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The manufacturing industry in India has emerged as a fast-growing sector owing to the rapidly increasing population in the country. Investments in the sector have been on the rise and initiatives like ‘Make in India’ aim to make the South Asian country a global manufacturing hub. The annual production growth rate in the manufacturing industry was *** percent during fiscal year 2025.

Foreign and domestic enterprises

The gross value added by the manufacturing sector in India has grown steadily; however, it is still lower than the services sector. With the prospect of a huge consumer market, global giants such as Siemens, HTC, and Toshiba have already set up or are in the process of setting up manufacturing plants across the region. Apple has also been setting up nascent operations in India to diversify from China-centered production. On the other hand, the micro, small and medium enterprises sector is also crucial to transforming India from an agriculture-based economy to an industrialized one. MSME's contribution to Indian GDP has remained stable over the last few years.

The future

With technology reaching what previously were unimaginable heights in the last decade, industries need to keep up with the current trends and the technology. The focus is shifting towards machine learning to improve the efficiency and precision of the work.Smart manufacturing, a combination of internet of things and artificial intelligence, is expected to see growth in the coming decade.