Has Make in India Worked?

Make in India has not yet achieved its goals. The growth rate of manufacturing averaged 6.9% per annum between 2014–15 and 2019-20. The share of manufacturing dropped from 16.3% of GDP in 2014-15 to 15.1% in 2019-20.

Has Make in India been successful?

According to the objectives, the project of Make in India has secured some of its achievements, but it has been considered a complete failure while reaching 2019-2020. Achievements include the growth in FDP in the sectors like Aviation, Chemicals, and Petro-chemicals.

Is the Make in India campaign really working?

But judged from the yardstick of what it set out to achieve, 'Make in India' is at best still a work in progress. The key stated outcomes were to increase the share of the manufacturing sector to 25 per cent of GDP and to create a 100 million additional jobs in the manufacturing sector by 2022.

Sophia Al-Mansoor

Sophia Al-Mansoor

Global Business & E-Commerce Reporter

Sophia analyzes international trade, startup ecosystems, retail transformation, and supply chain logistics for modern digital publications.