The report identifies thirteen high-impact sectors, grouped into five core clusters, and prioritizes four disruptive frontier technologies for scaled adoption: Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), Advanced Materials, Digital Twins, and Robotics.
Imperatives for transformation of India’s manufacturing sector
- Current status: Historically, India's manufacturing sector has contributed 15-17% to its GDP, significantly lower than peer East Asian economies during their peak development.
- Structural challenges: Limited investment in R&D limiting ‘Creative Destruction’; fragmented value chains inhibiting consistency, scale, and integration; regulatory complexity and policy uncertainty; among others.
- Opportunity Cost: Failing to adopt frontier technologies in high-impact sectors would result in a potential loss of US $270 billion in additional manufacturing GDP by 2035.
Four Pillars of Transformation: Frontier Technology Pathways
