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the end of 2004. Its focus will be to ensure that this sector, which is
crucial from the point of view of poverty alleviation, employment
generation and social justice, is placed on a sustainable high-growth
path in the fast-changing external environment. Provision of necessary
infrastructure and credit support, strong linkages with domestic and
export markets, product innovation to meet customer demand,
technological upgradation, training and professional management will
be comprehensively considered in the new policy.
2) Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) and its affiliate
bodies, which have done remarkable work in the past five years, will be
given greater support. Specifically, the large network of KVI outlets
across the country will be innovatively leveraged to strengthen this
sector.
3) In particular, KVIC's Rural Employment Generation Program
(REGP) will be fully supported to realize its target of creating 25 lakh
additional employment and self-employment opportunities in the next
five years.
4) It will be made obligatory for government offices, undertakings and
government-supported business establishments to procure a certain
percentage of products from the KVIC sector.
5) The "Khadi" brand will be repositioned domestically and
popularized globally, in view of the recent success of KVIC's products
bearing this name.
6) A "Vishwakarma Initiative" will be launched for craftspersons
and rural artisans to preserve their traditional skills and knowledge,
upgrade them, and adapt to new challenges. It will especially support
the youth in artisan families to bring new technology and management
practices to age-old family skills.
Knowledge Economy
The NDA is committed to making India as the Centre of the Knowledge
Economy.
1) India's IT industry would be fully supported to reach the goal of $
50 billion exports by 2008 by consistently moving up the value chain.
Advanced IT applications will be encouraged.
2) India has a unique opportunity to become the "back office" service
provider to the world. India's opportunity in the Call Centre business
and BPO enterprises will be fully harnessed. Comprehensive
measures will be taken to rapidly expand employment potential in
these IT-enabled services, especially in high-value services that can be
rendered by our talented professionals, teachers, doctors, lawyers,
managers, accountants, consultants, scientists, etc.
3) Fiscal and policy support will be given to enable India to become a
major manufacturer of telecom, IT hardware, and consumer
electronics products both for domestic and export markets. Foreign
companies will be encouraged to set up fabrication facilities for chips.
4) Government will strengthen support for the biotech industry
through a variety of measures, including greater funding for
development of world-class R&D capabilities. Besides supporting
private R&D projects, greater public-private partnership between
industry and academic institutions will be encouraged. The patent
regime will be strengthened.
5) Licensing procedure for biotechnology industries will be streamlined
and delays in clearances will be eliminated by completely overhauling
existing regulatory agencies. There will be a single-point clearance
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