In the noise around new trade frictions and a possible India–China thaw, it feels urgently inevitable that India either uses this moment—or misses it—to execute on its manufacturing ambition.
India’s manufacturing decade will be won (or lost) on the shop floor. Despite Make in India, PLI, and China+1, our share sits near ~17.5% and productivity is ~½ of Vietnam/China. The biggest hurdles are internal: skills, reliability, and tech adoption.
Three levers:
• AI & digital QC to hard-wire quality and throughput
• Workforce discipline (targeted FDI, time-bound visas, staggered leave)
• Reinvestment & professional management across MSMEs
Fix the habits → turn the flywheel.
Can we execute these levers at scale?
Could institutionalized FDI (e.g., Foxconn-style programs) help us leapfrog obsolescence while upskilling and raising shop-floor discipline?
Could smarter imports and co-production with China/Vietnam force us to step up—perhaps with their help?
The biggest mistake is believing we’ll excel at manufacturing because we think we should. We’ll excel when we change how we work.
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