Q. ‘National Technical Textiles Mission’ was launched in which year?
Answer:
2020
Notes: The Union Textiles Ministry launched the ‘National Technical Textiles Mission’ (NTTM) in the year 2020. Recently, the textiles ministry cleared 20 strategic projects worth Rs 30 crore in the areas of Speciality fibres (16) and Geo-textiles (4) under the mission.
The projects of speciality fibres approved include projects in healthcare, industrial and protective, energy storage-textile waste recycling, and agriculture. Earlier, 11 research projects worth Rs 78.60 crore were cleared by the Ministry of Textiles on March 26, 2021.