Presenting the General Budget 2011-12 here today, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister announced that the share of manufacturing in GDP is expected to rise from about 16% to 25% over a period of ten years. The government will come out with a Manufacturing Policy, which will bring down the compliance burden on the industry through self-regulation and help make Indian industry globally competitive.
The Finance Minister has also proposed to include capital investment in fertilizer production as an infrastructure sub-sector.