The scheme of Department of Heavy Industry for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods sector aims to establish Centres of Excellence (CoE) for Technology Development, Integrated Industrial Infrastructure Facility (IIIF), Common Engineering Facility Centres (CEFC), Technology Acquisition Fund Programme (TAFP), testing and certification centre and skilling for the Capital Goods Sector.
The Scheme has provided budgetary support to various eminent research institutes like IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IISc Bengaluru and CMTI. Which are working in partnership with industry for technology development in the sector. Presently eight Centres of Excellence, five Technology Acquisition Fund Programmes, ten Common Engineering Facility Centres, and one Machine Tools Park at Tumkuru, Karnataka are progressing well under this Scheme.
The Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bengaluru is continuously upgrading its test facilities with the Government support. The upgradation is based on the demand from the electrical industry and in consideration of the latest National and International standards.
CPRI is a world class testing laboratory, whose certification is now accepted in most countries. This has helped exports to grow as part of the Make in India initiative.
This information was given by the Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Prakash Javadekar, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
