Niti Aayog to identify a dozen sectors for global manufacturing hub status
manufacturing hub, said officials. The Niti Aayog is undertaking an exercise to identify these sectors and their export potential and recommend strategies accordingly, they said.
The government will tweak policies and provide infrastructure support to help these sectors become global champions in manufacturing.
The focus will be on handholding these sectors and providing them outcome-oriented support to scale up production and match global requirements, said officials.
The Niti Aayog will commission a study in this regard, they said.
While a comprehensive list will be firmed up over the next four months, cement, steel and some consumer related industries, especially those which are not covered under the production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes, are being considered for policy intervention, officials said. «The idea is to analyse around 10-12 manufacturing sectors of the economy and map them with the global trends.
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