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India’s Capital Goods manufacturing industry serves as a strong base for its engagement across sectors such as Engineering, Construction, Infrastructure and Consumer goods, amongst others. The capital goods industry in FY 2018 -19 had an overall production figure amounting to $13.6 bn.
Capital Goods industry in India provides approximately 1.4 mn direct and 7 mn indirect jobs.
Market-oriented reforms such as "Power for All" along with plans to add 93 GW by 2022 will generate huge demand for power transmission and distribution (T&D) equipment.
- By 2022, the Electrical equipment industry, comprising generation and T&D equipment, is targeted to reach a size of $100 bn
- By 2022, the T&D equipment segment is targeted to reach a size of $75 bn
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Electrical machinery exports

Direct and indirect employment expected to reach 5 mn and 25 mn, respectively by 2025

Indian generation and T&D equipment market to reach $ 100 bn by 2022

Indian Electrical equipment is the largest sub-sector followed by Plant equipment & Earth moving/ mining machinery
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Industry Scenario
The Capital Goods in India has a market size of $ 43.2 bn.
The industry is divided into 10 sub-sectors where Electrical equipment is the largest sub-sector followed by Plant equipment, and Earthmoving/ Mining machinery. The market size of each of the sub-sectors are as follows:
- Heavy electrical equipment: $ 24.2 bn
- Process plant equipment: $ 3.7 bn
- Earth-moving and mining machinery: $ 3.3 bn
- Printing machinery: $ 3.01 bn
- Food processing machinery: $ 2.4 bn
- Dies, moulds and press tools: $ 2.3 bn
- Textile machinery: $ 1.8 bn
- Machine tools: $ 1.4 bn
- Plastic machinery: $ 0.5 bn
- Metallurgical machinery: $ 0.4 bn
GROWTH DRIVERS
Ageing equipment requires auto replacement
Opportunity for Transmission & Distribution (T&D) sector
Huge market potential
Target industry size of $ 100 bn by 2022
The potential for closing import-export gap
The Capital Goods imports to India is approximately 3X the exports
Massive power capacity addition in future
Infrastructure, Power, Mining, Oil & Gas, Steel & Automotive
Nuclear capacity expansion
Significant business opportunity


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