Lok Sabha Question No. 2312 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Phase-I and II of Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in Indian Capital Goods Sector
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Shri Praveen Patel, Shri Haribhai Patel, Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske, Dr. D. Purandeswari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2312

ANSWERED ON 06.08.2024

## PHASE-I AND II OF SCHEME FOR ENHANCEMENT OF COMPETITIVENESS IN INDIAN CAPITAL GOODS SECTOR

## 2312. DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

SHRI HARIBHAI PATEL:

SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE:

SMT. DAGGUBATI PURANDESWARI:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES भारी उद्योग मंत्री be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the results and advancements achieved in Phase-I and Phase-II of the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector, encompassing the funded projects, developed technologies, and the influence on the competitiveness of Indian industries in the global market;

(b) the details about the particular projects that received funding during Phase-II of the Scheme along with the quantum of funds for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector; and

(c)  the  details  about  the  partnerships  forged  between  academia  and  industry  that  have  been facilitated by the Capital Goods Scheme?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES (SHRI BHUPATHIRAJU SRINIVASA VARMA)

(a): Under Phase- I of the Scheme for 'Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector', 33 projects with budgetary support of Rs. 583.312 Cr were sanctioned.  In Phase I of scheme, 30 niche indigenous technologies have been successfully developed, in the fields of machine tools, additive manufacturing. textile machinery, welding robots and alloys design, earth moving machinery, and sensor technologies.

On January 25, 2022, Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has notified the Scheme on Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector- Phase-II and Phase- I was merged with the scheme.  This scheme provides assistance to Common Technology Development, Skilling and Testing Services Infrastructure.   Under the Scheme, a total of 33 projects with project cost of Rs 1366.94 crores (due to higher contribution by Industry) and Government contribution of Rs 963.19 crore have been sanctioned so far.

(b)&(c): The Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital  Goods Sector aims to bring together Industry and Academia to jointly work together to address the critical R&D and technology gaps.  This is a demand driven scheme in which, Industry in partnership with eminent Academic/Research Institutes proposes projects seeking government funding.  The idea is to foster long term relationships between Industry and Academic Universities to create an environment  for  the  critical  R&D.    The  details  of  the  projects  sanctioned  along  with Academic/Research Institutes under the Phase- II of the Scheme and quantum of funds sanctioned are placed at Annexure.

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## Annexure to reply of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2312.

The details of the projects sanctioned along with Academic/Research Institutes under the PhaseII of the Scheme and quantum of funds sanctioned are as under:-

(in Rs crores)

|   S.No | Project Name                                                                                                            | Scheme Component                   |   Total Project Cost | MHI contribution   |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|      1 | Augmentation of Existing Centre of Excellence at IISc, Bangalore                                                        | Centre of Excellence               |              44.6    | 35.68              |
|      2 | Augmentation of Existing Centre of Excellence byAMTDC, IIT Madras                                                       | Centre of Excellence               |              25.6708 | 20.537             |
|      3 | Augmentation of Existing Centre of Excellence for Design &Development of Submersible Slurry Pumps by Si'Tarc Coimbatore | Centre of Excellence               |              12.847  | 10.2776            |
|      4 | Augmentation of Existing Centre of Excellence at IIT Delhi                                                              | Centre of Excellence               |               4.1746 | 3.3397             |
|      5 | Setting up of Centre of Excellence at ARAI, Pune                                                                        | Centre of Excellence               |              14.55   | 11.64              |
|      6 | Setting up of Centre of Excellence by IIT BHU, Varanasi                                                                 | Centre of Excellence               |              45      | 36                 |
|      7 | Augmentation of Existing Centre of Excellence by IIT Kharagpur                                                          | Centre of Excellence               |              24.82   | 19.852             |
|      8 | Setting up of Centre of Excellence by ICAT, Manesar                                                                     | Centre of Excellence               |               8.61   | 6.888              |
|      9 | Setting up of Centre of Excellence by BHEL, Varanasi                                                                    | Centre of Excellence               |             285.655  | 174.7              |
|     10 | Setting up of Common Engineering Facility Centre (CEFC) by BHELfor skilling in advanced welding technologies            | Common Engineering Facility Centre |              87.06   | 69.648             |
|     11 | Setting up of Common Engineering Facility Centre (CEFC) at ARAI, Pune                                                   | Common Engineering Facility Centre |              42      | 33.60              |
|     12 | Augmentation of Common Engineering Facility Centre (CEFC) by C4i4, Pune                                                 | Common Engineering Facility Centre |              35      | 28                 |
|     13 | Augmentation of Common Engineering Facility Centre (CEFC) at Smart Factory, IISc Bangalore                              | Common Engineering Facility Centre |              37.97   | 30.37 6            |
|     14 | Setting up of Common Engineering Facility Centre (CEFC)at TIDCO, TamilNadu                                              | Common Engineering Facility Centre |             155.04   | 46                 |
|     15 | Development of 23 Qualification Packs for automotive sector by Automotive Skill Development Council(ASDC)               | Skilling                           |               2.838  | 2.838              |
|     16 | Development of 23 Qualification Packs for Capital Goods Sector by Capital Goods Skill Council (CGSC)                    | Skilling                           |               2.99   | 2.99               |
|     17 | Creation of 12 QPs of level 6 and above by Instrumentation, Automation, Surveillance and Communication (IASC)           | Skilling                           |               1.77   | 1.77               |
|     18 | Augmentation of existing three testing and certification facilities at BHEL                                             | Testing and Certification Centre   |              39.95   | 31.96              |
|     19 | Augmentation of existing Testing and Certification Facility for Bicycle at R&D Centre for Bicycle, Ludhiana             | Testing and Certification Centre   |              10.08   | 8.06               |

|   20 | Augmentation of existing Testing and Certification Facility at Institute for Autoparts & Hand tools Technology (IAHT), Ludhiana   | Testing and Certification Centre   |   10.15 |    8.12 |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------|---------|
|   21 | Augmentation of existing Testing and Certification Facility at Institute for Machine Tools Technology (IMTT), Batala              | Testing and Certification Centre   |  4.58   |  3.664  |
|   22 | Augmentation of existing testing and certification centre at CMTI, Bangalore                                                      | Testing and Certification Centre   | 45.68   | 36.544  |
|   23 | Augmentation of existing testing and certification centre at ARAI, Pune                                                           | Testing and Certification Centre   | 70.25   | 54.45   |
|   24 | Augmentation of existing and certification facility at FCRI, Palakkad                                                             | Testing and Certification Centre   | 15.3    | 12.24   |
|   25 | Establishment of Industry Accelerator by CMTI, Bangaluru                                                                          | Industry Accelerator               | 28.6334 | 23.1207 |
|   26 | Industry Accelerator for development of Indigenous Industrial Robots by AMTDC, IIT Madras                                         | Industry Accelerator               | 15.9    | 12.72   |
|   27 | Industry Accelerator by PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore                                                                     | Industry Accelerator               | 27.74   | 22.46   |
|   28 | Setting up of Industry Accelerator byARAI, Pune                                                                                   | Industry Accelerator               | 35.724  | 28.91   |
|   29 | Setting up of Industry Accelerator by ISB, Mohali                                                                                 | Industry Accelerator               | 21.0315 | 17.0255 |
|   30 | CAMRAS Industry Accelerator by ARTPARK, IISc Bangalore                                                                            | Industry Accelerator               | 92.88   | 74.78   |
|   31 | SAMRIDHI Industry Accelerator by IISc, Bangalore                                                                                  | Industry Accelerator               | 61.616  | 48.9991 |
|   32 | Industry Accelerator by SASTRA University, Thanjavur                                                                              | Industry Accelerator               | 41.8032 | 33.0667 |
|   33 | Setting up of Industry Accelerator at IIT Roorkee                                                                                 | Industry Accelerator               | 16.0545 | 12.9945 |

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