Government shares ambitious growth goals at National Conclave on Standards and Regulations for Technical Textiles

The central government shared its growth plans and goals for the textile industry at the sixth edition of its National Conclave on Standards and Regulations in association with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Bureau of Indian Standards in Delhi on July 25.

The conclave focused on the importance of standards, quality regulations, and the rationalisation of HSN codes for the Indian technical textiles industry, the Ministry of Textiles announced in a press release on Tuesday. The event was made up of five technical sessions and was attended by over 150 guests. 
 
The government highlighted its objective to increase technical textile exports from $2.5 billion to $10 billion in the coming five years, Indian Retailer Bureau reported. The government also aims to elevate the Indian technical textiles market to reach a value of $40 billion to $50 billion in the same time period. 

The conclave also saw the BIS release four new standards for technical textiles, the Ministry of Textiles announced in its press release. These included standards on jute textiles for packaging and on textiles for medical uses. 
 
The Ministry of Textiles secretary Rachna Shah took the occasion to highlight progress made on standards in the technical textiles industry. In order to amplify the production of technical textiles, it is important to map them with the relevant HSN codes to streamline trade tracking, Shah said at the conclave.