The Textiles Minister informed that three centers of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) will be set up shortly at Patna, Bhopal and Shillong. Recently two centres of NIIFT opened at Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh and at Kannur, Kerala.
The Minister said that the Technology Mission on Technical Textiles will be implemented during the XIth Five Year Plan to build capacity, upgrade skills, create domestic and export market and standardize product development. Besides, the Government will implement Development and Growth of Technical Textiles” Scheme during the XIth Five Year Plan at an estimated cost of Rs. 44 crore. Four Centres of Excellence (COE) for Meditech, Geotech, Agritech and Buildtech group of technical textiles will be setup under the scheme.
The Minister of State for Textiles, Shri E V K S Elangovan, Chairman, Central Silk Board, Shri H. Hanumanthappa and the senior officials of the Textiles Ministry were present on the occasion.
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