Lok Sabha Question No. 1725 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: Setting Up of Industries by Foreign Companies
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Sanjay Kumar Bandi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1725.

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 21 ST   SEPTEMBER, 2020.

## SETTING UP OF INDUSTRIES BY FOREIGN COMPANIES

## 1725.  SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR:

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

वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government is considering to attract more number of industries in global  level  to  invite  them  to  start  their  production  from  Indian  Soil  under 'Make in India' scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  any  specific  requests  have  been  received  from  Telangana  to consider the state for establishment of global companies there and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Union  Government  will  consider  the  request  of  Telangana  to recommend certain category of industries, which are willing to relocate their base to India;
- (d) whether any modalities have been chalked out by the Government to select state specific industries;  and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?
- (a) to (e):

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य  एवं उद्योग मंत्री (श्री पीयूष गोयल) THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL)

'Make  in  India'  was  launched  on  September  25,  2014,  to  facilitate investment, foster innovation, building best in class infrastructure, and making  India  a  hub  for  manufacturing,  design,  and  innovation.  The development of a robust manufacturing sector continues to be a key priority  of  the  Indian  Government.  It  was  one  of  the  first  'Vocal  for Local'  initiatives  that  exposed  India's  manufacturing  domain  to  the world. The sector has the potential to not only take economic growth to a higher trajectory but also to provide employment to a large pool of our young labour force.

Since  its  launch,  Make  in  India  has  made  significant  achievements and is now focusing on 27 sectors under Make in India 2.0. DPIIT is coordinating Action Plans for 15 manufacturing sectors, such as food processing,  pharmaceuticals  and  medical  devices,  aerospace  and defence,  capital  goods,  biotechnology,  chemicals,  etc.,  while  the Department of Commerce is coordinating for 12 service sectors. Investment outreach is being done through Ministries, State Governments including Telangana and Indian Missions abroad; Investment Identification of potential investors, handholding and investment facilitation is done through Invest India. Recently, Government has taken various steps in addition to ongoing schemes to boost domestic investments  in  India.  These  include  the National  Infrastructure  Pipeline,  Reduction  in  Corporate  Tax,  easing liquidity  problems  of  NBFCs  and  Banks,  trade  policy  measures  to also public (PMP),

boost domestic manufacturing. Government of India has promoted domestic manufacturing of goods through procurement orders, Phased Manufacturing Programme Schemes for Production Linked Incentives of various Ministries.

In the COVID-19 scenario, with a view to support, facilitate and provide investor  friendly  ecosystem  to  investors  investing  in  India,  the  Union Cabinet on 03rd June, 2020 has approved constitution of an Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS), and also Project Development Cells (PDCs) in all concerned Ministries/ Departments to fast-track investments in coordination between the Central Government and  State  Governments  and  thereby  grow  the  pipeline  of  investible projects in India to increase domestic investments and FDI inflow.

The activities under the Make in India initiative are being undertaken by several Central Government Ministries/ Departments and various State Governments. The Department facilitates interaction of investors with various States, where the various States present their investment pitch to attract investments. Further, Ministries formulate action plans, programmes,  schemes  and  policies  for  the  sectors  being  dealt  by them. This Department does not maintain information on such formulations by the line Ministries.

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