Textiles Schemes

NATIONAL TECHNICAL TEXTILES MISSION -- Detailed Notes

Purpose: Increase the use of technical textiles in India and to establish India as the global leader in technical textiles. Type: Central Sector Scheme

Promotion of Make in India: Through development of indigenous machineries and process equipment for technical textiles etc. Quick Facts Position India as a global leader in Technical Textiles, to promote usage of technical textiles in various flagship missions, programmes. Bring an overall improvement in cost economy, water and soil conservation , better agricultural productivity and higher income to farmers. Objective Four components Research, Innovation and Development: Fundamental research at fiber level and application based research in technical textiles.

• Rs. 1,000 crore have been earmarked for funding the research projects awarded to the Government Organizations/Premier Research Institutes/Textiles Research Associations (TRAs) of the country. Promotion and Market Development

Billion USD by the year 2024; - Activities: international technical collaborations, investment promotions and ‘Make in India’ initiatives etc. Export Promotion: By Export Promotion Council for Technical Textiles. Export Promotion Council for

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PRODUCTION LINKED INCENTIVE (PLI) SCHEME FOR TEXTILES -- Detailed Notes

Type: Central sector scheme Purpose: Promote production of high value MMF Fabric, Garments and Technical Textiles. Tenure: From 2021 to 2030. Implementation: By Project Management Agency (PMA) appointed by Ministry of Textiles. Quick Facts Education, Training, Skill Development - Promoting technical education at higher engineering and technology levels. - Creation of innovation and incubation centres and promotion of ‘start-up’ and Ventures. Eco-friendly: Develop suitable equipment for environmentally sustainable disposal of used technical textiles.

Grant for Internship Support in Technical Textiles (GIST): Aims at supporting academic industry linkages in the domain of technical textiles. In this, financial assistance upto INR 20,000 per student per month (for a maximum period of 2 months) would be given. Three tiered Implementing mechanim About Technical Textiles: They are functional fabrics that have applications across various industries including automobiles, civil engineering and construction, agriculture, healthcare, industrial safety, personal protection etc.

Technical textiles are manufactured primarily for technical performance and functional properties rather than aesthetic characteristics like bullet proof jacket, fireproof jackets, high altitude combat gear, etc. Tier I: Mission Steering Group led by the Textile Minister. Tier II: An Empowered Programme Committee led by textile secretary Tier III: Committee on Technical Textiles on Research, Development & Innovation chaired by a NITI Ayog member.

Promote production of MMF (man-made fibre) Apparel & Fabrics and Technical Textiles products Enable textile industry to achieve size and scale, to become globally competitive and a creator of employment opportunities. Objective Beneficiaries Any person including a company/firm/LLP (limited liability partnership)/trust incorporated in India. Applicant once selected shall be required to form a new/separate company under Companies Act, 2013. Threshold eligibility Threshold description Scheme Part-1 Scheme Part-2 Minimum investment (excluding land and administrative building cost) Rs 300 crore Rs 100 crore Minimum turnover Rs 600 crore Rs 200 crore Incentive: Incentives in a particular year will be provided on achieving the prescribed turnover for that year and, 25% additional incremental turnover over the immediate preceding year’s turnover, subject to a cap of maximum 35% admissible incremental turnover.

Maximum Cap on incentive Cap of 10% over and above the prescribed minimum incremental turnover growth of 25% for the purpose of calculation of incentives from Year 2 onward. For Year 1 the cap of 10% will be applied over and above turnover of two times of the investment made. Ineligible investments: Investments in land and administrative building e.g. office and guest house building. Monitoring: Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS) headed by the Cabinet Secretary Salient Features Purpose: To attract investment, boost employment generation and position itself strongly in the global textile market Type: Central Sector Scheme 5F Vision: Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign Tenure: Upto 2027-28 Quick Facts

PM MITRA (PRADHAN MANTRI MEGA INTEGRATED TEXTILE REGION AND APPAREL) PARK -- Detailed Notes

Promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation (SDG9), modern industrial infrastructure facility for entire value-chain to reduce logistic cost & improve competitiveness. Objective Integrated textiles value chain: The parks will offer an excellent infrastructure, plug and play facilities as well as training and research facilities for the industry. Facilities at park (Refer to the infographic) Land availability: State governments will provide ready availability of contiguous and encumbrance-free land parcel of 1000+ acres of land.

Leveraging private sector: Park will be developed in a Public Private Partnership (PPP). Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV): SPV owned by Centre and State Government set up for each park to oversee the implementation of the project. Financial support: Development Capital Support upto Rs. 500 crore per park to the Park SPV. Competitive Incentive Support (CIS) upto Rs 300 crore per park to the units in PM MITRA Park Convergence with other GOI schemes: To ensure additional incentives to the Master Developer and investor.

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