New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- The central government aims to target the export of USD 10 billion worth of technical textiles under its National Technical Textiles Mission, MoS textiles Pabitra Margherita informed Rajya Sabha this week.

To position India as a global leader in technical textiles, the Mission was launched in 2020-21 and has been extended till 2025-26, with a financial outlay of Rs 1,480 crore.

At present, India's technical textile exports are reportedly between USD 2 billion to USD 3 billion.

Technical textiles are defined as textile materials and products used primarily for their technical performance in various high-end industries.

There are four broad components under the Mission: The first among those is research, innovation ...