Lok Sabha Question No. 4586 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Indian Programme for Industry 4.0
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Sukanta Majumdar, Bhola Singh, Nisith Pramanik, Raja Amareshwara Naik

## MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF HEAVY INDUSTRY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4586

ANSWERED ON 23.03.2021

## INDIAN PROGRAMME FOR INDUSTRY 4.0

4586.   SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BAAIYA):

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI NISITH PRAMANIK:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

Will  the  Minister  of  HEAVY  INDUSTRIES  AND  PUBLIC  ENTERPRISES भारी उद्योग एवं ऱोक उद्यम मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set the focus of  Indian programme for  Industry 4.0 to utilize the technology to make products for the global markets at competitive rates;
- (b) if so, the action taken by the Government thereon;
- (c) whether the Government has introduced Smart  Advanced Manufacturing  and Rapid Transformation  Hub  (SAMARTH)  Udyog  Bharat  4.0  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has set the target for Indian manufacturing industry to reach 25% of the total GDP by 2025 with the help of demonstration centres under the SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0 and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  studied  the  models  of  Industry  4.0  implementation  in Germany, France, China and USA with operational platforms for pre-competitive cooperation in Industry 4.0 to replace expensive manpower and attain lower cost of conversion: and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

- (a)  to  (f): Under  the  Scheme  for  Enhancement  of  Competitiveness  in  the  Indian  Capital Goods Sector, the Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) has taken the lead to facilitate and create  an  eco-system  for  adopting  Industry  4.0  and  smart  manufacturing  by  the  Indian manufacturers  through  its  initiative called  SAMARTH  (Smart  &  Advanced  Manufacturing and Rapid Transformation Hub) Udyog.

Four SAMARTH Udyog Centres have been set up at IIT Delhi, Indian Institute of Science  (IISc),  Bangalore,  Central  Manufacturing  Technology  Institute(CMTI),  Bangalore and Kirloskar, Pune.  The industry has partnered with these institutes under the SAMARTH Udyog initiative and the above centres have been jointly funded by the Department (80%) and the industry partners (20%).

Through these centres, Indian industry is being made aware through demonstration of the options available for adopting smart manufacturing, upgrading their legacy machines and adopting newer technologies and processes.

During the year 2019-20, this Department organized 24 awareness seminars for smart manufacturing/Industry 4.0 in association with CII, FICCI, EEPC and the SAMARTH Udyog Industry  4.0  centres  across  India,  at  industrial  clusters.  In  the  current  financial  year,  these SAMARTH  Udyog  Centres  are  organizing  88  webinars/  training  programmes  besides providing diagnostic tools and assisting Industry to adopt smart manufacturing.

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