India, Aug. 8 -- New Delhi: India is the only "lower middle-income" country which has made it to the second group of leading economies in the field of Advanced Digital Production (ADP) technologies, along with countries such Australia, Canada, Italy, Singapore and Spain, according to a report titled, "Industrialising in the Digital Age" released by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

"Indian research centres and companies are patenting new innovations in ADP technologies in leading markets such as the EU, Japan and the USA. They are also embedding these technologies in new capital goods (smart machines) that they increasingly export abroad. Besides the manufacturing capacity, India has also a strong position i...