The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce gave its recommendation for the government.
It has asked to extend the tenure and scope of the ongoing Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to more sectors and improve its effectiveness by reducing “administrative delays” and “compliance burdens”.
It also recommended to expand its coverage to include labour-intensive sectors, such as chemicals, leather, apparel, and handicrafts.
Currently, the PLI scheme covers 14 sectors, including mobile phones, drones, white goods, telecommunications, textiles, automobiles, specialty steel, and the pharmaceutical drugs, with an outlay of ₹1.97 trillion.
The committee has recommended extending the scheme to the additional sectors, such as the defence manufacturing, aerospace, and ship containers to strengthen the domestic manufacturing.