Commerce secretary Rita Teaotia has expressed confidence that India’s engineering exports, which have been registering a strong growth, will reach a new high in the financial year 2017-18. She indicated that engineering exports registered a rise of 22 percent to $62 billion in the April-January period of 2017-18. Besides, she said that the exports to developed countries are growing at a rapid pace and noted that shipments to North America and Europe account for about 40 percent of the total exports from the sector.
Teaotia has stated that the share of engineering exports in India’s total shipments has rose to 23.6 percent in FY17 from 18.2 percent in FY10. She pointed out that ambitious government initiatives such as 'Make in India', 'Start Up India' and 'Digital India' would further boost the growth of industries in the country. Highlighting the importance of the growing services sector, she made a case for recalibrating the traditional model of manufacturing led development. She said that the services sector matters greatly for enhancing the manufacturing sector competitiveness and also accounts for a significant portion of value added to a product.
Commerce secretary further said that the boundaries between manufacturing and services are increasingly blurred, requiring them to recalibrate their traditional model of manufacturing led development. She also said that global mega trends such as Industry 4.0, changing dynamics of the global value chain, rise of shared economy are presenting both opportunities and challenges to the country. She mentioned that long term enablers that focus on job creation by harnessing these mega trends and business models at the intersection of services in manufacturing will be key to future development.
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