New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- India's competitiveness in advanced manufacturing will depend on how effectively its MSME clusters transition to advanced and digitally driven production models. As the servification of manufacturing, where products are integrated with advanced services and digital technologies, India's strong IT capabilities offer a natural and strategic advantage, Debashree Mukherjee, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India, highlighted this at the CII Smart Manufacturing Summit 2025, themed 'Frontier Technologies: Driving Competitiveness and Powering Growth', held on held on Monday here in the national capital.

Mukherjee underscored the critical importance of building a future-rea...