new delhi as indias manufacturing capacity for personal protective equipment for medical personnel treating covid19 patients touched 3 lakh a day earlier this week it is estimated that the projected requirement of 2 crore body coveralls ppes will be met by juneend so far around 50 lakh ppes have been manufactured and another 50 lakh are expected to be ready by the end of this montharound one crore ppes are expected to be manufactured over june according to information available with the textiles ministry the ppe kits being manufactured and procured are being sent to the states by the health ministry as per requirements for use by medical personnel involved in covid19 treatmentas per information available with the ministry of textiles around 400 manufacturers have been certified so far out of which 100 are supplying to hll lifecare limited the designated singlewindow procurement agency for hospitals and healthcare organisations under the health ministry the rest of the certified manufacturers are ready for taking orders from stateswhile around 400 manufacturers are certified it is learnt that hundreds of samples are under testing with labs which implies that in the weeks and months ahead there would be many more makers in the market with manufacturing capacities expected to grow further the ministry of textiles sees a possibility for india to step in with ppes in the international market once exports open upon wednesday night textiles minister smriti irani posted a tweet announcing that indias ppe manufacturing capacity has hit 3 lakh a day and will increase in the coming days my heartiest gratitude and congratulations to texmininida officials for their relentless efforts in making india a self reliant ppe manufacturing nation irani said she posted these comments while retweeting the ministry of textiles post acknowledging the role of all officials involved in augmenting manufacturing and described them as the faces behind indias ppe storytoi had reported earlier that on march 1 two days before the world health organisation spoke of a global shortage of personal protective equipment india had no ppe coveralls suitable for covid19 in the country the entire requirement was being met through imports two and a half months later following an intense effort to frame standards and identify manufacturers production is risingsince body coveralls ppe is a specialised protective suit meant for high level of protection to the health professionals it has stringent technical requirements as prescribed by the ministry of health as many as eight approved laboratories accredited by nabl are now testing prototype samples of ppe coveralls in keeping with guidelines of the ministry detailed procedure for issue of unique certification code ucc for each passed prototype sample of the ppe coveralls has been issued by ministry of textiles