(a) whether the Government has any plans to establish technical textiles parks in India;
(b) if so, the details of the technical textile definition; and
(c) the steps taken to start the technical textiles park in Gujarat?
(a) whether the Government has any plans to establish technical textiles parks in India;
(b) if so, the details of the technical textile definition; and
(c) the steps taken to start the technical textiles park in Gujarat?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES
(SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)
(a): Government has approved 56 Textile Parks under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) and amongst them 8 Textile parks have technical textiles units in them. The details are as under:-
S. No. Name of the textile park having technical textiles units. Location
1 Shahlon Textile Park, Surat Gujarat
2. Vraj Integrated Textile Park Limited, Kheda, Gujarat
3 Gujarat Eco Textile Park, Surat, Gujarat
4 Mundra SEZ Textile and Apparel Park Limited, Kutch, Gujarat
5 Kejriwal Integrated Textile Park, Surat, Gujarat
6 Baramati Hi-Tech Textile Park, Pune, Maharashtra
7 Whitegold Integrated Spintex Park Pvt Ltd, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana
8 Prag Jyoti Textile Park, Darrang, Assam
(b): Technical Textiles are textile materials and products manufactured primarily for technical performance and functional properties rather than aesthetic characteristics. Based on their functional requirements and end-use applications, the diverse range of technical textiles has been grouped into 12 categories, as listed below:
i. Agrotech-( eg. shade-nets, crop-covers, etc),
ii. Meditech (eg. Diapers, PPEs, contact lenses etc),
iii. Mobiltech – (eg.Air-bags, nylon tyre cords, etc.),
iv. Packtech- (eg. wrapping fabrics, Jute bags etc.),
v. Sportech- (eg. Artificial turfs, parachute etc.),
vi. Buildtech- (eg. Architectural membranes, hoarding & signage etc.),
vii. Clothtech – (umbrella cloth, interlinings etc.),
viii. Hometech- (blinds, fire-resistant curtains, etc.),
ix. Protech- (bullet proof jackets, chemical protection clothing etc.),
x. Geotech- (Geo-grids, geo-composites etc.),
xi. Oekotech- (environmental protection, etc.),
xii. Indutech- (eg. Conveyer belts, bolting cloth etc.).
(c): Gujarat already has 5 Textile Parks which have technical textiles units in it. Textiles Parks are set up on the basis of proposals submitted by Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs). No proposal from any SPV to start Technical Textiles Park in Gujarat is pending in the Ministry.
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