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Key Sectors to Position India as a Global Manufacturing Hub - NITI Aayog Report
August 17 , 2026
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- NITI Aayog has released the report titled “Key Sectors to Position India as a Global Manufacturing Hub”.
- It is a structured and data-driven framework identifies major sectors that can fuel India’s ambition to become global manufacturing powerhouse.
Objectives
- This report has extensively analyzed four sectors viz. Chemicals, Telecom & Networking Equipment, Textiles and Solar Photo Voltaic manufacturing.
- These are four high-potential sectors that could drive India’s manufacturing growth and strengthen its position in global value chains.
Textiles Sector
- It is one of the country’s most important manufacturing sectors, contributing approximately 2% to national GDP, 11% to manufacturing GVA, and 9% of merchandise exports.
- It is also the second-largest employer after agriculture, providing livelihoods to more than 45 million people and supporting widespread MSME-led industrial development.
- In fiscal 2025, India exported textile products worth USD 37.7 billion and accounted for 4.1% of global textile and apparel exports, making it the sixth-largest textile exporter globally.
Telecom & Networking Equipment Sector
- India is currently the world’s second-largest telecommunications market with more than 1.2 billion subscribers, approximately 85% telecom penetration, and nearly 75% internet usage.
- Recognizing the sector’s transformative potential, the National Telecom Policy 2025 (NTP-25) targets doubling the sector’s contribution to GDP, doubling exports of telecom products and services, creating one million new jobs, and significantly increasing investment and R&D expenditure by 2030.
Solar PV Sector
- India had installed 106 GW of solar capacity by March 2025 and needs to add about 174 GW to meet the 2030 target of 280 GW solar capacity.
- It will be followed by assessments of eight more sectors.
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