Only One Capital Goods Centre for Kerala and None for Bengal among 29 Approved!

Scheme Overview

·         Outlay: ₹1,207 crore (Budgetary support: ₹975 crore).

·         Sanctioned Projects: 29 projects worth ₹891.37 crore with budgetary support of ₹714.64 crore.

·         Objective: Encourage technology development, augment manufacturing infrastructure, and strengthen competitiveness of capital goods sector.

·         Monitoring: Each project reviewed by a Project Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC).

State-Wise Project Distribution

Centres of Excellence (CoEs):

·         IIT Roorkee (Uttarakhand)

·         IIT Delhi (Delhi)

·         IISc Bangalore (Karnataka)

·         ARAI Pune (Maharashtra)

·         IIT BHU Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

·         Si’Tarc Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)

·         AMTDC, IIT Madras (Tamil Nadu)

Common Engineering Facility Centres (CEFCs):

·         IISc Bengaluru Smart Factory (Karnataka)

·         C4i4 (Maharashtra)

·         ARAI Pune (Maharashtra)

·         BHEL Trichy (Tamil Nadu)

Testing & Certification Centres:

·         ARAI (Maharashtra)

·         CMTI Bangalore (Karnataka)

·         BHEL (Madhya Pradesh/Telangana)

·         IAHT Ludhiana (Punjab)

·         IMTT Batala (Punjab)

·         Fluid Control Research Institute, Palakkad (Kerala)

Industry Accelerators:

·         CAMRAS, ARTPARK (IISc Bengaluru, Karnataka)

·         SAMRIDHI, FSID (IISc Bengaluru, Karnataka)

·         CMTI (Karnataka)

·         ARAI Pune (Maharashtra)

·         IIT Madras (Tamil Nadu)

·         SASTRA University, Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)

·         PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)

·         Indian School of Business (Telangana)

·         IIT Roorkee (Uttarakhand)

Qualification Packages (QPs):

·         Automotive sector QPs by ASDC (Delhi)

·         23 QPs by CGSC (Delhi)

·         Skill level 6+ QPs by IASC SSC

Impact

·         Strengthening R&D and testing infrastructure.

·         Building CoEs and CEFCs to support innovation and advanced manufacturing.

·         Establishing industry accelerators to promote startups and technology adoption.

·         Developing qualification packs to enhance workforce skills in capital goods sector.

This scheme is creating a robust ecosystem of innovation, testing, and skill development, positioning India’s capital goods sector for global competitiveness and industrial resilience.

 

[ABS News Service/14.03.2026

Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector- Phase-II has a total financial outlay of Rs. 1207 crores with budgetary support of Rs.975 crore.  Total 29 projects with project cost of Rs. 891.37 crores and budgetary support of Rs. 714.64 crore have been sanctioned so far. State-wise distribution of the sanctioned projects is as under:

Centres of Excellence:

Sr.no

Name of Project

State
  1.  

Setting up of CoE by IIT Roorkee

Uttarakhand
  1.  

Augmentation of CoE at IIT Delhi

Delhi
  1.  

Augmentation of Centre of Excellence by IISc, Bangalore

Karnataka
  1.  

Setting up of CoE at ARAI, Pune

Maharashtra
  1.  

Setting up of Centre of Excellence (CoE) by IIT BHU, Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh
  1.  

Augmentation of CoE at Si’Tarc Coimbatore

Tamil nadu
  1.  

Augmentation of Existing Centre of Excellence by AMTDC, IIT Madras

Tamil nadu

Common Engineering Facility Centres:

Sr.no

Name of Project

State
  1.  

Augmentation of CEFC at Smart Factory, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

Karnataka
  1.  

Augmentation of Common Engineering Facility Centre by C4i4

Maharashtra
  1.  

Setting up of CEFC at ARAI, Pune

Maharashtra
  1.  

Setting up of CEFC at BHEL Trichy

Tamil nadu

Testing and Certification Centres:

Sr.no

Name of Project

State
  1.  

Augmentation of existing testing and certification facilities at ARAI

Maharashtra
  1.  

Augmentation of existing testing and certification centre at CMTI, Bangalore

Karnataka
  1.  

Augmentation of existing testing and certification facilities at BHEL

Madhya Pradesh/ Telangana
  1.  

Augmentation of existing Testing and Certification Facility at (IAHT), Ludhiana

Punjab
  1.  

Augmentation of testing and certification facility at Institute of Machine Tools Technology (IMTT), Batala
  1.  

Augmentation of testing and certification facility at Fluid Control Research Institute, Palakkad

Kerala

Industry Accelerators:

Sr.no

Name of Project

State
  1.  

Setting up of Industry Accelerator (CAMRAS) by ARTPARK (IISc), Bangalore

Karnataka

 
  1.  

Setting up of Industry Accelerator (SAMRIDHI) by (FSID), (IISc), Bangaluru
  1.  

Establishment Of Industry Accelerator by CMTI
  1.  

Setting up of Industry Accelerator at ARAI, Pune

Maharastra
  1.  

Setting up of Industry Accelerator by IIT Madras

Tamil nadu

 
  1.  

Setting up of Industry Accelerator by SASTRA University, Thanjavur
  1.  

Setting up of Industry Accelerator by PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
  1.  

Setting up of Industry Accelerator by Indian School of Business

Telangana
  1.  

Industry Accelerator at IIT Roorkee

Uttarakhand

Qualification Packages:

Sr.no

Name of Project

State

1.

Development of 23 QPs by ASDC for automotive sector

Delhi

 

2.

Development of 23 Qualification Packs by (CGSC), Delhi

3.

Creation of Qualification packages for skill levels 6 and above by Instrumentation, Automation, Surveillance and Communication Sector Skill Council (IASC SSC)

In order to encourage the technology development and to augment the manufacturing infrastructure in the Capital Goods Sector, Ministry of Heavy Industries is implementing the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector- Phase-II. Under the Scheme, Project Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC) has been constituted for each project in order to review the progress of the project.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Heavy Industries, Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on 13 March, 2026.