Make in India Week’ to start from Feb 13 Make in India Week’ to start from Feb 13

The manufacturing push ‘Make in India’ given by the Modi government will start in February next year in Mumbai.

• First flagship event of ‘Make in India’ to be held in India’s financial capital will feature sector-wise, state-wise pavilions, exhibitions of products and manufacturing processes, besides conference rooms and meeting lounges for B2B, G2B, G2G meetings.
• Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and trade body, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) are involved in the planning of the event that will see representations from global investors, states, export promotion councils, local trade bodies, buyers and union ministries.

Sectors covered under this programme:Automobile, auto components, aviation, defence manufacturing, leather, food processing, mining, oil and gas, ports and shipping, textiles and tourism and hospitality.

Prime Minister NarendraModi will inaugurate the event on 13 February.

• 14 February– CNN Asia Business Forum meeting
• 15 February-“Make in Mumbai” session and “Maharashtra Investor Summit”.
• 16 February– Gujarat Investor Summit, Andhra Pradesh Investor Summit
• 17 February– Make in India magazine will be launched

*What is MAKE IN INDIA Project?

Make in India is an initiative of the Government of Indialaunched by Prime Minister NarendraModi on 25 September 2014, to encourage companies to manufacture their products in India. The main objective of this campaign is to make country a manufacturing hub for domestic as well as foreign companies.