Govt’s policies tailored in way to support manufacturing and service sector growth: Sitharaman

07 May 2025 Evaluate

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that government's policies have been tailored in a way to support manufacturing and the service sector growth. She said about 60 per cent of India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is contributed by the services sector.  The minister said ‘our approach is to strengthen ourselves more on the basis of the assets that we have, whether it is in the form of human capital or technology in which we have a lead, if I can say that way, and also in sectors in which we think we can build further’. 

She noted that India has about 600 million people who are less than 25 years of age and so the country is enjoying demographic dividend. She said ‘so, looking at levers which we want to fully use, whether it is technology or manpower, the government's policies have been tailored in such a way that we are able to support manufacturing and the service sector in which India has a lead’.

With regard to manufacturing, Sitharaman said India needs to steadily increase its share in GDP from current 12-13 per cent to 18 per cent. To boost manufacturing in the country, she said India is focussing on 14 priority sectors or sunrise sectors like electronics, semi-conductors and pharma. Any additional manufacturing capacity in these sectors gets the advantage of Production Linked Incentive. She further said that India wants to build any sustainable supply chain link with the global supply chain using the assets including soft skills that India have. She said ‘we have taken a long-term approach towards the supply chain keeping in mind our strategic strengths and making sure that India's capacities are leveraged.’ 


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