New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- India must accelerate AI-led innovation, industrial automation, and the adoption of frontier technologies to fully realise its manufacturing ambitions, according to The Make-in-India Upgrade: Advanced Manufacturing Trends, a December 2025 chartbook by Ionic Wealth.

India stands at a critical juncture in its industrial journey, with advanced manufacturing emerging as a decisive lever for long-term economic competitiveness.

The report noted that failure to unlock advanced manufacturing could leave India with a manufacturing GDP gap by 2047 Viksit Bharat vision.

Under a business-as-usual scenario, manufacturing GDP would reach only USD 2.3 trillion, far below the USD 7.4 trillion potential, highlighting what the repo...