Govt to consider tax incentives and subsidies to boost manufacturing

17 Dec 2013 Evaluate

In order to provide boost to the country’s manufacturing sector, the committee of manufacturing, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is likely to consider tax incentives and subsidies soon for making the manufacturing sector more competitive. The committee is likely to focus on manufacturing, especially in labour-incentive sectors, which leads to job creation in the country.

Furthermore, the committee is expected to consider measures needed to substitute imports in sectors such as telecom equipment and shipbuilding. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had already expressed the need to develop a strong domestic manufacturing base in electronics and telecommunications in order to mitigate burden of growing imports for these sectors. India is expected to import electronics products worth $300 billion, which will be more than the value of the country's imports of petroleum products.

The domestic shipbuilding industry, which is even more labour intensive and skill intensive, is import dependent. Meanwhile, the government is of the view that the country is well placed to supply cheap skilled labour that can compete with the best in the world. Present market size of the Indian shipbuilding industry is estimated to be worth $92 billion. Indian manufacturing sector has grown by only 1 percent in Q2 FY14 and industry growth in the first eight months of 2013-14 was recorded at zero percent, reflecting the need of more measures for government to recover the domestic manufacturing sector. Further, sluggish growth in manufacturing and high imports has become main cause for widening current account deficit (CAD) of the country.

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