LIVE: PM Narendra Modi launches Make in India campaign

Prime Minister Narendra Modi11:59 am: We have begun to change circumstances that forced businessmen to leave country: PM Modi.

11:57 am: Everyone I met in last few years wanted to shift their business abroad. I never saw political factors behind it: PM.

11:55 am: This hall is not used to hosting having so many people in attendance: PM Modi at launch of Make In India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils Make in India brochure.11:52 am: I have noticed that many business leaders haven't been able to get seats: PM Modi at launch of Make In India.

11:50 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils Make in India logo.

11:49 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils Make in India brochure.

11:32 am: Make in India will be the next growth driver for India: Chanda Kochhar.

Kumar Mangalam Birla11:30 am: As a nation we need to focus on four areas- rules and regulations, infrastructure, policies and skill training: Chanda Kochhar, ICICI Bank.

11:22 am: Make in India has a very special resonance for our group: Kumar Mangalam Birla.

11:20 am: India can become a manufacturing hub. For us, India is already a manufacturing group: Kumar Mangalam Birla.

11:18 am: India embarks on a landmark mission that coincides with our triumph in outer space: Kumar Mangalam Birla.

Azim Premji.11:15 am: True success of manufacturing lies in the servicing of global markets: Azim Premji.

11:11 am: When the world looks at India, let nobody have a doubt that we can be competitive on global terms: Mukesh Ambani.

11:10 am: Important for us to succeed in Make in India for global competitiveness: RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani.

11:07 am: India blessed to have Narendra Modi as PM, says Mukesh Ambani.

Mukesh Ambani11:05 am: Today we commit ourselves to Make in India, a call that was given by our PM on Independence Day: Mukesh Ambani.

11:03 am: Today is a historic day for Indian industry: Mukesh Ambani.

11:01 am: Under leadership of our PM, Make in India is bringing together industry and government: Cyrus Mistry.

Cyrus Mistry.11:00 am: India has 2 strategic advantages- our human capital and a market which affords scale and growth: Cyrus Mistry.

10:55 am: We in the Tata Group welcome PM Modi's Make in India programme. Its an opportunity to make India truly globally competitive: Chairman of Tata Group Cyrus Mistry.

10:51 am: We are constructing dedicated freight and industrial corridors and smart cities:Nirmala Sitharaman.

10:47 am: We have created a dedicated team to hand hold investors from across the world: Nirmala Sitharaman.

Commeerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman10:45 am: We have identified 25 sectors in which India can be world leaders: Nirmala Sitharaman.

10:40 am: World class infrastructure will serve as the impetus from manufacturing: Nirmala Sitharaman.

10:39 am: We want to make India a global destination for manufacturing. It has a huge potential to be so: Nirmala Sitharaman.

0:38 am: Make in India is not a slogan but a mission to be accomplished with single minded commitment, about new processes: Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

PM Narendra Modi at Vigyan Bhawan.110:35 am: PM Narendra Modi arrives at Vigyan Bhawan to launch Make In India campaign.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Make in India campaign on Thursday in Delhi with an aim to boost country's economy.  

Through this launch, Modi plans to roll out a red carpet to industrialists, both domestic and international, inviting them to make India a manufacturing hub that will help boost jobs and growth.

Before he embarks on his high profile US visit slated from September 26-30, Modi will launch the Make in India campaign at a mega event in the presence of leading industrialists and business leaders.

The campaign is aimed at making India a manufacturing hub, and the government is pulling out all the stops for ensuring a smooth sailing for investors, by setting up a dedicated cell to answer queries of business entities within 72 hours. It will also closely monitor all regulatory processes to make them simple and reduce the burden of compliance.

"The government is committed to chart out a new path, wherein business entities are extended red carpet welcome in a spirit of active cooperation. Invest India will act as the first reference point for guiding foreign investors on all aspects of regulatory and policy issues and to assist them in obtaining regulatory clearances," said an official statement.

Various prominent national and international industry leaders are likely to attend the programme to launch the campaign along with ministers, senior officials, ambassadors and opinion leaders.

The government has identified 25 key sectors in which our country has the potential of becoming a world leader. The prime minister will be releasing separate brochures for these sectors along with a general brochure.

The brochures covering sectors like automobiles, chemicals, IT, pharmaceuticals, textiles, ports, aviation, leather, tourism and hospitality, wellness, railways among others will provide details of growth drivers, investment opportunities, sector specific FDI and other policies and related agencies.

Investor facilitation cell will provide assistance to the foreign investors from the time of their arrival in the country to the time of their departure, with focus on green and advanced manufacturing and helping these companies to become an important part of the global value chain.

The campaign will be launched at national as well as state level and in Missions abroad. It will target top companies across sectors in identified countries. It also aims to identify select domestic companies having leadership in innovation and new technology for turning them into global champions.

The initiative has its origin in the Prime Minister's Independence Day speech where he gave a clarion call to 'Make in India' and 'Zero Defect; Zero Effect' policy.

A dedicated cell has been created through the web portal (www.makeinindia.com) to answer queries from business entities. While an exhaustive set of FAQs on this portal will help the investor find instant answers to their general queries, the back-end support team of the cell would be answering specific queries within 72 hours.

A pro-active approach will be deployed to track visitors for their geographical location, interest and real-time user behaviour. Subsequent visits will be customised for the visitor based on the information collected. Visitors registered on the website or raising queries will be followed up with relevant information and newsletter.