In order to promote domestic manufacturing of equipment used in the power sector, the Union power ministry is planning to come up with a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. The government is also drafting plans to set up three manufacturing zones for power equipment in the country.
Addressing the annual convention of Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers’ Association here, Alok Kumar, secretary at the ministry of power, said that “(several) items used in transmission and distribution systems have been identified for augmenting their domestic manufacturing”, adding that these products were also seen to have ‘big export potential’.
