ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR STARTUPS

Ministry of Textiles ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR STARTUPS प्रव तथ: 11 AUG 2026 1:41PM by PIB Delhi Under the Ministry of Textile's National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM), the scheme of "Grant for Research and Entrepreneurship across Aspiring Innovators in Technical Textiles (GREAT)" aims to support the start-up ecosystem in the technical textiles sector across the country, including Telangana, by providing assistance to young innovators, scientists, technologists, and start-up ventures in translating their ideas into commercial technologies and products. The total budget allocated to the NTTM for the current financial year (2026-27) is Rs. 256 crore, which includes the provision for releasing grants to start- ups under the GREAT scheme.

Under NTTM, 15 research projects and 01 application from an educational institution under the "General

Guidelines for Enabling of Academic Institutes in Technical Textiles Education in India: For Private and Public Institutes" have been approved from the State of Telangana.

An Evaluation and Monitoring Committee (EMC) has been constituted under NTTM to evaluate, monitor, and review the technical and financial parameters of the start-up proposals. Based on the criteria laid out in the GREAT guidelines, the EMC submits its recommendations to the Empowered Programme Committee (EPC) under NTTM for approval of start-up proposals. GREAT guidelines are available at

https://nttm.texmin.gov.in.

The grants provided to start-ups under NTTM are aimed at promoting innovation, commercialization of indigenous technologies, and the development of value-added technical textile products. The anticipated economic impact of these grants is fundamentally driven by robust collaborations between the supported start-ups and established industry partners. By fostering strong synergies between innovators and industry stakeholders for prototype development, field trials, and market launches, the scheme ensures market- ready commercialization. This active industry engagement is anticipated to successfully scale these start- ups, significantly strengthen the overall technical textiles ecosystem in the country, and thereby catalyze broader sustainable industry growth and employment generation.

Under NTTM, a total of 31 start-ups have been approved at a total cost of Rs 15.40 crore, of which Rs

13.65 crore is the Government of India share, details of which are given below.

Under NTTM, a Review and Monitoring Committee has been constituted to assess and oversee the progress of the approved start-ups, with the authority to recommend for release of subsequent instalments of grant and closure of projects to the Empowered Programme Committee. Further, various public events, workshops, seminars and outreach activities are being organized nationwide to disseminate information about the scheme and facilitate industry engagement for scaling up the potential start-up projects.

Details of Start-up projects under GREAT scheme of NTTM S. Title of start-up project Approved No. cost of Project1 Warming and Cooling High Performance Textiles 55,00,000 2 Surgical simulation models based on textile materials for training of doctors 50,00,000 3 Development and commercialization of Industrial hemp pultrusion cord & 66,16,500 composites 4 Smart Fabrics of Tomorrow: Nanofibers-Infused Textiles for Energy 50,00,000 Generation and Sensing 5 High-performance tyre-yarns : green product by green process 50,00,000 6 Radome Integrated IFF Antenna 50,00,000 7 Development of Braided composites for use in Defense and Automobile 49,86,875 application 8 Sustainable Processing of Technical Textiles with Emerging Technologies 50,00,000 9 Manufacturing of Nanomaterial based Smart Textiles 50,00,000 10 Development of Node Locked Three Dimensional (3D) material based 50,00,000 advanced composite 11 Algae-Based coated textile as an alternative to leather/synthetic materials. 56,00,000 12 Production & Scaleup of UniClenz- A zero waste, next generation, SMART, 46,80,000 Self-Sanitizing Personal Protective Medical Apparel 13 Natural Anti Microbial Coated Textiles for Hospitals Wears 49,76,000 14 Bioengineered Textiles & Materials Manufacturing 50,00,000 15 Novel E-Textiles Woven with Shape Memory Materials to Design Intelligent 50,00,000 Wearables for Healthcare and Wellness Applications 16 Development of shrink-resistant, detergent washable, camouflage dyed, far 50,00,000 infra-red wool clothing for protection in extreme cold conditions through plasma technology with enhanced mechanical, comfort and thermal properties 17 Novel composite material based space deployable communication antenna 56,50,00018 Design and Development of pilot scale innovative zero solid discharge (ZSD) 47,82,250 system for resource recovery from final residue in textile and industrial ZLD plants (Circularity and Sustainability) 19 Smart Textile Wearable: Enhancing Mental Wellbeing Through Innovative 50,00,000 Stress Management 20 Flushable Sanitary Pads as a Sustainable and Innovative Solution for 56,00,000 Menstrual Hygeine 21 Development of anti-bacterial, anti-oxidant and UV-protective pineapple 50,00,000 fabric as a sustainable and multi-functional protective clothing with enhanced mechanical and comfort properties.

22 Revolutionizing High-Performance Sustainable fibers with the Spider Silk 50,00,000 Technology 23 Development of advanced medical textile products based on biomaterials 32,50,000 24 High-performance Sports gears for high-altitude Adventure sport & defense 50,00,000 applications 25 Smart Textiles for Winter Thermal Comfort 50,00,000 26 Development of Cosmeto textiles/ Wellness textiles utilizing Indian 50,00,000 unconventional natural fibres and eco-friendly finishes 27 Smart Vest with Continuous Heart Rhythm Monitoring for Arrhythmia 50,00,000 Detection 28 Development of Lightweight, Thermal, and Radiation Shielding Composite 23,98,000 Tiles Using Technical Textiles for Space Applications 29 Textile waste composite panels for Building applications 50,00,000 30 Indigenous production of fine-count hemp yarn and it's blends for the 50,00,000 development of inherently antimicrobial Wound Dressing Material and Coveralls.

31 Neosense: Comfyhug Vital Monitoring 50,00,000 This information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.***** MAM/VN (Lok Sabha US Q3745) (रलीज़ आईडी: 2297519) आगंतुक पटल : 551 इस वज्ञ को इन भाषाओ ंम पढ़: Urdu , ही , Tamil