Indian Construction equipment manufacturing has come of age in India and
is likely to add 2 per cent to the country’s GDP over the next two years
besides add another 50 lakh jobs in the next five years, said Nitin Gadkari,
Union Road Transport, Highway and Shipping Minister on Wednesday November 25,
2015 at the inauguration of Excon 2015 in Bangalore.
"We want to make this industry of international standards. We
want to change our rules and regulations," Gadkari said.
"At the same time,
our target is within two years adding of 2% by my department to the GDP of the country... It is 2% by road
sector, by shipping, inland water ways and automobile industry," he added.
Gadkari was speaking after inaugurating the international
construction equipment and construction technology trade fair, Excon 2015 here.
Stressing on the
importance of creation of jobs, he said his agenda was to create 50 lakh jobs
in five years.
He said there is a need
for skilled manpower with the addition of new technology and innovation to the
sector.
"We have 22%
shortage of drivers...; we are now going to open a new scheme for training of
drivers..." Asking industry to concentrate on skilling the manpower, he
said, "Skill and scale both are very important." "By training
the manpower in India we can encourage employment potential. This is one of the
targets of my ministry and policy of our government," he added.
Listing out various
projects undertaken by his department, Gadkari said that they have also decided
to make our roads green.
A workshop in this
regard has been conducted in Delhi, he said, adding that "from June we are
going to start the scheme, it is a plan of five years, for Rs 5,000
crore." Advocating adapting technology of international standards, Gadkari
said, "we are ready to accept any modern new technology, and an expert
committee has been constituted to submit a report after studying things at
various countries."
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That's really awesome... with leading growth of road infrastructure the demand of concrete construction equipment has improved a lot
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