the desired pace. A special focus will be given to |
sick units while protecting labour interests; iii. Financial |
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machine tools; heavy electrical equipments; heavy |
and institutional mechanisms for technology |
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transport, earth moving and mining equipments. Time |
development, including green technologies; |
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bound programmes will be initiated for building strong |
iii. Industrial training and skill up gradation measures; |
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capacities with R & D facilities and also to encourage growth and development of these capacities in the private sector while strategically strengthening the |
iv. Incentives for SMEs; v.
Special Focus Sectors;
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public sector to complement the private initiatives |
vi. Leveraging infrastructure deficit and government |
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where essential. |
procurement- including defence; |
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iii. Industries with strategic significance: A strategic |
vii. Clustering and aggregation: National Investment and |
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requirement of the country would warrant the launch of |
Manufacturing Zones( NIMZs); |
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programmes to build national capabilities to make India |
viii. Trade Policy |
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a major force in sectors like aerospace; shipping; IT |
1.13 Global experience of manufacturing has shown the |
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hardware and electronics; telecommunication |
advantages of clustering and agglomeration as it |
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equipment; defence equipment; and solar energy. |
enhances supply chain responsiveness, provides easier |
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Mission mode projects will be conceptualised in each of |
access to market, talent and substantially lowers logistic |
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these sectors, recognizing the fact that a mission on |
costs. Though the government has been executing |
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solar energy has already been launched under the |
multiple schemes for promoting industrial clusters, full |
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National Action Plan on Climate Change. |
benefits of agglomeration are yet to be realized. One of |
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iv. Industries where India enjoys a competitive advantage: India’ s |
the key instruments to catalyze the growth of |
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large domestic market coupled with a strong |
manufacturing will be establishment of National |
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engineering base has created indigenous expertise and |
Investment and Manufacturing Zones( NIMZs) which will |
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cost effective manufacturing in automobiles; |
be developed in the nature of green field industrial |
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pharmaceuticals; and medical equipment. The |
townships, benchmarked with the best manufacturing |
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concerned ministries will be formulating special |
hubs in the world. These will also help us to meet the |
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programmes to consolidate strong industry base to |
increasing demand for creating world class urban centres |
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retain the global leadership position. |
in India, while will also absorb surplus labour by providing |
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v. Small and Medium Enterprises: The SME sector |
them gainful employment opportunities. These NIMZs will |
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contributes about 45 % to the manufacturing output, |
seek to address the infrastructural bottleneck which has |
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40 % of the total exports, and offers employment |
been cited as a constraining factor for the growth of |
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opportunities both for self-employment and jobs, |
manufacturing. |
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across diverse geographies. A healthy rate of growth |
1.14 A comprehensive exit policy will be put in place which will |
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shall be ensured for the overall growth of the |
promote productivity while providing flexibility by |
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manufacturing sector as also the national economy by |
removing rigidity in the labour market and ensuring |
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policy interventions in areas like manufacturing |
protection of workers’ rights as laid down in the statute. |
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management, including accelerated adoption of |
1.15 The growth of manufacturing has to come hand in hand |
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Information technology; skill development; access to |
with the concerted thrust on skill development |
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capital; marketing; procedural simplification and |
programme. The National Skill Development Initiative |
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governance reform. |
launched by the Government of India has provided a |
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The National Manufacturing Competitiveness |
renewed thrust to build productive capacities. This Policy |
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Programme, being implemented by M / o MSME will be |
seeks to make skill development integral to productive |
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strengthened, and the recommendations of Task Force |
enterprise in the country which would be supported by |
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on MSME for creation of a separate fund with SIDBI, |
robust government institutions. |
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strengthening of NSIC, modification of lending norms |
1.16 The thrust with regard to labour management will be to |
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and inclusion of lending to MSMEs under‘ priority |
encourage unions and employers to develop better |
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sector’ lending will be given due regard in taking |
institutional arrangements in the states, and within |
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appropriate measures. |
production units, through dialogue and consultation. The |
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vii. Public Sector Enterprises: Public Sector Undertakings, |
stress will be on rationalisation in employment laws and |
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especially those in Defence and Energy sectors, |
in shop floor practices. |
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continue to play a major role in the growth of |
1.17 Manufacturing management will be given a focused |
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manufacturing as well as of the national economy. A |
attention as it will facilitate improvement of productivity, |
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suitable policy framework will be formulated in this |
quality and competitiveness of manufacturing enterprise. |
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regard to make PSUs competitive while ensuring |
Industry will be encouraged to collaborate with higher |
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functional autonomy. |
educational institutions to develop curricula for grooming |
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1.12 Specific policy instruments have been conceptualized to |
graduate engineers and supervisory managers for various |
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achieve the objectives stated above. These instruments |
facets of manufacturing. |
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which are outlined in greater detail in Part-B of the Policy |
1.18 In the context of sustainable development and in order to |
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document broadly cover the following areas:- |
drive the“ greening” of manufacturing operations and to |
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i. |
Rationalization and simplification of business |
explore the emerging technologies in this area, which |
regulations; |
offer opportunities to build local and global leadership, |
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ii. |
Simple and expeditious exit mechanism for closure of |
the government will take recourse to both regulatory as |