Lok Sabha Question No. 2178 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Promotion of Manufacturing Sector
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: VEENA DEVI

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2178. TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 24 TH  DECEMBER, 2018.

PROMOTION OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR

## 2178. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

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

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the growth rate of manufacturing sector is not stable in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether the Government has implemented 'Make in India' programme in the country during the last few years;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  the  facilities  provided  to  manufacturing  sector  under  the said programme; and
- (e) the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  the  growth  of  the manufacturing sector in country?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज् यमंत्री (श्री सी.आर. चौधरी) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) & (b): The  growth  of  manufacturing  sector  as  measured  by  the  Index  of Industrial Production (IIP) with base year 2011-12, has been consistently increasing over the past three years and the current year as is given in the table below:

## Growth rate (in per cent) of manufacturing sector, as per Index of Industrial Production

| Year   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (April- October) (Provisional) |
|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------------------|
| Growth |       2.8 |       4.4 |       4.6 |                                      5.6 |

Source : Central Statistics Office

| (c) & (d):   | The 'Make in India' initiative was launched in 2014, which aims at promoting India as an important investment destination and a global hub in manufacturing, design and innovation. 'Make in India' initiative aims to create a conducive environment for investment, development of modern and efficient infrastructure, opening up new sectors for foreign investment and forging a partnership between Government and industry through a positive mind set. With the objective to create an assured domestic demand for manufacturers who are genuinely making in India an enabling provision to promote domestic value addition in public procurement has been made by issuing the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order 2017 ( amended on 28.05.2018)                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| (e):         | Overall performance of manufacturing sector is an interplay of several factors such as domestic demand, demand for exports, level of investment and prevailing prices. Several steps to boost domestic manufacturing are being taken as part of schemes such as 'Start-up India', 'Ease of Doing Business', Modified Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme, Business Reform Action Plan, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy etc. Further, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy and procedures have been simplified and liberalized progressively. The Government has notified scheme namely North East Industrial Development scheme (NEIDS) to continue benefits for the industrial units in North Eastern Region and Industrial Development Schemes for J&K, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The scheme for budgetary support to the eligible units located in the States of J&K, Himachal Pradesh, North Eastern States including Sikkim under GST regime has also been notified. |

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