The officials said that the import restrictions on ‘New Pneumatic Tyres’ were relaxed for certain global players that were interested in importing specific tyres from their factories abroad into India.
The imports were temporarily permitted by the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) subject to the concerned company’s commitment to invest and set up or expand its manufacturing facilities in the country for the concerned products, in a time-bound manner.
“This initiative has witnessed investment commitments worth more than Rs 1,100 crore from leading global players like Bridgestone, Michelin and Goodyear for the development/expansion of their tyre manufacturing capacity in India,” the official said.
Additional applications received from other global players are currently being evaluated for consideration under this initiative. The DPIIT has also asked other ministries to take steps to promote domestic manufacturing of sectors falling under their purview as has been done in the case of toys and tyres, the official said.
The department has stated that existing policy instruments can be considered by the line ministries/departments for the development of domestic manufacturing capacity in respect of products/sectors under their purview.
