Question 14GS3GS3

To what extent has the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for the food processing industry facilitated value addition, employment generation, and global competitiveness in India's food processing industry?

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Production Linked Incentive PLI scheme is an instrument to reward successive sales in manufacturing, food processing industry etc to establish 'Make In India' goal. Easier 14 sectors → PLI → promotion of indigenous manufacturing → rewards for successive sales Progress of PLI for Food Processing Industry: I Facilitating value addition: Achievements: (1a) conversion of various dairy products (1b) AMUL butter in agricultural sector (1c) millets (1d) Mobile phone manufacturing enhanced (1e) setting up of Apple facilities (1f) Electric vehicle manufacturing Challenges: (1) No major value addition (2) Mobile phone assembly is taking precedence over value addition (3) Large foreign components in electric vehicles

II Employment generation: Achievements: (1) Food Processing industry employs about second largest workforce after agriculture (2 to textile sector) (2) loss skilled personnel can be adjusted Challenges: (1) Majority of job creation in informal settings (2) unskilled personnel used become redundant with advent of AT III Global competitiveness: Achievements: (1) Some 'Brand India' products seen exports (2) Contributes to exports (major portion of agricultural exports) (3) Millets Network Initiative to add value to millets - known STHs Challenges: (1) Can't compete with dairy products of nations like Australia & New Zealand (2) Overall visibility is still low Criteria change - Set minimum value addition requirement for rewards Measures required: (1) Criteria change - Set minimum value addition requirement (2) Promote online visibility of value-added products (3) ONDC, e-commerce (4) Provide cold chain storage via PPP

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Global competitiveness analysis: Achievements include some 'Brand India' products seen exports, contributes to exports as major portion of agricultural exports, and Millets Network Initiative. Challenges include inability to compete with dairy products of nations like Australia and New Zealand, and overall visibility is still low. Measures required include criteria change to set minimum value addition requirement, promote online visibility of value-added products, ONDC and e-commerce platforms, and provide cold chain storage via PPP. Food processing industry is a sunrise sector that can help resolve India's jobless growth paradox.

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Food processing industry is a sunrise sector that can help resolve India's jobless growth paradox.

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ANANYA RANA

AIR 60

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PLI scheme and value addition

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Ramesh is State Civil Services Officer who got the opportunity of getting posted to the capital of a border State after rendering 20 years of service. Ramesh’s mother has recently been detected cancer and has been admitted in the leading cancer hospital of the city. His two adolescent children have also got admission in one of the best public schools of the town. After settling down in his appointment as Director in the Home Department of the State, Ramesh got confidential report through intelligence sources that illegal migrants are infiltrating in the State from the neighbouring country. He decided to personally carry out surprise check of the border posts along with his Home Department team. To his surprise, he caught red-handed two families of 12 members infiltrated with the connivance of the security personnel at the border posts. On further inquiry and investigation, it was found that after the migrants from neighbouring country infiltrate, their documentation like Aadhaar Card, Ration Card and Voter Card are also forged and they are made to settle down in a particular area of the State. Ramesh prepared the detailed and comprehensive report and submitted to the Additional Secretary of the State. However, he has summoned by the Additional Home Secretary after a week and was instructed to withdraw the report. The Additional Home Secretary informed Ramesh that the report submitted by him has not been appreciated by the higher authorities. He further cautioned him that if he fails to withdraw the confidential ort, he will not only be posted out from the prestigious appointment from the State capital but his further promotion which is due in near future will also get in jeopardy. (a) What are the options available to Ramesh as the Director of the Home Department of the bordering State? (b) What option should Ramesh adopt and why? (c) Critically evaluate each of the options. (d) What are the ethical dilemmas being faced by Ramesh? (e) What policy measures would you suggest to combat the menace of infiltration of illegal migrants from the neighbouring country?

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