Make in India

Manufacturing and investment-promotion initiative launched in September 2014. DPIIT releases report a 57 per cent rise in manufacturing FDI equity inflow over 2014–2022 compared with the preceding period, and Make in India 2.0 focuses on 27 sectors.

Category: Employment & Livelihood
Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry (DPIIT)
Launched: 2014

Stated goals

Make India a hub for manufacturing, design and innovation — easier investment, sector focus and ecosystem promotion rather than a spending programme.

Target beneficiaries

Manufacturers and investors across the focus sectors

Fact-checks on this scheme

Lacks contextTop 50 Ranking in Ease of Doing Business Index — In the last four years, India has climbed 65 places in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Index. We will further work in this direction to take the country's ranking into the top 50… Strengthening Companies Act — In order to incentivize compliance of law and ease of doing business, we will amend the Companies Act to impose civil liability for technical and procedural defaults of a minor nature thus unclogging the majority of the cases from the courts… New Industrial Policy — We will announce a new industrial policy to improve competitiveness of manufacturing and services.Claimed by Bharatiya Janata Party on 8 Apr 2019
Lacks contextOur policies such as Make in India and PLI have significantly increased manufacturing activities. We recognise that manufacturing presents huge potential for employment creation. We will make Bharat a trusted Global Manufacturing Hub through a series of programmes including simplification of regulatory processes, investment in infrastructure to meet the requirements of manufacturing hubs, bringing capital to the industry and investing in research and development.Claimed by Bharatiya Janata Party on 14 Apr 2024