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FICCI urges formulating technical textile standards

28 Feb '14
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FICCI urged Ministry of Textiles and BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) to expedite the formulation of standards in technical textiles for health, safety and environment reasons. 
 
Speaking on the occasion of 2nd National Seminar on Standards in Technical Textiles, jointly organized by FICCI, Ministry of Textiles and BIS, Ms. Zohra Chatterji, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India said "There is a need to identify more institutions that would help in the process of formulation of standards for technical textiles.
 
Majority of standards in technical textile are concentrated in a few areas and there is a need to broad base the standard formulation process to cover other areas of technical textiles. Currently, majority of the standards are in the area of industrial textiles, agro textile etc and there is a need to have more standards in areas like medical textiles etc. 
 
Ms. Chatterji added "Gradually we need to move towards the regime of mandatory usage of some of these technical textile items in areas like flood control, roads, construction etc. Ms. Chatterji also suggested that a web based mechanism could be designed with the help of BIS which would evaluate faster submission of suggestions related to standards. 
 
Mr. Sujit Gulati, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles informed that inclusion of flame resistant fabrics in the factory act for workers safety has been considered by ministry of labor. He also informed that recommendations for replacement of polyester clothing with nylon clothing for soldiers have been accepted by CRPF and incorporated into the organization's procurement practices last year. 
 
Mr. Gulati also said "the special efforts need to be dedicated towards expediting and streamlining the standard formulation process".
 
Mr. Shishir Jaipuria, Chairman, FICCI Committee on Textiles and Technical Textiles while speaking in the seminar said that there has been progress in the formulation of standards in the last two to three years, but there is a need to expedite the formulation of standards and also more standards need to be formulated in the area of health, hygiene and safety which would encourage the use of technical textiles in the country and also help in exports.
 
According to FICCI-E&Y-Wazir and Ministry of Textiles' Compendium on Standards in Technical Textiles the domestic market of technical textiles is expected to reach Rs 1.58 lac crore by 2016-17 with an estimated annual growth of 20%.

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