The Central government has government released a National Strategy on Additive Manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing that aims to add USD two-three billion to the GDP by 2025.
Under this, the government plans to create 50 India-specific technologies for material, machine, process, and software to make India a 3D-printed design and manufacturing hub.
This will create an ecosystem for creating nearly 100 new start-ups, ten existing and new manufacturing sectors, and one-lakh new skilled manpower besides developing 500 AM products and 50 Indian AM technologies on material, machine, process and software. In addition, awareness for the adoption of AM products to facilitate this growth will be created.
