India, Feb. 3 -- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' initiative was a good idea but it failed.

"The Prime Minister proposed the 'Make in India' program, I think it was a good idea...The result is right in front of you, manufacturing fell from 15.3% of GDP in 2014 to 12.6% of GDP today, which is the lowest share of manufacturing in 60 years. I am not blaming the Prime Minister, it would not be fair to say that he did not try. I could say that the Prime Minister tried but he failed," he said in the parliament.

"We have as a country failed in organising production and handed it over to the Chinese," he added.

Addressing the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said both the ...