New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Textiles, Commerce & Industry said that time has come to target 5 times increase in export of Technical Textiles in 3 years, while speaking to representatives of Indian Technical Textile Association( ITTA) in Delhi today.

The Minister said that Centre would support PLIs for Textile Sector in States supporting development and offering affordable infrastructure for Textile Manufacturing like cheap land and power .

He stated that we should align with best standards in Textile manufacturing, and there should be no difference in quality of textile meant for international and domestic consumers.

The Minister suggested public private participation in use of Government funds in Research & De...