minister of Textiles Giriraj Singh and shared the current scenario as well as the growth plans of the industry. The delegation was led by ITTA Chairman Avinash Misar, along with eminent industry leaders like Mohan Kavrie of Supreme Nonwovens, Narendra Dalmia of Strata Geosystems, Mahesh Kudav of Venus Safety & Health, ITTA Ex-Chairman Amit Agarwal and other ITTA members representing key segments of the Technical Textiles.

Textile Minister was updated about the current scenario of technical textile industry in the country and discussed plans to grow the industry. The delegation also apprised the minister on the current challenges of technical textile sector and its potential solutions to overcome the challenges.

Industry leaders stressed on the needs of availability of basic raw materials, mainly sspecialty fibers, yarns, polymers and chemicals which are not produced in India but they are essential for manufacturing high-end technical textiles. The QCOs imposed on all the variants of the Polyester Staple & IDY yarns whereas many of the specialised variants are not produced in India. The technical textile industry’s supply chain has crippled due to QCO on such special varieties of raw materials. ITTA delegation has requested to exclude these specialised variants from QCO notification and Textile Minister has agreed to take up the matter with the Ministry of Chemicals & Petrochemicals on this regard. 

On the other hand, several high-tech fibres, yarns like Nylon 6.6, Meta and Para Aramids, UHMPE, Mod-Acrylic, Flame Retardant, certain grades of Glass, Carbon and metallic fibers on which there are no BIS specifications are available. Therefore, there is no QCO applicable on them. The technical textile industry wants to have the BIS specifications on the fibers but needs no curb on imports of such specialty raw materials. The Textile Minister promised to look into the matter and provide a solution moving forward.

To grow the consumption of technical textiles in the country and thereby demand of the high tech products, the meeting discussed about mandatory procurement, use of technical textiles by Central and State Government departments, PSUs. The industry leaders felt that a monitoring system at inter-ministerial level will help to implement such initiatives.

Further, to grow the exports of Indian technical textile products, an idea of active brand promotion of Indian Technical textiles in all major international and domestic events was also discussed.

The Minister shared the vision of the Govt. for the future of technical textiles, support through NTTM and PLI schemes, emphasizing the importance of integrating emerging technologies with cost-effective strategies to ensure the growth of the industry. The interaction between the Minister and the industry delegation was to actively engage with the aim to find solutions to the crucial issues of the industry and future growth.

Textile Minister was updated about the current scenario of technical textile industry in the country and discussed plans to grow the industry. The delegation also apprised the minister on the current challenges of technical textile sector and its potential solutions to overcome the challenges.