Government of India is supporting the growth of the technical textile sector by providing 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) option for this sector in addition to 5% custom duty on machinery import. Additional support schemes have to be provided by the Government of India in order to grow this industry base in India. It will be very helpful if the Government of India considers 10% capital subsidy in addition to 5% interest subsidy for technical textile sector. Currently, this scheme is for the processing sector which has to be extended to the technical textile sector.

In addition to all these government subsidies there are two important aspects: 1) creating awareness of the nonwovens technical textile sector and 2) one stop R&D and knowledge base centre in India that are immediately needed. It is in the interest of all the stake holders such as the government, industry, academia and textile research associations, to create a feverish awareness on the impact of nonwoven technical textiles in India which has to be accomplished in the next two years. How is possible? By providing a number of international platforms and technical conferences on this subject in India. In this vein, there is going to be a mega international technical conference on �Advances in Textiles, Machinery, Nonwoven and Technical Textiles-ATNT 2007,� organized by Texas Tech University, USA and Kumaraguru College of Technology in Coimbatore from June 18-20, 2007.

Leading nonwoven and technical textile machinery manufacturers, scientists, academicians from USA, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Czech Republic, India and China will be gathering in Coimbatore to discuss state-of-art in the field of textiles. Let us use this international platform to interact, learn and create new market opportunities. More information on the international conference is available at www.atnt2007.com

About the author:

Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar is Assistant Professor at Nonwoven and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA. He is also Co-Chairman of INDA-India Committee, INDA, USA. He has come to India to promote Nonwoven Fabrics Industry.
Email: Seshadri.Ramkumar@TIEHH.TTU.edu

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