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The Ministry of Heavy Industries under the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector has set up 4 Smart Advanced Manufacturing and Rapid Transformation Hub (SAMARTH) Centres to promote Industry 4.0. These SAMARTH centres have benefitted over 2700 Industries in terms of onsite demonstration and awareness activities with approximately 33000 professionals trained through more than 300 training programmes.
State-wise distribution of projects sanctioned under the “Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector- Phase-II” is as under:
Centres of Excellence:
Sr.no
Name of Project
State
1.
Setting up of CoE by IIT Roorkee
Uttarakhand
2.
Augmentation of CoE at IIT Delhi
Delhi
3.
Augmentation of Centre of Excellence by IISc, Bengaluru
Karnataka
4.
Setting up of CoE at ARAI, Pune
Maharashtra
5.
Setting up of Centre of Excellence (CoE) by IIT BHU, Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
6.
Augmentation of CoE at Si’Tarc, Coimbatore
Tamilnadu
7.
Augmentation of Existing Centre of Excellence by AMTDC, IIT Madras
-2-
Common Engineering Facility Centres:
Sr.no
Name of Project
State
-
Augmentation of CEFC at Smart Factory, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
Karnataka
-
Augmentation of Common Engineering Facility Centre by C4i4, Pune
Maharashtra
-
Setting up of CEFC at ARAI, Pune
-
Setting up of CEFC at BHEL, Trichy
Tamilnadu
Testing and Certification Centres:
Sr.no
Name of Project
State
-
Augmentation of existing testing and certification facilities at ARAI, Pune
Maharashtra
-
Augmentation of existing testing and certification centre at CMTI, Bengaluru
Karnataka
-
Augmentation of existing testing and certification facilities at BHEL
Madhya Pradesh/Telangana
-
Augmentation of existing Testing and Certification Facility at (IAHT), Ludhiana
Punjab
-
Augmentation of testing and certification facility at Institute of Machine Tools Technology (IMTT), Batala
-
Augmentation of testing and certification facility at Fluid Control Research Institute, Palakkad
Kerala
Industry Accelerators:
Sr.no
Name of Project
State
-
Setting up of Industry Accelerator (CAMRAS) by ARTPARK (IISc), Bengaluru
Karnataka
-
Setting up of Industry Accelerator (SAMRIDHI) by (FSID), (IISc), Bengaluru
-
Establishment Of Industry Accelerator by CMTI, Bengaluru
-
Setting up of Industry Accelerator at ARAI, Pune
Maharashtra
-
Setting up of Industry Accelerator by IIT Madras
Tamilnadu
-
Setting up of Industry Accelerator by SASTRA University, Thanjavur
-
Setting up of Industry Accelerator by PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
-
Setting up of Industry Accelerator by Indian School of Business
Telangana
-
Industry Accelerator at IIT Roorkee
Uttarakhand
Qualification Packages (QPs):
Sr.no
Name of Project
State
-
Development of 23 QPs by ASDC for automotive sector
Delhi
-
Development of 23 QPs by CGSSC
-
Creation of QPs for skill levels 6 and above by IASC SSC
-3-
Details of funds allocated, released and utilized for projects approved under all the components of the Scheme in last three financial years is as under:
(in Rs. crore)
Financial Year
Allocation (Revised Estimates)
Funds released/utilized
2023-24
187.20
83.34
2024-25
184.00
171.63
2025-26
120.00
116.09
The Ministry of Heavy Industries under the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector has set up 4 Smart Advanced Manufacturing and Rapid Transformation Hub (SAMARTH) Centres. These centres are aimed at creating skill development programs in the field of Industry 4.0, Digital Manufacturing, Robotics & Autonomous system and Additive Manufacturing. Further, Industry 4.0 Experience Centre and Industry 4.0-enabled Model Factory has also been set up for demonstration of Smart Manufacturing technologies, enabling industries to experience Industry 4.0 use cases and digital manufacturing solutions. MHI has also sanctioned setting up of 10 cluster Industry 4.0 Experience Centres nationwide through Centre for Industry 4.0 (C4i4), Pune.
TPJ
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