Owing to global economic slowdown, the year 2012 turned out to be a bad year for foreign direct investment (FDI). Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said ‘the global economic slowdown has affected the inflow of funds into the country but the government is taking all possible measures to increase investment in the country.’ By adding further he said government had no plan to bring a FDI policy only for the manufacturing sector saying it was not sector specific.
Expressing views on the manufacturing sector slowdown, the minister said that it is incorrect to say that the manufacturing sector, which accounts for 11% of employment in the country, has not grown. ‘GDP has grown and so has the manufacturing sector, while, the government is taking a number of steps for development of manufacturing sector, including those for boosting employment and rural employment.’
India’s manufacturing sector has been affected due to the global slowdown, with its share in gross domestic product (GDP) remaining around 15-16% over the past decade. Listing out measures taken to boost manufacturing, Sharma said, government has announced the National Manufacturing Policy (NMP), 2011, with the objective of increasing the share of manufacturing in GDP to 25% and creating 100 million additional jobs over the next decade. The policy also envisages setting up of National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs), which are industrial townships benchmarked to the best manufacturing hubs in the world.
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