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The Commerce and Industry Ministry has sent the final proposal of new industrial policy to the Cabinet for approval, Union Minister Suresh Prabhu said.
“We have sent the final Cabinet note. We have also prepared an action plan for the implementation of the policy,” Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu told PTI. The new industrial policy aims at boosting manufacturing sector growth, promote foreign technology transfer and attract overseas investments.
The policy would have some financial implications as the government may provide incentives for use of frontier technologies like artificial intelligence, Internet of things, and robotics. It aims at promoting emerging sectors and modernising existing industries. It will also look to reduce regulatory hurdles, cut paper work and support emerging and new sectors. The ministry would be setting up an elaborate machinery including a steering committee for effective implementation of the policy.
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in August last year floated a draft industrial policy with an aim to create jobs for the next two decades, promote foreign technology transfer and attract $ 100 billion FDI annually. This will be the third industrial policy after the ones released in 1956 and 1991. It will replace the industrial policy of 1991 which was prepared in the backdrop of balance of payment crisis.
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