Cabinet note soon to formalize the proposed national manufacturing policy: Anand Sharma

14 Jul 2011 Evaluate

In the midst of strong signs of moderation in India’s industrial output, the Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma after the meeting with Chamber of Commerce, said a cabinet note will soon be prepared to formalize the proposed National Manufacturing Policy paving the way for creating India’s own versions of China-style mega industrial cities peppered across the country equipped with production units, public utilities, residential areas, schools and hospitals.

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) fell to 5.6% in May, due to poor performance of manufacturing and mining sector. To boost manufacturing sector’s share in country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a high level committee on manufacturing headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had approved the draft of National Manufacturing policy, which aims to increase the share of manufacturing sector in country’s GDP to 25% by 2025 from 16% at present.

The proposed policy seeks to create mega industrial cities across country equipped with all the infrastructure, production units, public utilities, residential areas, schools and hospitals. As per the government estimates the new policy would help create nearly 100 million jobs by 2025.

Anand Sharma said, some fine tuning is required. A committee of secretaries headed by the principal secretary to the Prime Minister is looking into it by adding further he said other meetings which will take place within the next 10 days will help us in bringing this to a successful conclusion. Soon we will be in a position to circulate Cabinet note on the policy.

Anand Sharma is scheduled to meet industrial bodies to review the problems faced by the industry. He will also head a joint task force, planned to establish regular dialogue between government and industry.   

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