India is preparing a fresh manufacturing push centred on identifying nearly 100 products that are either not produced domestically or are inadequately manufactured despite existing capability, signalling a sharper industrial policy focus amid shifting global supply chains, geopolitical tensions and the country's ambition to emerge as a global manufacturing hub.
According to Mahendra Yadav's TOI report, the initiative, outlined by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Secretary Amardeep Singh Bhatia, comes alongside a broader policy push that includes faster foreign investment approvals, easing of FDI norms, expanded free trade agreements (FTAs) and a proposed "Made in India" branding framework aimed at improving the global positioning of Indian products.
