Aerospace & Defence
Defence corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, FDI up to 74% via automatic route, and a fast-growing private defence-manufacturing ecosystem.
PLI · activeFDI · 74%iDEX
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Make-in-India sectors
India's 18 priority sectors, in one place.
Each sector has its own PLI status, FDI rules, and ministry-specific programmes. Tap a card to see the flagship policies, infrastructure, and source citations.
Manufacturing (15)
Automotive & Auto Components
PLI for Advanced Automotive Technology products + auto components; major EV push via FAME II; FDI 100% automatic.
PLI · activeFDI · 100%FAME IIView sector
Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices
World's largest generic-medicine producer by volume. Three separate PLI schemes (bulk drugs, finished pharma, medical devices); FDI 100% greenfield / 74% brownfield.
PLI · activeFDI · 100%Bulk Drug Parks schemeView sector
Biotechnology
BIRAC, bio-clusters in major cities, and a fast-growing biopharma export base. FDI 100% automatic for greenfield.
FDI · 100%Biotechnology Ignition GrantView sector
Capital Goods
Centres of Excellence, technology upgrade subsidies, and a Heavy Industries umbrella for select capital-equipment categories.
PLI · announcedFDI · 100%CLCSSView sector
Textiles & Apparels
PM-MITRA mega textile parks, PLI for man-made fibre and technical textiles, and a vast MSME cluster footprint.
PLI · activeFDI · 100%PM-MITRA — Mega Integrated Textile Region & Apparel ParksView sector
Chemicals & Petrochemicals
PCPIRs (Petroleum, Chemicals & Petrochemicals Investment Regions) and a fast-growing specialty-chemicals export base.
FDI · 100%View sector
Electronics System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM)
Semiconductor mission, PLI for large-scale electronics + mobile manufacturing, MeitY-led incentives. The fastest-growing PLI sector.
PLI · activeFDI · 100%Semicon India ProgrammeView sector
Leather & Footwear
IFLADP (Indian Footwear, Leather & Accessories Development Programme) anchors infrastructure + skilling for a labour-intensive export sector.
PLI · announcedFDI · 100%IFLADPView sector
Food Processing
Mega Food Parks, Cold Chain, SAMPADA / PMKSY umbrella, and PM-FME for micro food-processing enterprises. FDI 100% automatic.
PLI · activeFDI · 100%PM Kisan SAMPADA YojanaView sector
Gems & Jewellery
Major export sector; gem & jewellery SEZs; emerging lab-grown-diamonds policy push. FDI 100% automatic.
FDI · 100%View sector
Shipping
Maritime India Vision 2030, the Shipbuilding Financial Assistance Policy, port-led development under Sagarmala.
FDI · 100%Sagarmala ProgrammeView sector
Railways
Vande Bharat manufacturing, station redevelopment, dedicated freight corridors, and an expanding HSR programme.
FDI · 100%View sector
Construction
₹100+ lakh crore National Infrastructure Pipeline, Smart Cities Mission, affordable-housing push under PMAY.
FDI · 100%PMAYView sector
New & Renewable Energy
PLI for solar PV modules, Green Hydrogen Mission, ambitious 500 GW non-fossil capacity target by 2030.
PLI · activeFDI · 100%National Green Hydrogen MissionView sector
Services (3)
Information Technology & BPM
World's largest GCC + BPM workforce; IT corridors across Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Gurugram, Noida. FDI 100% automatic.
PLI · activeFDI · 100%STPIView sector
Media & Entertainment
Animation, VFX, gaming, OTT, broadcast — buoyed by India's National Film Policy and AVGC-XR mission. FDI rules vary by sub-sector.
FDI · variesIndian Filming Incentive SchemeView sector
Other Services (Tourism · Healthcare · Logistics)
Broad services bucket — tourism, healthcare, logistics. Large employment generators with state-level incentives stacked on top of national programmes.
FDI · 100%PM GatiShakti — National Master PlanView sector
Where this content comes from
Sector summaries are grounded in the cited ministry sources on each detail page (PIB releases, ministry portals, the Consolidated FDI Policy). Numbers like PLI outlays move quarterly — when in doubt, the cited source wins. See our methodology.