Context:
Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has established the SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0 initiative to enhance the competitiveness of the Indian capital goods sector.
SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0 Initiative:
- Led by – Ministry of Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises, Government of India
- Aim – To enhance the competitiveness of the Indian capital goods sector.
- Stakeholders – The initiative involves key stakeholders such as manufacturers, vendors, and customers.
Key features of the Scheme:
- Awareness Centers: Experiential and demonstration centers for Industry 4.0 have been established to raise awareness among Indian manufacturing industries.
- SAMARTH Centres: 4 Smart Advanced Manufacturing and Rapid Transformation Hub (SAMARTH) Centres have been set up –
- Centre for Industry 4.0 (C4i4) Lab, Pune
- IITD-AIA Foundation for Smart Manufacturing, IIT Delhi
- I-4.0 India @ IISc, Bengaluru
- Smart Manufacturing Demo & Development Cell, CMTI, Bengaluru
- SAMARTH Centres assist industries, including MSMEs, by –
- Organizing seminars, workshops, and knowledge-sharing events on Industry 4.0.
- Providing training to create awareness about Industry 4.0.
- Offering consultancy in areas such as IoT hardware, software development, and data analytics, as well as incubation support to startups, including MSMEs.
- Financial Assistance – No financial assistance is provided to any industry, including MSMEs, for adopting Industry 4.0 technologies under the SAMARTH Centre initiative of the scheme.
Source: PIB
Previous Year Question
The substitution of steel for wooden ploughs in agricultural production is an example of
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2015 Prelims]
(a) labour-augmenting technological progress
(b) capital-augmenting technological progress
(c) capital-reducing technological progress
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b)