Lok Sabha Question No. 3995 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Make in India Programme
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: P. KUMAR, RATTAN LAL KATARIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3995.

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE  27 TH  MARCH, 2017.

## MAKE IN INDIA PROGRAMME

## 3995.  SHRI P. KUMAR: SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज् यवव द्यग ं ्री

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  made  any  assessment  of  the  achievements made  under the Make in India Programme in the country, if so, the details thereof including the methodology adopted in this regard;
- (b) the funds allocated, released and spent by the Government for promotion of the said programme;
- (c) whether the indigenous and foreign companies have shown interest to set up industries under the said programme in the country, if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years, company-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has formulated or is formulating any action plan for the expansion of the Make in India programme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  other  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote investments under the said programme in the country?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् यवव द्यग ााज् यं ्रीस् वतं ््रभााा(स्रींतंरीिरंमलााीरीतंाांि( THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRIMATI NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a): Yes. As part of the  'Make in India' initiative, detailed Action Plans for 21 key sectors  were  formulated  with  a  focus  on  manufacturing,  import  substitution, export promotion, skill development, ease of doing business, innovation and R & D. To monitor the progress of the action plans, a Make in India Program Monitoring Cell (PMC) has been established. Currently, a total of 122 Action Plans  across  21  sectors  are  being  monitored  through  a  professionally managed  online  Dashboard.  Based  on  the  information  collated  from  the concerned  Ministries  through  the  dashboard,  detailed  sector  achievement

reports have been prepared highlighting the achievements of these sectors. These are available on the following web link:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-Tv7\_upCKANQWF3RUpIWlhpVTg

- (b): Make  in  India  initiative  has  been  launched  to  project  India  as  a  preferred investment destination and a global manufacturing hub. The major objective behind  the  initiative  is  to  renew  focus  on  job  creation,  skill  development, fostering  innovation  and  high  quality  standards  in  25  sectors.  The  'Make  in India' initiative is based on the following four pillars:
- i. New Processes: 'Make in India' recognizes 'Ease of Doing Business' as  the  single  most  important  factor  to  promote  entrepreneurship.  A number of initiatives have been undertaken to ease business environment.
- ii. New Infrastructure: Government intends to develop industrial corridors and smart cities, create world class infrastructure with state-of-the-art technology  and  high-speed  communication.  Innovation  and  research activities  are  supported  through  fast  paced  registration  system  and improved infrastructure  for  IPR  registration.  The  requirement  of  skills for  industry  are  to  be  identified  and  accordingly  development  of workforce to be taken up.
- iii. New  Sectors:  'Make  in  India'  has  identified  21  thrust  sectors  in manufacturing,  infrastructure  and  service  activities  for  monitoring  of their  action  plans  through  an  interactive  web-portal.  FDI  has  been liberalised in White Label ATM Operations; Construction Development; Defence; Broadcasting; Banking; Plantation; Single Brand Retail Trading;  Duty  Free  Shops;  Limited  Liability  Partnerships;  Aviation; Establishment and Operations of Satellites; Credit Information Companies;         Insurance;  Pension;  Food  Products;  Pharmaceutical; Private  Security  Agencies;  Other  Financial  Services  and  NBFCs  in  a big way.
- iv. New  Mindset:  There  has  been  a  paradigm  shift  in  the  role  of  the Government. In order to partner with industry in economic development of the country Government now acts as a facilitator.

The Government has been taking various initiatives to promote manufacturing  with  the  key  objective  of  improving  competitiveness  of  the private  and  public  sector  firms  covering  ease  of  doing  business  reforms, activation of e-biz platform, investment  facilitation,  targeted  investment outreach and its amplification. These activities are being executed to achieve the overall objective of the Make  in India. The  activities pertain to interventions  by  Several  Central  Ministries/  Departments  and  several  State Governments. The information regarding funds allocated, released and spent is not centrally maintained in this regard.

- (c): Yes.  Details  of  foreign  companies  who  have  shown  interest  to  set  up industries in India under Make in India initiative, is available on the web link https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Tv7\_upCKANWHBON1VOQzZ2RDg/view . No such data is centrally maintained in respect of domestic companies.
- (d): Government has put in place a number of measures to facilitate investments in  the  country  as  part  of  Make  in  India  to  ensure  that  India  remains increasingly attractive and investor-friendly investment destination, Government  reviews  the  measures  on  an  ongoing  basis.  With  a  view  to promote  manufacturing  and  provide  ease  of  doing  business  in  the  country changes are made in the policy regime, from time to time.
- (e): The Government has been taking various initiatives to promote investments in the country. Some of these initiatives are listed below:
- i. A  number  of  measures  have  been  undertaken  to  ease  business environment. Industrial licensing has been simplified and liberalized with  a  large  number  of  components  of  Defence  Products'  list excluded from its purview. Various Central Government and State Government services are being integrated on a single window eBiz portal. The process of obtaining environment and forest clearances has been made online. 24x7 operations have been introduced at 19 Sea  ports  and  17  Air  Cargo  ports.  A  single  window  for  import clearances  called  Single  Window  Interface  for  Facilitating  Trade (SWIFT)  has  been  set  up.  An  Investor  Facilitation  Cell  has  been created  under  the  National  Investment  Promotion  and  Facilitation Agency 'Invest India' to guide, assist and handhold investors during the entire life-cycle of business. The State Governments have also been  brought  on  board  to  expand  the  coverage  of  these  efforts. Details  of  key  initiatives  taken  to  ease  business  environment  are placed in Annexure.
- ii. Significant  changes  have  been  made  in  the  FDI  policy  regime  to ensure that India remains attractive and  an investor friendly destination.  Government  has  put  in  place  a  comprehensive  FDI policy  regime, bringing more  activities under  automatic  route, increasing sectoral caps, and easing conditionalities.
- iii. To ensure availability  of  state  of  art  physical  infrastructure  for  the industry,  the  Government  is  building  industrial  corridors  along  the dedicated freight corridors. In addition, focus is on building new as well as strengthening existing infrastructure in roads, railways, ports and waterways across the country.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3995 FOR ANSWER ON 27 TH  MARCH, 2017.

Key Ease of Doing Business Reforms (EoDB)

- A.  Some of the key reforms undertaken to improve business environment are listed below
1.  National  Company  Law  Tribunal  and  National  Company  Appellate  Law Tribunal have been operationalized.
2.  Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India has notified liquidation norms on 15th December, 2016 under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. The Corporate  Insolvency  Resolution  provisions  have  been  notified  on  30th November, 2016 to implement the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Further regulations  for  Insolvency  Professionals  have  also  been  notified  on  23rd November, 2016 for implementing the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
3.  A  single  application  form  for  incorporation  of  companies  (SPICe  form)  has been introduced. PAN/TAN registrations is being integrated with the SPICe form.  EPFO and ESIC registration will be integrated with the same. Fee for filing the incorporation form has been reduced from Rs.2000/- to Rs.500.
4.  The process of single window approval, by integrating internal Departments and external Departments on a common  application form has been completed in Municipal Corporation  of  Greater  Mumbai  (MCGM)  and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). No offline applications for construction permit are being accepted.
5.  The number of procedures for obtaining Construction Permit is scheduled to be reduced from 42 and 29 in MCGM and MCD respectively to only 8 and in 8 simple steps permits can be granted in 60 days.
6.  Infrastructure charges have been abolished by Delhi Jal Board Authority for commercial/ industrial connections. The development Charges for commercial and industrial water connections upto 50 sq. m is Rs. 45000 and above 50 sq. m is Rs. 1 lakh.
7.  Due to drive towards Ease of Doing Business, in Mumbai, various aspects of the  registration  process  have  been  made  available  online,  which  are  given below:
- a) Citizens can review the property details using e-Search facility
- b) Citizens can carry out data entry in the system before going to the SR offices using the Public Data Entry portal
- c) Appointment slots can also be booked using the e-Step-In system and
- d) make online payment using GRAS
8.   A  project  for  'e-DISNIC  software'  (Revenue  Courts)  for  making  the  land dispute information available online has been rolled out.
- B.  Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in the States

DIPP Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP): The BRAP with 340 points was launched to measure business reforms in States. It includes recommendations for reforms on 58 regulatory processes, policies, practices or procedures  spread  across  10  reform  areas  spanning  the  lifecycle  of  a  typical business.  All  States/UTs  have  worked  on  the  BRAP,  with  12  States  showing exceptional performance with over 90% implementation score. Andhra Pradesh and  Telangana  ranked  number  one  with  an  implementation  score  of  98.78%. Some of the key reforms under the BRAP are listed below:

1.  Single Window Systems: Various States have created a dedicated body as a one-stop online system  for State level regulatory and fiscal incentive approvals.  It  has  provisions  for  filing  applications,  payment,  status  tracking, online  scrutiny  and  application  approvals.  Twenty  Four  States  have  an operational single window system.
2.  Construction  Permits:  Many  States  have  allowed  online  applications  and uploading building plans for automated construction permit approval. Several States  have  developed  AutoCAD-based  systems  that  automatically  scan building  plans  and  monitor  compliance  with  existing  building  bye-laws  and codes.
3.  Environment  and  labour  reforms:  To  deal  with  environmental  and  pollutionrelated applications, advanced automated solutions have been implemented. These solutions provide hassle-free, 24X7 e-access for businesses to apply online, track applications, file returns and statements and get online permissions under various Acts and regulations.
4.  Inspection Reforms: A number of inspection reforms regarding labour, tax and environmental  compliances  have  been  introduced  to  make  compliance  to inspection  requirements  user-friendly  for  businesses.  States  also  published comprehensive procedures and checklists for inspections and have implemented online systems for allocation of inspectors.
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