SME Times News Bureau | 28 Nov, 2015
The government is committed to provide all necessary support to make
India's manufacturing sector globally competitive and a wide array of
smart technologies needs to be adopted for the purpose, Heavy Industries
and Public Enterprises Minister Anant Geete said on Friday.
'Make
in India' campaign is the first step in this direction and assured that
going forward the results of many more steps taken by the government in
various areas would be clearly visible, he said at an event organised
by industry chamber CII.
He also apprised the gathering of the
various steps taken by his ministry such as addressing the problems of
central public sector enterprises, formulation of the 1st draft on
National Capital Goods policy and encouragement of manufacturing of
Hybrid and Electric Vehicles to support the manufacturing growth agenda
of the country.
Industrial Policy and Promotion Secretary Amitabh
Kant said that Indian manufacturing is on the cusp of a transformation
and leveraging advantages of Industry 4.0 will support the faster growth
of an efficient and cost competitive manufacturing sector.
He
stressed on the urgent need for skill transformation to seize this
opportunity by creating the relevant technology-driven skill base to
drive this revolution. For this, the technology usage in colleges and
schools needs to be aligned to workplace skills requirements, he said.
Kant
urged the industry, academia and R&D institutions to come together
and create a multi-disciplinary curriculum and ecosystem to support this
transformation.
