For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
The north east can be India’s ASEAN, not merely a geographical bridge to it. So much natural endowment, including bright young people who are already making a mark in the services sector. We need to find ways to reduce the emotional distance between the region and the rest of the country.
India is Mahatma Gandhi’s land of peace and non violence, ahimsa. Increasing signs of militarisation sit oddly with that ethos.
The north east can be India’s ASEAN, not merely a geographical bridge to it. So much natural endowment, including bright young people who are already making a mark in the services sector. We need to find ways to reduce the emotional distance between the region and the rest of the country.