SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0 Initiative:
The Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Steel provided information about the SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0 initiative in the Rajya Sabha.
- SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0 Initiative is an initiative of the Ministry of Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises, Government of India under its scheme on Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector.
- SAMARTH Udyog encompasses manufacturers, vendors and customers as the main stakeholders.
- The experiential and demonstration centres for Industry 4.0 have been proposed to spread awareness about I4.0 amongst the Indian manufacturing industries.
- Under this 4 Smart Advanced Manufacturing and Rapid Transformation Hub (SAMARTH) Centres have been set up namely:
- Centre for Industry 4.0 (C4i4) Lab, Pune;
- IITD-AIA Foundation for Smart Manufacturing, IIT Delhi;
- I-4.0 India @ IISc, Bengaluru; and
- Smart Manufacturing Demo & Development Cell, CMTI, Bengaluru.
- SAMARTH Centres have been providing assistance to industries including MSMEs to train the workforce and make them aware of Industry 4.0 technologies
