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National Manufacturing Mission
What it is
Announced in Budget 2025-26 to give policy support, execution roadmaps and a governance framework for manufacturing across small, medium and large industry, covering ease of doing business, skilled workforce, MSME access to technology and quality standards
It sits above the sector-specific PLI schemes rather than replacing them, with clean-tech manufacturing named as a focus
Impact on industries
- Addresses the coordination problem that individual PLI schemes do not - land, clearances, skills and standards sit across ministries
- Clean-tech focus targets solar cells, electrolysers, wind components, batteries and grid equipment, where India remains assembly-heavy
- A mission framework directs rather than funds, so delivery depends on the underlying schemes and state execution
- Manufacturing has held near 17% of GDP for years despite successive programmes, so the test is whether coordination changes that