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NITI wants Make in India to focus on labour-intensive sectors

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LITTLE PROGRESS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with members of his cabinet at the launch of Make in India in 2014. For all the hoopla, there is precious little to show for the initiative. Prospects for manufacturing growth are not rosy

Sanjeeb Mukherjee Indivjal Dhasmana New Delhi
The NITI Aayog wants the Prime Minister's flagship initiative, Make in India, to lay special focus on labour-intensive sectors such as leather, textiles and garments to increase jobs potential. 

In its appraisal of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17), the government's key think tank said the Make in India programme was focussed on sectors such as automobiles, automobile components, aviation, biotechnology, chemicals, defence manufacturing, electrical machinery, electronics, food processing, leather, pharmaceuticals, textiles and garments, sources said. The majority of these areas, it said, were those in which India was strong already.

Sectors in which India lagged were electronics, food