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7/20/2025, 3:15:56 PM
>An Indian opposition leader has called for "ground-level change" to boost the country's manufacturing strength, noting that India is merely assembling products rather than truly manufacturing them.
>India's Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said in a post on X that 80 percent of components of most TVs made in India come from China, according to a report from the Times of India on Saturday. "From iPhones to TVs - the parts come from abroad; we just put them together," Gandhi wrote.
>Gandhi said India's small manufacturing entrepreneurs are hindered by a lack of policy support, while heavy taxes and monopolies by a few firms are stifling the industry. Without self-sufficiency in production, India's talk of jobs and "Make in India" will remain empty slogans, according to his post, and "Ground-level change is needed for India to move beyond assembly and become a true manufacturing power capable of competing with China."
>Qian Feng, director of the research department at the National Strategy Institute in Tsinghua University, pointed out that India's push to strengthen its manufacturing sector is not new. "Since Indian Prime Minister Modi took office, the 'Make in India' campaign has been elevated to a national strategy, with policies like the Production Linked Incentive scheme," said Qian, but he said the overall progress remains limited so far.
>In an earlier speech in February, Rahul Gandhi said India's manufacturing fell from 15.3 percent of GDP in 2014 to 12.6 percent of GDP today, which is the lowest share of manufacturing in 60 years, citing official data.
>The current situation is well below the original goal of making manufacturing to reach 25 percent of India's GDP by 2025, said Qian. "India's dependence on China for intermediate goods, components, and high-end equipment has not decreased while some key indicators show continued growth."
>https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202507/1338791.shtml
>India's Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said in a post on X that 80 percent of components of most TVs made in India come from China, according to a report from the Times of India on Saturday. "From iPhones to TVs - the parts come from abroad; we just put them together," Gandhi wrote.
>Gandhi said India's small manufacturing entrepreneurs are hindered by a lack of policy support, while heavy taxes and monopolies by a few firms are stifling the industry. Without self-sufficiency in production, India's talk of jobs and "Make in India" will remain empty slogans, according to his post, and "Ground-level change is needed for India to move beyond assembly and become a true manufacturing power capable of competing with China."
>Qian Feng, director of the research department at the National Strategy Institute in Tsinghua University, pointed out that India's push to strengthen its manufacturing sector is not new. "Since Indian Prime Minister Modi took office, the 'Make in India' campaign has been elevated to a national strategy, with policies like the Production Linked Incentive scheme," said Qian, but he said the overall progress remains limited so far.
>In an earlier speech in February, Rahul Gandhi said India's manufacturing fell from 15.3 percent of GDP in 2014 to 12.6 percent of GDP today, which is the lowest share of manufacturing in 60 years, citing official data.
>The current situation is well below the original goal of making manufacturing to reach 25 percent of India's GDP by 2025, said Qian. "India's dependence on China for intermediate goods, components, and high-end equipment has not decreased while some key indicators show continued growth."
>https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202507/1338791.shtml
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