Union Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises Minister Anant G. Geete today briefed media on the budgetary provisions made for his ministry in the General Budget for the financial year 2016-17. He said the Department of Heavy Industry is taking various steps in making India a manufacturing hub as well as to implement the ‘Make in India’ campaign launched by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. To this end, in both the sectors under the remit of DHI, i.e, the Auto sector and the Capital Goods sectors, DHI has initiated positive steps towards consolidation of the Make in India programme. This has been accomplished through technology collaboration through government-academia-industry partnership, MoUs with institutions and technology partners of eminence and appropriate policy interventions.