‘Make in India’ or Miss the Moment?

Despite a decade of “Make in India,” the country’s manufacturing ambitions remain hamstrung by a fundamental constraint of skills deficit rooted in weak education policies. Drawing on systematic historical comparisons with China, this article argues that India’s industrial lag stems not from infrastructure gaps alone but from underinvestment in foundational, vocational, and engineering education, jeopardising its future in global high-tech manufacturing.

Bharti, Nitin Kumar und Li Yang (2025), ‘Make in India’ or Miss the Moment? , Economic and Political Weekly 60(31)