Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary Textiles, said on Tuesday that the Textiles Ministry has approved the Startup Guidelines for Technical Textiles – Grant for Research and Entrepreneurship across Aspiring Innovators in Technical Textiles (GREAT)’ to provide ""grant-in-aid up to Rs 50 lakhs for up to a period of 18 months."" Technical textiles are defined as textile materials and products used primarily for their technical performance and functional properties. It also informed us that an additional 10 percent grant will be offered to incubators for supporting startups, while startup incubatees will have to invest a minimum of 10 percent of the funding amount ""to strengthen authenticity and commitment towards the project. The ministry also approved 26 institutes to upgrade their laboratory infrastructure and train trainers in the application areas of technical textiles.