Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Schemes

• Keeping in view India’s vision of becoming ‘Aatmanirbhar’ and to enhance India’s manufacturing capabilities and exports, Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes have been launched for 14 key sectors with an outlay of Rs. 1.97 lakh crore.
• Actual investment of over Rs. 1.88 lakh crore have been realized till June 2025 across 14 sectors, which has resulted in incremental production/sales of over Rs. 17 lakh crore and employment generation of over 12.3 lakhs (direct and indirect).
• PLI Schemes have witnessed exports exceeding Rs.7.5 lakh crore with significant contributions from sectors such as electronics, pharmaceuticals, telecom & networking products and food processing.

Startup India initiative

• Launched by the Government in 2016, Startup India initiative has laid a robust foundation for sustained growth of the startup ecosystem in the country. As on date, a total of 2,01,335 startups has been recognized by DPIIT, and these start-ups have created 21 lakh plus jobs across the country.
• In the spirit of Nari Shakti, there has been a significant contribution of women entrepreneurs in the transformation of the Indian startup landscape. More than 48% of the recognised startups in India have at least one-woman director.

Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)

•  ONDC aims at democratising e-commerce in India and is expected to make digital commerce inclusive and accessible for all, unlock innovation for all players in the e-commerce ecosystem and bring out potential benefits for all stakeholders in the e-commerce value chain.
• ONDC has processed a cumulative of 326 million+ orders as of October 2025. Further, in the month of October 2025, 18.2 million orders have been processed and average daily transactions has reached approximately 5,90,000+.

One District One Product (ODOP)

• Initiative aims to foster balanced regional development across all districts of the country by selecting, branding, and promoting One Product from each District (One District – One Product) of the country. Over 1240+ products have been identified across 775 districts.
• PM Ekta Malls provides capital assistance to States for the creation of Unity malls in all Indian States to promote ODOP products. Of the 27 States whose DPR for PM Ekta Mall has been approved, 25 States have issued work orders and construction has started in majorty of States.

Ease of Doing Business

• To promote Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) across the country, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is spearheading several key reform initiatives, including the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP), the B-Ready Assessment, the Jan Vishwas Act, and the Reducing Compliance Burden (RCB) framework.
• Till date, seven editions of BRAP (2015, 2016, 2017–18, 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2024) have been successfully implemented, and States/ UTs have been assessed accordingly. The results of the seventh edition (BRAP 2024) have already been released. The eighth edition, BRAP 2026, has been formally rolled out on 11 November 2025.
• Further, to strengthen State Single Window Systems and to enhance transparency, efficiency, and user experience, a comprehensive review was undertaken. Pursuant to this, a detailed guidebook was issued outlining eight essential and five desirable features. This initiative represents a significant step towards creating a more responsive and investor-friendly business environment across the States.
• In line with the deliberations held during the National Conference of Chief Secretaries last year, the District Business Reform Action Plan (D-BRAP) has also been launched. This transformative initiative enables States to cascade business reforms to the district level, ensuring timely and efficient approvals and services across industrial clusters and local enterprise ecosystems.
• As part of the Reducing Compliance Burden exercise and based on data uploaded on the Regulatory Compliance Portal, Central Ministries/ Departments and States/ UTs undertook extensive self-identification of burdensome compliances. As a result, more than 47,000 compliances have been reduced as of (till November 2025). Of these, 16,108 compliances have been simplified, 22,287 have been digitized, 4,458 have been decriminalized, and 4,270 redundant compliances have been removed.
• The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023, enacted last year, decriminalized 183 provisions across 42 Acts. Furthering these efforts, the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025, comprising 355 provisions, of which 288 are proposed for decriminalization to promote EoDB and 67 for amendment to enhance Ease of Living, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 18 August 2025. The Bill, approved earlier by the Union Cabinet, has been referred by the Hon’ble Speaker to the Select Committee, which will present its report by the first day of the next Session.
• Additionally, under the broader EoDB reform agenda, the Government is progressing towards implementation of centralized KYC and a structured Regulatory Impact Assessment framework, thereby providing further impetus to foreign direct investment and domestic manufacturing.
• National Single Window System: In November 2025 (till 20th Nov'2025), 11,568 approvals have been granted via the National Single Window System (NSWS) out of a total of 26,504 applications received. Cumulatively, till 20th November 2025, 1175435 approvals have been applied through NSWS and 829750 approvals have been granted.

Logistics:

PM Gatishakti National Master Plan (NMP)

• Launched in October 2021, PM GatiShakti (PMGS) is a National Master Plan (NMP) for multi-modal connectivity. It integrates infrastructure planning across multiple ministries (roads, railways, ports, aviation, inland waterways, energy, etc.) to reduce silos and avoid duplication.
• 57 Ministries/Departments have been onboarded on the PMGS. Data layers of these Ministries/Departments have been integrated on the NMP. Ministries/Departments have initiated the usage of the NMP for planning of the infrastructure in their respective sectors. 1700 data layers (731 Ministry data layers & 969 State data layers) of Central Ministries and States/UTs have been uploaded on the GIS-data based PMGS NMP portal.
• PM GatiShakti NMP platform is now open to the private sector. A Query-Based Analytics Mechanism using the National Geospatial Data Registry (NGDR) as an intermediary platform, with a Unified Geospatial Interface (UGI), has been developed by BISAG-N for private users which will aid infrastructure developers, consultants, project planners and academia/researchers with actionable insights.
• PM GatiShakti District Master Plan launched in 28 Aspirational Districts covering 26 States is now being extended to all 112 Aspirational Districts. This portal will support districts through Geo-spatial technology-based tools for preparation of Master Plan as well as planning of economic and social infrastructure projects.

National Logistics Policy (NLP)

• NLP launched on 17^th September 2022, to drive economic growth and business competitiveness of the country through cost-effective logistics network.
• To address sector-specific needs in the logistics sector and streamline the movement of bulk and break-bulk cargo in the country, Sectoral Plans for Efficient Logistics (SPEL) are being developed by user Ministries. Sectoral Plans for Coal sector has been notified. SPEL for cement sector has been approved and SPEL for steel, pharma, fertilizer, food processing and food & public distribution is under advanced stage.
• To bring a holistic focus on ‘logistics’ in public policy at the State level, States/UTs are developing State Logistics Plans (SLPs) aligned with NLP. So far, 27 States/ UTs have notified their respective State Logistics policies.

Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP)

• The Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP), developed under the National Logistics Policy, is a digital integration layer that breaks ministerial data silos and facilitates seamless data exchange among stakeholders across the logistics ecosystem.
• Currently, ULIP has been integrated with 44 systems of 11 ministries via 136 APIs covering 2000+ data fields. More than 1700 companies registered on the ULIP portal, i.e., www.goulip.in. Additionally, 200+ applications have been developed by these companies, leading to more than 200 crore API transactions by industry players. Over 20 States' public distribution systems are leveraging ULIP APIs to streamline crop movement

Logistic Data Bank (LDB)

• Logistics Data Bank (LDB) system is a single window logistics visualization solution which provides 100% EXIM container movement across India tracking using only shipping container numbers. Currently, LDB covers 18 Ports (31 Terminals), 5800 railway stations through Freight Operations Information System (FOIS).

National Industrial Corridor Development Programme

•  NICDC is a flagship initiative aimed at developing futuristic industrial cities across India to compete with global manufacturing and investment destinations. It will create employment opportunities and economic growth leading to overall socio-economic development. It focuses on providing multimodal connectivity, resilient infrastructure, and sustainable development aligned with "plug-and-play" facilities. As of now, under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP), the Government of India has approved 20 projects spanning 13 states and 7 industrial corridors.
  • The foundation stone of the Krishnapatnam Industrial Area (KRIS City) in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh, was laid by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 08 January 2025.
  • The Hon’ble Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone for the Kopparthy Industrial Area and the Orvakal Industrial Area on 16 October 2025, accelerating industrial infrastructure development under NICDP.
  • A total of 430 plots (4,552 acres) has been allotted till October, 2025 in the four completed greenfield industrial node projects (Dholera, Shendra Bidkin, Greater Noida, Vikram Udyogpuri).

Industrial Performance

• Industrial production as measured by Index of Industrial Production (IIP) expanded by 3.0% during April-September 2025-26 over the corresponding period last year on the back of broad-based growth.

Trends in Growth of Eight Core Industries

• The Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) measures the performance of eight core industries, i.e., Cement, Coal, Crude Oil, Electricity, Fertilizers, Natural Gas, Petroleum Refinery Products, and Steel. The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
• The cumulative growth rate of the Index of Eight Core Industries during April-October, 2025-26 is 2.5% as compared to the corresponding period of last year.

IPR Strengthening

• India has emerged as a global leader in intellectual property (IP), ranking in the top 10 for patents, trademarks, and industrial designs.

• Among the top 20 origins, patent applications filed by Indian innovators recorded highest growth of 19.1% in 2024, marking the sixth consecutive year of double-digit growth driven by a significant increase in resident filings. In the last decade, domestic patent filings by Indian innovators increased by 425% (12,040 in 2014 to 63,217 in 2024), whereas foreign filings by them increased by 27% (10,405 in 2014 to 13,188 in 2024).
• India recorded 4^th highest Trade mark filing globally, with more than 5.5 lakh Trade Mark applications in 2024, reflecting a rapidly expanding business and brand ecosystem. Over the last decade, trademark filings by Indian residents abroad increased by 125% (9,028 in 2014 to 20,303 in 2024), reflecting India’s expanding international brand footprint.
• With more than 40k design filing in 2024, India recorded highest growth of 43.2% among to 20 IP offices, climbing at 7th position in 2024 from 11th in 2023. Design filings by Indian innovators abroad increased by 600% over the past decade (368 in 2014 to 2,976 in 2024).

• More than 2.5 million students reached out in last three and half years through various awareness initiatives including National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission launched in December, 2021, which led to 90% increase in patent filings from Indian educational institutes, from 19,155 in 2022-23 to 36,525 in 2024-25.
• Embracing digital technology in IP administration and management, launched IP diagnostic tool in regional languages for self-assessment, Open-house portal for grievance redressal, IP Saarthi Chatbot for assistance and guidance, AI-ML based search tool for Trademarks, etc. has made the system more transparent and accountable.
• India’s rank in the Global Innovation Index (GII) has improved from 81^st in 2015 to 38^th in GII 2025 ranking amongst 139 economies. The GII report 2025 recognized India as one of the longest- standing over performers, performing above expectation for their level of development for the 15th consecutive year

Project Monitoring Group (PMG)

• The Project Monitoring Group (PMG) is an institutional mechanism for milestone-based monitoring of large-scale infrastructure projects and for expeditious resolution of issues and regulatory bottlenecks in projects with investments above of Rs.500 crores. PMG under Department of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce serves as a one-stop facilitation destination for public and private investors alike at all stages of project implementation. Prime Minister’s Office appointed PMG as an official Secretariat to Monitoring Group in August 2021.
• PMG supports all mid and large sized Public, Private and ‘Public–Private Partnership’ (PPP) Projects with fast-tracking of approvals, sectoral policy issues and removal of bottlenecks for expediting project commissioning.
• In 2025, PMG was upgraded to a structured 5-tier escalation mechanism to ensure issues are addressed at the appropriate level, beginning with the respective Ministry for regular issues and escalating up to PRAGATI for complex issues. This approach streamlines the review mechanism, prevents duplication, and enables higher authorities to focus on critical issues that require their intervention.
• Total 3,022 projects worth Rs. 76.4 lakh crores have been onboarded on PMG portal till 11^th November 2025.
• Since inception, a total of 8,121 issues in 1,761 projects worth Rs. 55.48 Lakh crores have been resolved. In 2025, from 01.01.2025 to 11.11.205, 403 issues across250 projects worth Rs. 11.04 Lakh crores have been resolved.

Foreign Direct Investment

• India has achieved a remarkable milestone in its economic journey, with gross foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow reaching an impressive USD 1.1 trillion since April 2000 to June, 2025. India’s total annual FDI inflow has more than doubled from USD 36.05 billion in FY 2013-14 to USD 80.62 billion in FY 2024-25. During 2025-26 (up-to June, 25), India has recorded provisional FDI inflows of USD 26.61 billion up by 17% from last year.
• Over the last 11 financial years (2014–25), India attracted USD 748.38 billion in FDI—an increase of 143% compared to the USD 308.38 billion received in the previous 11 years (2003–14). Almost 70% of the total FDI inflows were during 2014-25 over the past 25 years (2000-25: USD 1,071.96 billion). These figures underscore India’s emergence as one of the most attractive investment destinations globally.

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Abhishek Dayal/Nihi Sharma/Shabbir Azad