Jakarta, May 6 -- Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita stated that the combination of downstreaming, technology- and research-based industrial transformation, as well as domestic component level (TKDN) policies are the main foundations for national economic growth.

"With the combination of downstreaming policies, increasing TKDN, and technology and research-based industrial transformation, we are optimistic that the performance and economic contribution of the manufacturing industry sector will continue to increase and become the main foundation for sustainable national economic growth," he noted here on Monday (May 5).

Kartasasmita highlighted that these three policies are the main strategy being pursued to strengthen the suppl...