India, March 26 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Under the National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM), total 168 Research & Development projects of Rs. 509.8 crore have been approved till date. Project Completion Reports of 06 R&D projects have been received, out of which 02 projects have been closed.
The research areas under NTTM includes fundamental research in thrust areas of speciality fibre like Carbon Fibre, Aramid Fibre, Nylon Fibre, and Composites & application based research in geotextiles, agro-textiles, medical textiles, mobile textiles and sports textiles and development of biodegradable technical textiles.
The specific research projects in speciality fibers includes the development of carbon fib...