Parliament Question: Scheme for Enhancing Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5123 ANSWERED ON 24.03.2026 SCHEME FOR ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS IN THE INDIAN CAPITAL GOODS SECTOR 5123. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT: Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES be pleased to state: (a) the progress achieved under Phase-ll of the Scheme for Enhancing Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector, including the details of the total financial expenditure and the 29 projects approved so far; (b) the State-wise distribution of the approved projects, including Centres of Excellence, Common Engineering Facility Centres, Testing and Certification Centres, Industry Accelerators and Qualification Pack initiatives; (c) the number of approved projects completed and made operational so far; (d) whether the Ministry has made any assessment of the impact on employment generation and on strengthening India's capital goods manufacturing ecosystem; and (e) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES (SHRI BHUPATHIRAJU SRINIVASA VARMA) (a) to (c): Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector- Phase-II has a total financial outlay of Rs. 1207 crores with budgetary support of Rs.975 crore. Total 29 projects with project cost of Rs. 891.37 crores and budgetary support of Rs. 714.64 crore have been sanctioned so far. State-wise distribution of the sanctioned projects is as under: Centres of Excellence: Sr.no Name of Project State 1. Setting up of CoE by IIT Roorkee Uttarakhand 2. Augmentation of CoE at IIT Delhi Delhi 3. Augmentation of Centre of Excellence by IISc, Bangalore Karnataka 4. Setting up of CoE at ARAI, Pune Maharashtra 5. Setting up of Centre of Excellence (CoE) by IIT BHU, Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 6. Augmentation of CoE at Si’Tarc Coimbatore Tamilnadu 7. Augmentation of Existing Centre of Excellence by AMTDC, IIT Madras Tamilnadu Common Engineering Facility Centres: Sr.no. Name of Project State Augmentation of CEFC at Smart Factory, Indian Institute of Science 1. Karnataka (IISc), Bengaluru 2. Augmentation of Common Engineering Facility Centre by C4i4 Maharashtra 3. Setting up of CEFC at ARAI, Pune Maharashtra 4. Setting up of CEFC at BHEL Trichy Tamilnadu-2- Testing and Certification Centres: Sr.no. Name of Project State 1. Augmentation of existing testing and certification facilities at ARAI, Pune Maharashtra 2. Augmentation of existing testing and certification centre at CMTI, Bangalore Karnataka Madhya Pradesh/ 3. Augmentation of existing testing and certification facilities at BHEL Telangana Augmentation of existing Testing and Certification Facility at (IAHT), 4. Ludhiana Punjab Augmentation of testing and certification facility at Institute of Machine 5. Tools Technology (IMTT), Batala Augmentation of testing and certification facility at Fluid Control Research 6. Kerala Institute, Palakkad Industry Accelerators: Sr.No. Name of Project State 1. Setting up of Industry Accelerator (CAMRAS) by ARTPARK (IISc), Bangalore Karnataka 2. Setting up of Industry Accelerator (SAMRIDHI) by (FSID), (IISc), Bangaluru 3. Establishment Of Industry Accelerator by CMTI 4. Setting up of Industry Accelerator at ARAI, Pune Maharastra 5. Setting up of Industry Accelerator by IIT Madras Tamilnadu 6. Setting up of Industry Accelerator by SASTRA University, Thanjavur 7. Setting up of Industry Accelerator by PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 8. Setting up of Industry Accelerator by Indian School of Business Telangana 9. Industry Accelerator at IIT Roorkee Uttarakhand Qualification Packages: Sr.no Name of Project State 1. Development of 23 QPs by ASDC for automotive sector 2. Development of 23 Qualification Packs by (CGSC), Delhi Delhi Creation of Qualification packages for skill levels 6 and above by Instrumentation, 3. Automation, Surveillance and Communication Sector Skill Council (IASC SSC) (d) & (e): In order to encourage the technology development and to augment the manufacturing infrastructure in the Capital Goods Sector, MHI is implementing the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector- Phase-II. Under the Scheme, Project Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC) has been constituted for each project in order to review the progress of the project. ********