Lok Sabha Question No. 5123 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: Scheme for Enhancing Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5123 ANSWERED ON 24.03.2026

## SCHEME FOR ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS IN THE INDIAN CAPITAL GOODS SECTOR

## 5123.  SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

## Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- (a) the progress achieved under Phase-ll of the Scheme for Enhancing Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector, including the details of the total financial expenditure and the 29 projects approved so far;
- (b) the  State-wise  distribution  of  the  approved  projects,  including  Centres  of  Excellence, Common Engineering Facility Centres, Testing and Certification Centres, Industry Accelerators and Qualification Pack initiatives;
- (c) the number of approved projects completed and made operational so far;
- (d) whether the Ministry has made any assessment of the impact on employment generation and on strengthening India's capital goods manufacturing ecosystem; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) to (c): Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods SectorPhase-II has a total financial outlay of Rs. 1207 crores with budgetary support of Rs.975 crore. Total 29 projects with project cost of Rs. 891.37 crores and budgetary support of Rs. 714.64 crore have been sanctioned so far. State-wise distribution of the sanctioned projects is as under:

## Centres of Excellence :

|   Sr.no | Name of Project                                                    | State         |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|       1 | Setting up of CoE by IIT Roorkee                                   | Uttarakhand   |
|       2 | Augmentation of CoE at IIT Delhi                                   | Delhi         |
|       3 | Augmentation of Centre of Excellence by IISc, Bangalore            | Karnataka     |
|       4 | Setting up of CoE at ARAI, Pune                                    | Maharashtra   |
|       5 | Setting up of Centre of Excellence (CoE) by IIT BHU, Varanasi      | Uttar Pradesh |
|       6 | Augmentation of CoE at Si'Tarc Coimbatore                          | Tamilnadu     |
|       7 | Augmentation of Existing Centre of Excellence by AMTDC, IIT Madras | Tamilnadu     |

## Common Engineering Facility Centres:

|   Sr.no. | Name of Project                                                                      | State       |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|        1 | Augmentation of CEFC at Smart Factory, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru | Karnataka   |
|        2 | Augmentation of Common Engineering Facility Centre by C4i4                           | Maharashtra |
|        3 | Setting up of CEFC at ARAI, Pune                                                     | Maharashtra |
|        4 | Setting up of CEFC at BHEL Trichy                                                    | Tamilnadu   |

## Testing and Certification Centres:

|   Sr.no. | Name of Project                                                                                            | State                     |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Augmentation of existing testing and certification facilities at ARAI, Pune                                | Maharashtra               |
|        2 | Augmentation of existing testing and certification centre at CMTI, Bangalore                               | Karnataka                 |
|        3 | Augmentation of existing testing and certification facilities at BHEL                                      | Madhya Pradesh/ Telangana |
|        4 | Augmentation of existing Testing and Certification Facility at (IAHT), Ludhiana                            | Punjab                    |
|        5 | Augmentation of testing and certification facility at Institute of Machine Tools Technology (IMTT), Batala | Punjab                    |
|        6 | Augmentation of testing and certification facility at Fluid Control Research Institute, Palakkad           | Kerala                    |

## Industry Accelerators:

|   Sr.No. | Name of Project                                                             | State       |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|        1 | Setting up of Industry Accelerator (CAMRAS) by ARTPARK (IISc), Bangalore    | Karnataka   |
|        2 | Setting up of Industry Accelerator (SAMRIDHI) by (FSID), (IISc), Bangaluru  | Karnataka   |
|        3 | Establishment Of Industry Accelerator by CMTI                               | Karnataka   |
|        4 | Setting up of Industry Accelerator at ARAI, Pune                            | Maharastra  |
|        5 | Setting up of Industry Accelerator by IIT Madras                            | Tamilnadu   |
|        6 | Setting up of Industry Accelerator by SASTRA University, Thanjavur          | Tamilnadu   |
|        7 | Setting up of Industry Accelerator by PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore | Tamilnadu   |
|        8 | Setting up of Industry Accelerator by Indian School of Business             | Telangana   |
|        9 | Industry Accelerator at IIT Roorkee                                         | Uttarakhand |

## Qualification Packages:

|   Sr.no | Name of Project                                                                                                                                                | State   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|       1 | Development of 23 QPs by ASDC for automotive sector                                                                                                            | Delhi   |
|       2 | Development of 23 Qualification Packs by (CGSC), Delhi                                                                                                         | Delhi   |
|       3 | Creation of Qualification packages for skill levels 6 and above by Instrumentation, Automation, Surveillance and Communication Sector Skill Council (IASC SSC) | Delhi   |

(d) & (e): In order to encourage  the  technology  development  and  to  augment  the manufacturing infrastructure in the Capital Goods Sector, MHI is implementing the Scheme for Enhancement  of  Competitiveness  in  the  Indian  Capital  Goods  Sector-  Phase-II.  Under  the Scheme, Project  Review  and  Monitoring  Committee  (PRMC)  has  been  constituted  for  each project in order to review the progress of the project.

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