Objective of Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme
- The Government is planning to achieve 60 lakh new jobs and additional production through this scheme. It encourages industries that require a lot of labour and seeks to boost India’s employment rate.
- The Indian government wants to reduce its dependency on China and be an alternative to the world supply chain system by using its massive human resources.
- The government also focuses to reduce its import bill as India has a roughly 192 billion trade deficit.
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme
Production Linked Incentive scheme is a flagship programme of the Government of India, started in March 2020. The programme is started to boost manufacturing activity in India. In simple words, incentives are linked with production. It means more production and more incentives. The main objective of this programme is to discourage the import of goods and increment the employment in the country.
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