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First and foremost, it will enhance job opportunities within the country,
second it will minimisze the imports of such products into the country, thereby
mitigating the pressure on our trade deficit.
third in the long run, if not in the near-term, it will help augment and diversify our
exports from the manufacturing sector
fourth it will help in bringing latest technologies into the countryand lastly, such
domestic manufacturing will help minimize some of the trade frictions we have with
other countries. The importance of domestic manufacturing with foreign investment in
reducing trade frictions with other countries is at present ignored or underestimated
2.Competitive environment-_
The best way to ensure that foreign investment is of a high quality and yields value to the
country is to have a policy framework that requires it to operate in an unprotected, open and
competitive environment, and not behind high tariff walls or import restrictions, nor with the
aid of subsidies or other giveaways.
encouragement of exports with various kinds of subsidies and prop-ups, and curtailment of
imports by high tariffs and other so-called trade remedy measures like anti-dumping or
countervailing duties or other import restrictions.
Encouragement of domestic manufacturing of world-class standards, either by domestic or
foreign investors or both, has not been a major objective of our foreign trade policy so
far.Our foreign trade policy must recognise that encouragement of domestic manufacturing of
world-class standards, catering solely even to our own market, is a preferable alternative to
protection and subsidisation through high tariffs, trade remedy measures and financial
giveaways.
3.Ensure IP protection
IPRs do not consist only of pharmaceutical patents as is commonly understood in our country
they include as well copyright (computer software in our country is protected by copyright),
trademarks, trade secrets, geographical indications, designs, trade secrets, business
confidential information and data, and the like.Even if our IPR policies do not have domestic
manufacturing as a central objective, they need to be implemented in such a way that they
do not impede or deter technology-oriented domestic investments from foreign investors.
Our intellectual property laws are largely in conformity with international standards as
reflected in the TRIPS Agreement of the WTO and other international conventions to which we
have subscribed. Yet we tend to create an impression around the world that we do not value
intellectual property or respect its adequate protection.
4.Address local woes
One other aspect that does not fall within the ambit of the aforesaid policies, but which is
crucial to competitive domestic manufacturing needs to be touched upon here. Among the
major reasons for our domestic industry being competitively disadvantaged vis-a-vis the rest
of the world, two stand out prominently: first, the inadequacy and poor quality of our
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Spice Group said it would start a mobile phone manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh with
an investment of 500 crore
SAMSUNG --MSME-Samsung Technical Schools" will be established in India
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Hitachi said it was committed to the initiative, It said that an auto-component plant will be
set up in Chennai in 2016
Huawei opened a new research and development (R&D) campus in Bengaluru
AIRBUS with MAHENDRA said that it will manufacture its products in India and invest $
2 Billion US dollars.
Marine Products Export Development Authority said that it was interested in supplying
shrimp eggs to shrimp farmers in India under the initiative
Tata JLR (Jaguar Land-Rover) announced that it will move its production of the Land
Rover Defender to its Pune facility in India in 2016
# 2- Digital india
Digital India is a Programme to prepare India for a knowledge future
The focus is on being transformative to realize IT + IT = IT
The focus is on making technology central to enabling change.
It is an Umbrella Programme covering many departments.
It weaves together a large number of ideas and thoughts into a single, comprehensive
vision so that
each of them is seen as part of a larger goal.
Each individual element stands on its own. But is also part of the larger picture.
It is coordinated by DeitY, implemented by the entire government both at the Centre
and State.
The weaving together makes the Mission transformative in totality
The Programme_
Pulls together many existing schemes.
These schemes will be restructured and re-focused.
They will be implemented in a synchronized manner.
Many elements are only process improvements with minimal cost.
The common branding of programmes as Digital India highlights their transformative
impact.
Coverage: Nationwide
Cost: Rs 15,686 Cr
India's top billionaires pledged around Rs 4.5 lakh crore to projects related to Digital
Indiagenerate employments for some 18 lakh people.
Tata Consultancy Services which is majority owned by the Tata Group, has been an
active contributor to e-governance programmes and the company will hire 60,000 IT
professionals this year.
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said his company would invest Rs 2.5
lakh crore across different Digital India heads
Digital India where 1.2 billion connected Indians drive the nation," said the Prime
Minister at the launch of the Digital India Week, which will take technology to the
villages and block levels over the course of the next week.
Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, which owns telecom
company Idea Cellular, said it would leverage its network of 165 million subscribers
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Bharathi Mittal said his company would build on India's existing extensive telecom
network and spend over Rs 1 lakh crore in the next five years. Bharti group company
Bharti Airtel is India's largest mobile phone operator.
Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani, who helms Airtel's rival telco Reliance
Communications, pledged to invest Rs 10,000 crore to fund transformational initiatives
across the cloud, digital and telecom space.
Digital India programme, it will empower women and improve health and education of
children," he said. He also announced an investment of Rs 40,000 crore to set up an
LCD fab which could potentially employ 50,000 people. The fab is aimed at reducing
the electronics import by 20 per cent, in line with Prime Minister Modi's vision to reduce
dependence on electronics imports.
Intel keen to partner Digital India initiative
#3-SKILL INDIA
After Make in India and Digital India, the government is expected to come up with a revised
skill development policy or the Skill India scheme by March 2015, minister of state for skill
development and entrepreneurship Sarbananda Sonowal
TARGET_
The new scheme is expected to move beyond the target of skilling 500 million youth by 2020
that was set by the UPA government.
Focusonyouth
With a focus on creating jobs for youth, the government has decided to revamp the
antiquated industrial training centres that will skill over 20 lakh youth annually and devise
special courses based on industry needs.
The move is a part of the labour ministrys massive overhaul of the near obsolete Industrial
Training Institutes (ITIs) and skill development institutes that would now be armed with
revised curricula, new courses and an expanded reach across the country.
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Based on inputs from the Prime Minister, the new institutes will not only be set up in so far
uncovered areas but majorly in industrial clusters so that students can be trained
according to industry needs and placed with these companies said a senior official
involved in the development, adding that the first preference to requests from industry.
But while these ITIs will be set up by the year-end, the ministry has also decided to allow
the existing institutes to meet the immediate needs of industry by offering courses of their
interest.
To this end, the ministry has also decided to formulate courses for the skill development
institutes based on industry needs. Firms will have to sign agreements with the Directorate
General of Employment and Training to avail these specialised courses and will recruit at least
80 per cent of the students for a minimum of six months. The specialised courses will be run
for an 18 month period and based on their success in terms of placement will be continued on
a permanent basis.
There has already been a lot of interest from companies in sectors such as manufacturing,
construction, chemical and even e-commerce. We will be holding discussions with industry
chambers later this month, said the official.
Industries with at least 300 permanent workers can sign such MoUs with the DGET. The
labour ministry is also banking on the over 2,500 industry bodies in the MSME sector to
recruit the students.
PM Narendra Modi has stressed on his vision of transforming the country into a Skilled India
and the government is expected to go much beyond the targets set by the UPA government.
Currently, there are 11,000-odd ITIs being run by the government as well as on PPP basis
with a seating capacity of 15.5 lakh students. The new ITIs being planned will train 4.5 lakh
students.
The labour ministry is also fixing the biggest challenge before these ITIs in attracting
students outdated curricula that had little use for continued
*Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government plans to launch a
National Skills Mission through the Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Ministry*
In his budget speech, he said that the mission would consolidate all skill development
initiatives which are spread across several Ministries.
Key factors_
India is one of the youngest nations in the world with more than 54 per cent of the total
population below 25 years of age. Yet today less than 5 per cent of our potential workforce
gets formal skill training to be employable and stay employable, Mr. Jaitley said.
He said that the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushal Yojana was launched to enhance
the employability of rural youth which is the key to unlocking Indias demographic dividend. A
sum of Rs. 1,500 crore was allocated for this scheme in the budget, for which disbursement
will be through a digital voucher directly into qualified students bank account.
The Union Budget 2015 paved way for the launch of a much-awaited National Skills Mission to
complement Prime Minister Narendra Modis Skill India and Make in India exhortations.
However, much work needs to be done on the ground for the government to prove that this
step is a departure from rhetoric lip service.
Problems to over take_
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COMMERCIALISATION_
Large IT and telecommunication companies such as Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft have developed
new solutions and initiatives for intelligent cities as well. Cisco, launched the Global Intelligent
Urbanization initiative to help cities around the world using the network as the fourth utility
for integrated city management, better quality of life for citizens, and economic development.
IBM announced its SmarterCities to stimulate economic growth and quality of life in cities
and metropolitan areas with the activation of new approaches of thinking and acting in the
urban ecosystem.
CRISTISM_
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The focus of the concept of smart city may lead to an underestimation of the possible
negative effects of the development of the new technological and networked
infrastructures needed for a city to be smart.
As a globalized business model is based on capital mobility, following a businessoriented model may result in a losing long term strategy: "The 'spatial fix' inevitably
means that mobile capital can often 'write its own deals' to come to town, only to move
on when it receives a better deal elsewhere. This is no less true for the smart city than
it was for the industrial (or)manufacturing city.
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Pattadakal - Karnataka
Mahakuta - Karnataka
Thiruvananthapuram - Kerala
Kollam - Kerala
Kottayam - Kerala
Tiruvalla - Kerala
Ernakulam - Kerala
Cochin - Kerala
Thrissur - Kerala
Hyderabad - Telangana
Warangal - Telangana
Karimnagar - Telangana
Nizamabad - Telaganana
Nalgonda - Telangana
Guntur - Andhra Pradesh
Vijayawada - Andhra Pradesh
Kurnool - Andhra Pradesh
Chittoor - Andhra Pradesh
Kanpur - Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad - Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow - Uttar Pradesh
Jhansi - Uttar Pradesh
Faizabad - Uttar Pradesh
Varanasi - Uttar Pradesh
Jaipur - Rajasthan
Ajmer - Rajasthan
Bharatpur - Rajasthan
Bikaner - Rajasthan
Jodhapur - Rajasthan
Kota - Rajasthan
Udipur - Rajasthan
Ludhiana - Punjab
Amritsar - Punjab
Jalandhar - Punjab
Patiala - Punjab
Muzaffarapur - Bihar
Patna - Bihar
Gaya - Bihar
Bhagalpur - Bihar
Bihar Sharif - Bihar
Faridabad - Haryana
Gurgaon - Haryana
Panipat - Haryana
Ambala - Haryana
Guwahati - Assam
Tinsukia - Assam
Odalguri - Assam
Tangla - Assam
Goalpara - Assam
Bhubaneswar - Odisha
Cuttack - Odisha
Rourkela - Odisha
Sambalpur - Odisha
Balasore - Odisha
Shimla - Himachal Pradesh
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