Comments on: To Bolster Manufacturing, India Tries the China Way

By: captainjohann

captainjohann — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:42:00 +0000

First India must build world class infrastructure. The Indian Railway engines are found to be superior to Chinese that Pakistan has placed urgent order for 50 of them.Chinese also dump low quality goods in Indian and third world markets. Indians must go for High quality production like Japnese,South korean or Swedish do but in cheaper way.

By: Ehteshamul Haque

Ehteshamul Haque — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:04:00 +0000

We may discuss till eternity on SEZ /FEZ or any other tax incentive, fact of the matter is we have to get basics right to be destination of choice in manufacturing;
@ Infrastructure: Ecosystem of industries, Land, Power, Road, Logistics etc..
@ Labor Laws: Agility to adjust upsize/downsize swiftly and economically as per demand
@ Technical Skills: Qualified “Technicians” (Welder/Fitter/Machinist etc.)
@ Policy Issue: Consistency of policy and confidence that it will not change next year
@ Industry & University Liaison: We have total disconnect between what is taught and what is needed in industry, synergic research is far cry from it. We need to channelize our intellectual capital to solve industry focused issues.
We have these and we will see Indian entrepreneurial energies focused on manufacturing and deliver results apart from foreign investors.
Else we will see pseudo industry growth similar to what we see when state governments offer exemptions from “Excise Duty”. In the name of manufacturing assembly/packing is done in these zones, part of the tax exemptions is consumed by inefficient logistics and rest is enjoyed by entrepreneur.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:10:00 +0000

The reason why manufacturing did not come to India has been archaic land & labor laws. In the early to mid-1990s I could get a number of US & EC companies to shift part of their manufacturing to India based on “more open society, English language, democracy” besides skills at low costs.
But they were askance at our labor laws and the fact that most companies use “contract labor” just because you can not hire & fire people.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:10:00 +0000

By: Vickram Gopaal

Vickram Gopaal — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:13:00 +0000

‘frugal engineering’ will not help employment of mass migrating unskilled and semi-skilled workers from the farms into the urban areas.
Manufacturing is critical. And the Govt is responsible to ensure that there is clear focus on mass employment generation.