Lok Sabha Question No. 2737 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Domestic Manufacturing
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Khagen Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2737. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 10 TH  MARCH, 2021.

## DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING

## 2737.  SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government has drawn any action plan to ensure that domestic manufacturing grows from its current 15 percent of the GDP;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य  एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (श्री सोम प्रकाश) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

(a) to (c): The Government has implemented major reforms in the last one year to boost domestic  manufacturing,  industrial  production  and  GDP growth.  Production-Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme in  13  key  sectors, under  the  aegis  of AatmaNirbhar  Bharat, have  been  announced  for enhancing India's manufacturing capabilities and exports. PLI Schemes for medical devices; mobile phones; electronic components; pharmaceutical drugs; telecom and network equipment; and electronic technology products have been notified. Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS) and Project Development Cells (PDCs) have been set up in the Ministries/Departments to facilitate and promote investment. A Single Window System involving clearances by Ministries  /Departments  and  selected  State  Governments  is  on  the anvil  to  provide  end-to-end  facilitation  support.  In  the  Union  Budget 2021-22 with a view to promote domestic manufacturing, announcements have been made on setting up seven Mega Investment  Textiles  Parks  (MITRA)  over  the  next  3  years  with  plugand-play  facilities,  rationalization  of  customs  duty  structure  across sectors      and  for  a  Scrappage  Policy  to  phase  out  old  and  unfit commercial vehicles.  The National Infrastructure Pipeline is expected to  significantly  boost  infrastructure  and  spur  growth  impulses  in  the economy.  Reduction in the compliance burden is an ongoing process to spur investment and enhance ease of doing business in India.

To boost domestic manufacturing, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has taken a number of  measures including setting  up  of  world  class  infrastructure  by  developing  nodes  across various  Industrial  Corridors;  formulation  of  National  Master  Plan  on multimodal  connectivity  infrastructure;    implementation  of    Industrial development schemes for North-East States, Himachal Pradesh, Uttra Khand, and Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir to boost industrialization in the industrially backward and  hilly States; for start ups, setting up a Fund of Funds and Seed Fund to build up a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and entrepreneurship; Development of  industrial  information  system  for  improving  availability  of  industrial land and amendment  in Public Procurement Rules to  enhance minimum local content.

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