Scheme for “Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector”

Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has clarified that under the Scheme for “Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector”, it has set up 4 Smart Advanced Manufacturing and Rapid Transformation Hub (SAMARTH) Centres namely:

1. Centre for Industry 4.0 (C4i4) Lab, Pune;
2. IITD-AIA Foundation for Smart Manufacturing, IIT Delhi;
3. I-4.0 India @ IISc, Bengaluru; and
4. Smart Manufacturing Demo & Development Cell, CMTI, Bengaluru.

SAMARTH Centres have been providing assistance to industries including MSMEs to train the workforce and make them aware about Industry 4.0 technologies in the following ways:

1. Organizing Awareness Seminars/ Workshops and knowledge sharing events on Industry 4.0;
2. Training industries to create awareness about Industry 4.0;
3. Providing consultancy (in areas such as IOT Hardware, Software development, data analytics) and incubation support to start- ups including MSMEs.