Creating Jobs and Growth by Specializing in Network Products

Survey says India has unprecedented opportunity to chart a China-like, labour-intensive, export trajectory.

• By integrating “Assemble in India for the world” into Make in India, India can:
  • Raise its export market share to about 3.5 % by 2025 and 6 % by 2030.
  • Create 4 crore well-paid jobs by 2025 and 8 crore by 2030.
• Exports of network products can provide one-quarter of the increase in value added required for making India a $5 trillion economy by 2025.
• Survey suggests a strategy similar to one used by China to grab this opportunity:
  • Specialization at large scale in labour-intensive sectors, especially network products.
  • Laser-like focus on enabling assembling ....