India’s progress in indigenous development and the creation of new technologies can be gauged using six core sectors:
Agriculture: Genetically modified crops have recently been launched as innovative, disease-resistant, high yielding crops. These were created by integrating rDNA technology into farming procedures.
Automobile: In the 1980s, Maruti and Tata, two Indian competitors made their entrance into this market. Due to their effective maneuverability on Indian roads, which western cars lacked, they were a hit on the road.
Information and Communication Technology: The creation of modern, consumer-focused computers that are indigenously produced is demonstrated by companies like Infosys, Wipro, HCL, iBall, Tata Elxsi, and others.
Healthcare and Biotechnology: India has made significant strides in the vital industry of healthcare. People from all over the world are now travelling to India to receive medical treatment here.
Space Technology: India has used other nations as a pawn in a game of space chess. These have always brought honor to India, whether it was the launch of Aryabhatta on a Russian rocket or the launch of the missile Chandrayaan 2 on an indigenous rocket.
Defence: HAL’s Tejas, a light combat aircraft has been the first single-engine fighter plane to be completely manufactured in India. In fact, Tejas was the star of the ‘Make in India’ policy.
Indigenization: Issues and Challenges
Absence of an Overarching Policy Framework
Lack of a Comprehensive Organization
Financial Viability and Procedural Complexity
Financial Restraints • Absence of R&D
Way Forward
State must first create a composite policy that emphasizes indigenization in high priority technological sectors while letting go of the idea that it must inevitably lead to cost reductions.
There has to be a central entity to coordinate indigenization efforts, which are now being made largely separately by the aforementioned organizations.
Procedural difficulties must be handled in order for the testing, quality assurance, and certification organizations to function more as an integral part of the indigenization team than as independent technology audit organizations.
Fourth, it’s important to address the legal problems that frequently prevent the indigenization of items.
