Union Cabinet approves ₹10,000 crore container manufacturing scheme to boost capacity tenfold, generate 53,000 jobs
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- ✓The Union Cabinet approved a ₹10,000 crore container manufacturing scheme on Wednesday to boost capacity tenfold.
- ✓The plan aims to generate 53,000 jobs by FY 2039-40.
- ✓Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, "Container manufacturing is highly concentrated globally, with 95% of production taking place in a single country," highlighting India's new goal.
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- India Economy
Cabinet approved container manufacturing promotion scheme which comes with three major components, including Interest Subvention Assistance (ISA), Operational Expenditure Assistance (OEA), and testing and certification assistance. The initiative was announced in the Union Budget 2026-27.
The Container Manufacturing Promotion Scheme has been approved by the Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, on Wednesday. The new scheme comes with a budgetary outlay of ₹10,000 crore up to FY 2039-40, as per ANI.
The Container Manufacturing Promotion Scheme is aimed at increasing India's annual container manufacturing capacity by nearly ten-fold to 7.5 lakh twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).
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