Lok Sabha Question No. 2740 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Centres of Excellence
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2740

ANSWERED ON 19.12.2023

## CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

## 2740.  SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

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

- (a) the details of impact of initiatives introduced to enhance competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector, encompassing the establishment of Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and Common Engineering Facility Centres (CEFCs); and
- (b) the  details  regarding  the  Technology  Acquisition  Fund  Programme  (TAFP)  within Phase-I  of  the  Scheme  for  Enhancement  of  Competitiveness  in  the  Indian  Capital  Goods Sector?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES (SHRI KRISHAN PAL GURJAR)

- (a): In order to address the infrastructure development and technology needs for the Capital Goods Sector, Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) launched the Scheme 'Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector' in the year 2014 with a total outlay of Rs. 995.96 crores and a budgetary support of Rs. 631.22 crores.

Under the Scheme, eight (08) Centres of Excellence (CoEs) for technology development and  Fifteen  Common  Engineering  Facility  Centres  (CEFCs)  including  four  Industry  4.0 SAMARTH centres and six (06) technology innovation platforms have been established.

On 25 th January, 2022, MHI notified the Phase 2 of the Scheme with a financial outlay of  Rs.  1207  crores,  budgetary  support  of  Rs.975  crore  and  industry  contribution  of  Rs.232 crores.  A total of nine (09) projects for setting up of new advanced CoE and augmentation of existing  CoE  and  five  (05)  projects  for  setting  up  of  CEFCs  and  augmentation  of  existing CEFCs have been sanctioned so far under the Phase 2 of the Scheme.

- (b): Under the component, Technology Acquisition Fund Programme (TAFP) of the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector- Phase 1, five foreign manufacturing technologies have been acquired as per the details given below:

(Amount in Rs crore)

| Project Authority                    | Technology Acquired                     |   Total Project Cost |   Total MHI grant released |
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
| HMT Machine Tools Limited, Bengaluru | Development of Four Guide way CNC Lathe |                  4.4 |                        1.1 |

| HMT Machine Tools Limited, Bengaluru   | Development of a Turn Mill Centre with Y axis SB CNC30TMY and integrate high precision C axis on the Main Spindle   |   1.5280 |   0.2292 |
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
| Allied Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Delhi    | Manufacture of heavy duty electrical specialized power cables                                                       |   14.33  |  3.58375 |
| PTC Industries Ltd., Lucknow           | Development of the first ever titanium casting facility in India                                                    |   51.02  | 10       |
| IPM Pvt. Ltd., Delhi                   | Development of Robotic Laser Cladding Technology for hydro turbines using tungsten carbide powder                   |    4.975 |  1.2425  |

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