The document provides an overview of the technical textile industry in India and initiatives by the Ministry of Textiles to promote growth. Some key points: - Technical textile is the fastest growing segment in India and contributes around 9% to the global market currently. - The Technology Mission on Technical Textiles (TMTT) scheme aims to improve infrastructure, R&D, skills and standards to boost the sector. It includes setting up centers of excellence, business startup assistance, funding for research projects, and market development support. - 8 centers of excellence now provide testing, training and prototype development services. The scheme also funds consultants to help new businesses, research projects, participation in trade shows, and connecting manufacturers to

1. Nonwovens &
Technical Textiles

2. Indian Technical Textile Industry overview
• Technical Textile is the fastest growing segment in textiles in India
and it has generated considerable investor interest in recent past.
• These performance-enhancement products are applicable in the
protective clothing, agriculture, medical, infrastructure
development, automotive, aerospace, sports, and packaging
sectors.
• There are over 3000 units manufacturing technical textiles,
mostly in small scale sector.
• Though India is the second largest textile economy after China, its
contribution in the global technical textile industry is only 9%
to the total consumption

3. Growth of Indian Technical Textile Market
3.45 4.35
9.49
14.36
36.03
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5.00
10.00
15.00
20.00
25.00
30.00
35.00
40.00
2001-02 2003-04 2007-08 2011-12 2016-17 (Estimated*)
(US$Bn.)
15,196 19,130
41,756
63,20212%
21%
11%
Figures in bar chart are in Rs.Crore
1USD = INR44.00
1,58,540
20%
• Based on the past trend of growth and estimated end user
segment growth, the sub-group on technical textiles for 12th five
year plan has projected the market size from Rs. 75,925 crore for
the year 2012-13 to Rs. 1,58,540 crore for the year 2016-17
with a growth rate of 20% year on year basis.

4. Nonwovens in India
 The domestic consumption of non-woven in India was estimated at around 1 lakh MT
in 2007-08. The market for non-woven technical textiles has increased to over 1.5
lakh MT in 2012-13. The market for non-woven is dominated by the segments like
Mobiltech, Medtech and Geotech. The domestic market for non-woven is dominated
by automobile interior carpets & NVH products, surgical dressings, non-woven
interlinings, tea-bags fabric and the absorbent fabrics - diapers & sanitary napkins.
In addition, non-woven is also used in several other products like cigarette filters,
headliners, airlines disposables, surgical disposables, non-woven wipes, non-woven
abrasives, sports footwear components (linings), mulch-mats, crop covers, etc.
► Nonwovens Market Size in Asia in 2011 (2.6
Million Tonnes) (Source: ANFA Estimates & Rory Holmes, INDA-CAB
Conference 2012 (www.inda.org)
► India’s market share has been small in Asia

5.  However, it has been observed over the period that Nonwoven Consumption Rises as GDP Per Capita
Increases (Source: INDA Estimates, Ian Butler, INTC-2008)
 Considering the fact that India’s GDP is expected to grow further, the consumption of Nonwovens is
slated for multifold increase in India. Thus, making India a huge market for consumption of
Nonwovens.
 Growth of consumption of Nonwovens in India w.r.t. growth of consumption of Nonwovens in USA in
the coming years may be estimated to grow as below:
Source: INDA, EDANA Estimates & World Bank
Nonwovens in India

6. Segments of Technical Textiles
•Shade-nets
•Mulch-mats
•Crop-covers
•Anti-hail nets and bird
protection nets
•Fishing nets
Agrotech
•Architectural Membranes
•Awnings & Canopies
•Hoardings and Signages
•Floor and Wall coverings
•Scaffolding nets
•Cotton canvas tarpaulins
Buildtech
•Shoe laces
•Interlinings
•Zip fasteners
•Elastic narrow fabrics
(Tapes)
•Umbrella cloth
Clothtech
•Geogrids
•Geonets
•Geocomposites
Geotech
•Mattress and pillow
components
•Carpet backing cloth
(Jute & Synthetic)
•Stuff toys
•Blinds
Hometech
•Filtration Products
•Conveyor belts
•Drive belts
•Bolting cloth
•Computer printer ribbon
•Paper making fabrics
Indutech
•Diapers
•Sanitary napkins
•Contact lenses
•Surgical products and
artificial implants
•Surgical gowns
Meditech
•Seat belt webbings
•Airbags
•Helmets
•Seat Upholstery
•Airline Disposables
•Nylon tyre cords
Mobiltech
•Environmental
Engineering
•Environmental Protection
•Recycling
•Waste Disposal
Oekotech
•Polyolefin woven sacks
•FIBC
•Leno bags
•Wrapping fabrics
•Jute hessian and sacks
Packtech
•Bullet Proof Jackets
•Fire Retardant apparels
•Fire retardant furnishing
fabrics
•Chemical Protection
clothing
•High visibility clothing
•Industrial gloves
Protech
•Sports composites and
nets
•Artificial turf
•Parachute Fabrics
•Tents
•Swimwear
Sportech

7. Ministry of Textiles initiatives to promote the sector
Scheme for Growth and Development of Technical Textiles (SGDTT)
Background: A Scheme for Growth and Development of Technical Textiles (SGDTT) was launched
during 2007-08 with an allocation of INR 48 crores during the 11th Five Year Plan. The scheme
has completed its tenure in 2010-11.
The total fund expenditure
was INR 46.60 crore
Baseline Survey of Technical
Textile Industry in India
(Fund utilised- INR 54.49 lakhs)
The baseline survey of technical
textile industry was carried out.
The report contains details on
raw material, technology,
machinery etc. it has been
placed in the website
www.technotex.gov.in
Creation of Awareness
(Fund utilised- INR 2.75 crore)
More than 60 no. of Seminars/
workshops /Training programmes
were organized by Office of the
Textile Commissioner across the
country during the course of
scheme.
Setting up of four Centres of
Excellence
(Fund utilised- INR 43.31 crore)
• Four Centres of Excellence
(COEs) were set up, i.e., BTRA for
COE Geotech, SASMIRA for COE
Agrotech, NITRA for COE
Protech and SITRA for COE
Meditech.
• The COEs are working like one
stop shop to provide testing
support, Facilities for training,
prototype development etc.

8. Aim: Improvement of basic infrastructure in terms of testing facilities, lack of market development support,
skilled manpower, R&D, improved regulatory measures, preparation of specifications and standards for
technical textiles etc.
Mini Mission-I (Financial outlay INR 156 crore)
• Upgradation of existing four COEs: The existing
COEs established under SGDTT, will be upgraded
in line with new COEs i.e. with incremental facilities
like incubation centre and development of
prototypes and provision for appointment of
consultants. (Fund allocation INR 56 crore)
• Setting up of four new COEs in Composites
(ATIRA), Non-Wovens (DKTE), Indutech (PSG
College of Technology) and Sportech (WRA) (with
a Fund allocation of INR 100 crore)
Mini Mission- II (Financial outlay INR 44 crore)
• Support for Business Start Up (Fund allocation INR 3
crore)
• Fund support for organizing workshops/ seminar
(Fund allocation INR 5 crore)
• Support for Contract Research (Fund allocation INR 11
crore)
• Market development support for sale to the
institutional buyers (Fund allocation INR 15 crore)
• Identification of regulations required for promotion of
technical textiles (Fund allocation INR 5 crore)
• Support for domestic & export market development
of technical textiles (Fund allocation INR 5 crore)
The total fund outlay for TMTT is
INR 200 Cr
Ministry of Textiles initiatives to promote the sector
Technology Mission On Technical Textiles (TMTT) - Five years from 2010-11 to 2014-15

9. Progress and Achievements in
Developing Technical Textiles Sector
through Technology Mission on
Technical Textiles (TMTT)

10. Mini Mission I - Establishment of CoEs
• 8 Centres of Excellence have been Established in India for catering to the needs
of the Technical Textile Industry.
• These CoEs provide the following services to the technical textile industry:

11. Mini Mission II – Schemes for financial
assistance
1. Business start-up assistance
2. Contract research assistance
3. Market development assistance for export sales
4. Market development support for bulk and institutional buying
5. Standardisation and regulatory measures
6. Workshops/Seminars/Conferences organised under TMTT

12. 1. Business start-up assistance
Overview
 Handholding support to new entrepreneurs through empanelled consultants.
 Empanelled consultant will help MSME in product selection, market selection, technology selection & sourcing and
preparation of project report
 Financial assistance available in the consulting fee charged by the empanelled consultant for project reports
Eligible service fee
 2% of the project cost for domestic projects and 3% of the project cost for FDI projects.
 Upper ceiling is recommended at Rs. 5.00 lakhs for domestic projects and Rs. 6.00 lakhs for FDI projects.
Eligibility
 Benefit of the scheme available only to MSME (MSME is defined as units with investment not more than Rs 10 crore in plant
and machinery)
 Assistance available only if services of empanelled consultants are utilized
Steps to avail benefit
 Step 1: Approach empanelled consultant for preparation of project report
 Step 2: Submit project report to lending agency that will decide eligibility of the project
 Step 3: Submit application to Office of Textile commissioner
 Application should contain consultant details, project proposal, approval of lending agency and related necessary
documents
 Step 4: Technical Committee will examine/evaluate and approve the proposal.
 Step 5: The unit will have to submit the progress report periodically.
Current Status of the scheme
 15 units registered under Business Start-up support component. 4 units have completed their projects and funds have been
approved and disbursed for Business startup support under TMTT.

13. List of Empanelled Consultants
Empanelled Consultant Contact Person Email Contact Nos.
1
K's Technical &
Management Consultants
Mr. Ravishankar G. techtex@gmail.com
+91 265 2782245,
+91 9825244940
2
Technopak Advisors Pvt.
Ltd.
Mr. Amit Gugnani
amit.gugnani@technopak.co
m
+91 124 4541111,
+91 9871755992
3 Gherzi Eastern Ltd. Mr. A B Telasang a.telsang@gherzieastern.com
+91 22 67339400,
+91 9867770037
4 Nuovatex Projects Co. Mr. Munish Tyagi mt.nuovatex@gmail.com
+91 11 41354681,
+91 9811253332
5 Suvin Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Avinash
Mayekar
avinash@suvinindia.com
+91 22 67220000,
+91 93 22906199
6
M/s Suvidha Consultants
Ltd.
Shri Ashoke Kr.
Ganguli
suvidha@suvidhaconsultants.c
om
91 33 2454 9133 /
34 / 35, 91
9433447283

14. 2. Contract research assistance
Background
 Technical Textiles is a high technology area where most of the high end products are imported, there is a strong need for
indigenous development of products for which R&D is of prime importance
 Development of product, process and technology in technical textiles.
 The maximum limit for project duration would be 2 years
Operational Modalities
 An industry member has to submit a proposal to office of textile commissioner in stipulated format (Annexure 8), jointly
with a government approved research institute / engineering college
Eligible Grant
 The grant under the scheme will be upto 60 percent excluding cost of land and building subject to ceiling recommended as
Rs. 20.00 lakhs per project. It is a initial ceiling and is relaxable by the empowered committee on merit.
Intellectual Property Rights
 If the project is taken jointly by Research institution and industry and industry has contributed atleast 1/3rd of the project
cost, it shall have the first right to commercialize the innovation without paying any royalty. This right will however remain
with the industry only for 2 years from the completion of the project.
Steps to avail benefit
 Step 1: Identify the partner research institute
 Step 2: Register with OTxC (documents for registration-Registration form, proposal (with financials) and covering letter
 Step 3: Submit progress report from time to time
 Step 4: Submit project closure report
Current Status of the scheme
 13 contract research proposals have been registered with OTxC, Out of these 5 proposals have been approved for Contract
Research support under TMTT. Out of which funds have been disbursed for 4 research projects.

15. 3. Market development assistance for export sales
Background
 There are many reputed technical textile fairs organized abroad like TECHTEXTIL and Industrial Fabrics Exhibition, Index
etc., the participation in which will improve the export potential of the indigenous manufacturers.
Eligible Units
 The units have to get registered with Office of the Textile Commissioner for availing assistance (Format for applying for
registration with O/o TXC is at Annex-I). Office of the Textile Commissioner will register the eligible units.
 One unit is eligible to apply for MDA support 2 times in a year
Eligible Grant
 Assistance would be permissible on travel expenses by air, in economy excursion class fair and charges of the built up
furnished stall. This would, however, be to the extent of 50% with a financial cap recommended at Rs. 5.00 lakhs per
visit
Important Timelines With Respect To Application and Reimbursement Claim
 Registered manufacturing units/exporters shall submit the intimation application for participating in the international trade
fair in the prescribed format (Annex-IV) with a minimum of 14 days clear advance notice
 Claim containing requisite documents shall be submitted by the manufacturer/exporter to the Office of the Textile
Commissioner in the prescribed format (Annex –VI) along with other mentioned papers immediately on return to India but
positively within 90 days of their return to India
Current Status of the scheme
 So far 37 units have been registered under the Market Development Support for Export Sales intervention of TMTT.

16. Documents to be Submitted Post Visit to Claim
Funds Under Market Development Support
 Self attested copies of main pages of passport/visa of the participant(s) which should also
contain the immigration seal for the date of Departure & date of Arrival.
 Self attested copy of air ticket clearly indicating the flight no. date of journey, air fare etc. &
also class of travel (should be in the Economy class). The Air travel shall normally be through
direct flights only. In case there are no direct flights then round trip is allowed and during round
trip the unit should not stay more time than the next connecting flights departure time or 24 hours,
in the intermediate stop
 Self attested copies of all the invoices / bills and proof of payment made thereof like bank
swift message report/bank statement clearly indicating beneficiary name, for all the
expenditures to be incurred with aforesaid fair.
 Self attested no-relation certificate indicating that the beneficiary is not related to any of the
officers who are working/had worked in Office of the Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles.
 Brief report of your activity / participation in the aforesaid fair along with few photographs.
 The claim (Annex-VI form of TMTT along with Annex-VII) and all relevant supporting documents
should be clearly signed / attested by the authorized signatory of your unit with name /
designation / date & your company’s seal.

17. Important Forms to Avail Scheme Benefits
 Annexure I – Format for obtaining registration for
technical textile units from OTxC
 Annexure IV – Application form for participation in
technical textiles trade fairs/exhibitions under market
development support
 Annexure VI – Claim form for market development
support for participation in technical textiles trade
fairs/exhibitions abroad
 Annexure VII – Chartered Accountant’s certificate
 Annexure VIII – Format for contract research proposal

18. 4. Market development Support for marketing
to bulk and institutional buyers
Technical textiles are prominently consumed by the institutional
consumers like defence, hospitals, railways, NHAI etc. Under the
Scheme buyers-sellers meet will be organized across the country
wherein the indigenous manufacturers can showcase their products
and institutional buyers will be invited for enhancing their
marketing competitiveness.
 Under this scheme, eligible technical textiles manufacturing units are provided
space to set up stalls in buyer seller meets at 50% of the cost for setting up the
stalls

19. 5. Social compliance through standardization,
regulatory measures
Some of the technical textile products require
mandatory prescriptions for their use. Consultants will
be engaged to identify the needed regulatory changes
required along with international best practices and
also the strategy to facilitate such changes in the rules
and regulations. Such studies shall be conducted for all
segments of technical textiles.

20. 6. Providing fund support for organizing
Workshops/Seminars/Conferences
National and International Conferences, Seminars,
Workshops and short term training programmes will
be organised across the country to dissipate the
knowledge and create awareness amongst stake
holders of technical textiles.

21. Period :- 01/04/2013 to 31/03/2017
Technical Textiles (including non-wovens) -
5% IR and 10% capital subsidy for specified
machinery required for manufacturing of
Technical Textiles or option to avail 15 %
capital subsidy in lieu of 5% IR + 10% CS for
the units having investment in plant and
machinery upto 500 lacs.

22. Progress of TMTT - Mini Mission- I
8 COEs created to strengthen the sector
• Gujarat State has 2 of
the 8 CoEs created.
ATIRA, Ahmedabad
(CoE Composites) and
MANTRA, Surat (CoE
Agrotextiles).
• Dedicated CoE
Nonwovens
established at DKTE in
Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur.

23. Progress of TMTT - Mini Mission- I
Major achievements of COEs
 INR 36 crore have already been
provided to all the four existing COEs
(INR 9.00 crore each)
 COEs are accomplishing the
procurement of machineries/
instruments for upgradation
 Four new COEs have been designated and
they are establishing facilities
 INR 70.99 crore have been released to
newly designated COEs and they are in the
process of procuring machines/ instruments.
Setting up of new COEs
 Cumulative revenue generation is Rs.645.92 lakhs from initiation of COEs
 72 prototypes have been developed
 Trained 4850 persons for the industry through 187 training programs
 101 standards have been submitted to BIS while 46 standards / areas have been identified
for formulating / amended standards as per current requirements.
 138 Incubation activities have been taken up by the COEs
 115 technical consultancy assignments have been taken up
 9 accreditations/collaborations have been made with foreign organizations.
Upgradation of existing COEs

24. Progress of TMTT - Mini Mission- II
Support for business start-up Providing fund support for
organizing workshops
Market development support for
bulk and Institutional buyers etc.
► 6 consultants have been
empanelled to support the
business start-ups
► 20 applications registered and 4
projects have been approved for
business start up assistance and
90% of the fund has been
released to the consultants.
► 51 awareness programs have been
organized till date in association with
associations like FICCI, CII and COEs
► 14 buyer seller meet/exhibition cum
conference have been organised till date
which included three international level
meets/exhibitions i.e. Technotex 2011 ,
Technotex 2013 & Technotex 2014.
► More than 70 one to one buyer-seller
meetings were facilitated with
institutional buyers including CISF,
Railways, Army, NHAI, Navy, BRO during
Technotex events.
Market development Support
for export sales
Social compliance through
standardization, regulatory measures
Support for Contract Research
► 55 proposals have been
registered for support at OTxC
under this intervention, for
participation in foreign technical
textile exhibitions/ trade fairs.
► Two segments namely Agrotech and
Geotech were identified by the
Evaluation and Approval committee on
regulations for carrying out study on
formulation of regulations
► M/s Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd. has
completed these studies. The reports
have been uploaded on the website
www.technotex.gov.in.
► 18 no. of applications have been
registered for availing benefit under
this component.
► 5 projects have been approved and
first installment of funds have been
disbursed and release of second
installment of funds is under process.
1
4
2 3
5 6

25. Spread of Seminars Organised Under TMTT in
2011-12
Ludhiana
Mumbai
Pune
Kolhapur
Dharwad
Coimbatore
Hyderabad
Nagpur
Kolkata
Shillong
Guwahati
Kanpur
Indore
Tanda
Lucknow
New Delhi
Baddi
SASMIRA
FICCI
CII
Regional Office of
Textile Commissioner
ITTA
ICC - Kolkata
ORGANISERS
Farrukhabad
22 Seminars
organized in 18
cities in 2012

26. Spread of Seminars Organised Under TMTT in
2012-13

27. Progress on Standards
Standards in
Technical
Textiles
sector

28. Progress on HSN codes
► Ministry of Textiles has constituted HSN code
sub-committee. The role of the Committee is to
identify specific areas in Technical Textiles
where it would be useful to create separate HS
codes
► Sub-Committee had recognized and compiled
a list of 245 technical textiles items for which
the HS codes existed under various chapters
from 1 to 99.
► Compendium on HSN codes for technical
textiles has already been prepared

29. Held at Mumbai from 25th - 27th
August, 2011. The first edition of this
series attracted over 5000
manufacturers and 300 delegates
from countries like Italy, China,
Switzerland, and USA. Additionally,
133 delegates from Gujarat,
Maharashtra, and Karnataka also
attended the event, which also hosted
8 B2G meetings with several
esteemed institutional buyers.
Aim: With an objective of highlighting the opportunities for linkages between the domestic and global technical textiles
industries, Technotex 2014 was the third international conference-cum-exhibition jointly organized by FICCI and Ministry
of Textiles to promote the Indian technical textiles sector
Held at New Delhi from 17th - 19th
January, 2013. TECHNOTEX 2013
attracted international delegations
from USA, EU, China etc. Governments
of Gujarat and Karnataka
participated as partner states, 120
stalls by COEs and international
industries. 40 focused buyer-seller
meetings with Indian Army, Indian Air
Force, and representatives from NER.
41 speakers at the event’s
conferences and seminars.
TECHNOTEX 2013TECHNOTEX 2011
Technotex 2014 was held at Mumbai from
20th to 22nd March 2014. The event was
inaugurated by Secretary Textiles. Over 135
Exhibitors participated at the event. There
was a country Pavilion of China and Taiwan.
The host state was Maharashtra. Gujarat and
Karnataka were the partner states. More than
5800 Business visitors from various countries
visited the exhibition. There was international
participation from UK, Austria, Germay, USA,
Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and Japan.
TECHNOTEX 2014
Series of International Conference Cum Exhibition-
Technotex

30. Creation of Knowledge Resources
Handbook on Geotextiles
Investor guide for Technical Textiles
Baseline survey of technical
textiles industry in India
Compendium on Centres of
Excellence
Standards Compendium
Compendium On Seminars And
Workshops 2011-12:
Reports/Outcomes
Technotex 2011 report

31. Scheme for Promoting Usage of Agrotextiles in
NER
Scheme for Promoting Usage of Agrotextiles in NER was launched by the
Ministry of Textiles in June, 2013. Following are the details of the scheme:
• Duration of the Scheme – 12th Five Year Plan period
• Total Fund Outlay – INR 55 crores
• Objective – To promote and increase the usage of Agrotextiles, in agriculture,
horticulture/ floriculture, sericulture and allied activities in NER
• Scheme Components – Two scheme components
 Creating awareness, setting–up of Demonstration Centers and developing
capacities
 Provide/disburse agrotextile kits in the NER states
• Current Status of the Scheme
 4 demonstration centres have been approved for two states i.e. Manipur
and Mizoram, who had proposed for setting demonstration centres.
 Proposals for 3 Demonstration Centres for Arunachal Pradesh are also
under consideration.

32. Exclusive website for technical textiles : www.technotex.gov.in