Reducing imports in sectors - Make in India by public sector entities to create competition for Make in India – Panel & work on Crude oil imports, Industrial Machinery, Electrical Machinery, Organic Chemicals, Inorganic Chemicals, Residual Chemicals, Fertilizers, Plastic Raw Materials, Rubber Raw Materials, Machine Tools, Electronics Manufacturing Source:data.gov.in

•Based on analysis of import data from data.gov.in from sea port and airport following imports need to be reduced immediately by strategic panel setup with representation from key ministries. As this is the time to reduce imports and boost make in India to fulfill India’s needs
•Reduce crude oil imports – by creating strategic panel for promotion of bio-fuel, methane, Hydrogen, battery based vehicles in order of importance. Bio-Fuel will require separate plants or existing petroleum companies must setup facilities to add bio-fuel. Targeting sugarcane alone wont help. Jatropha will help a lot and planting across Railway lines and highways will help increase in bio-fuel produce. Procurement must be done by FCI or separate agency or petroleum agencies should do directly. Bio-Fuel & Methane will reduce imports to give increased valuation of rupee which has been down for years.
•Too much import seen in Industrial machinery for Diary, Agriculture, Food Processing, Textiles, Paper. Separate huge imports seen for Electrical Machinery & Equipment. BHEL, Power Grid, navrathna companies, power manufacturers, NTPC, state electrical units must list of products which are imported heavily and start manufacturing in India with special setup in some states for each equipment in large scale by any public sector entity with Govt funding. This will lead to further competition later on for private production. Separate panel to see why equipment's we are not able to make in India in spite of huge engineering students available. Identity top 10 imports in electrical equipment's and making in India will reduce imports to great extent. I think Piyush Goyal can handle and reduce imports silently in heavy machinery, electrical components. Concentrate on highest imported not unique ones. The ministry of power and ministry of heavy machinery must be put to hard work to reduce imports and setup Govt entities to create.
•Huge levels of imports of Organic Chemicals, Inorganic chemicals, Residual Chemicals, Fertilizers and allied products. We huge import huge volumes of chemicals from abroad. We must improve the quality of chemical engineers in the country and create more courses and reduce imports by exploration in India and setting up plants of key chemicals which we import. The customs and other details must be taken and separate panel to decide on chemicals import reduction must be setup to analyse. Lack of major investments in chemicals industries with safe settings and fertilizers has lead to huge volumes of imports. Setup chemicals factories in remote areas to avoid any explosions with highest level of automation. We can at least try to reduce import of harmless chemicals first. The panel must give roadmap to Indian govt within 4 months.
•Plastic Raw materials is not a good sign. In spite of so much plastic waste generated in India the capacity to recycle must be considered.
•Import of Rubber raw materials is taking place in some ports in spite of huge number of rubber trees in India. Please work with rubber growers and industry on why Indian rubber is not chosen. Any R&D required to improve quality must be taken up by any Govt agency with secrecy or patenting of technology. Most of the times good research by Ph.D candidates and Govt agencies are taken up by private firms and Indians lose out on patents in search of money. If they had patented they would have earned for entire lifetime. Lack of Govt help in publicity of IPR & reduced cost & too much litigation and no help in global filing of patents as cost is very high. Global patenting must be done by Govt with its own lawyers & embassy abroad
•Machine tools are also being imported. Even if size is less when imported in bulk it is also huge number. It can be easily produced in India and don’t require much effort. But even that manufacturing is not picking up. BHEL or tools agency must be setup to produce here.
•Electronics manufacturing is not picking up. R.S. Prasad in spite of knowing all electronics goods for PC, Toys, Servers, Office use, I.T. Office use are being imported no efforts are taken to manufacture at chip level. We just import in pieces and assemble here. Just screwing up devices is not manufacturing. A new panel needed as it is very intricate. Ask R.S, Prasad to visit China extensively to get first hand idea and send his secretaries sitting in India you cant learn anything. There is so much to do in Electronics manufacturing. Govt must consider setting up new electronics Ministry to focus and new panel to help govt.
•Defence – Asking private industries to make equipment's and showcase to DRDO & global agencies every year by open show in any location in India as a function. Govt buying any 2 or 3 from them to encourage every year will boost private industries defence growth. Setting up Drones manufacturing hub in TN in Avadi or Trichy as drones save cost in monitoring & various operations with reduced loss of life and less expenditure. Drone to be available in each army, navy and air base by end of Dec 2016 with Make in India mode only.
•Above list is the key imports if done will help India save billions of dollars in imports and then fund can be used to develop infrastructure and bring more out of poverty.