Azaad
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This has more to do with our rentier mentality or typically bania mentality which prioritises trading over being a technocrat . Unarguably this is a trait which affects everyone in the industry from the top to the bottom unequivocally & I include the top biz houses in it.I recently bought a 9V battery from Eveready, and surprise, it was made in China. It was made there and imported to their Kolkata office. Same goes for most things in my household, but most of the "Made in China" things are surprisingly smaller items which can be easily made here. The bigger items like TV's, phones, fans, refrigerators,etc are all made in India. I'm not sure how much there smaller items like toys and general electronics account for the trade deficit, but it certainly is an easy leak for the government to fix.
But the government is too far sighted and only goes for bigger things like semiconductors and display fabrications. I'm not saying we shouldn't go for those, but we have to cover everything, large and small. Baning those fly-by night kit assemblers of EV scooters and these small electronics importers is the only way to stop them, nobody is going to build them here when importing is cheaper, no matter the incentives.
The usual excuse parroted is mfg in India is a huge hassle catering to the demands of various government departments & then there's the labour too. Truth be told this is a genuine grouse & pain point
This is where the GoI can intervene by incentivising production here of these "smaller " industrial / consumer items or knick knacks by penalising trade thru additional customs & imports duty & offering sops vide exemption from GST or a preferential tariff on such items.
The GoI is on the right path by tackling the biggies before they get into the smaller stuff.