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Aircraft manufacturing to get infra status soon
Financial Express Mumbai
|October 27, 2025
THE GOVERNMENT IS considering granting "infrastructure status" for aircraft manufacturing, in a bid to create a domestic production base for the sector, which is heavily import-dependent.
The move is expected to encourage joint ventures with foreign partners to facilitate domestic manufacturing of regional passenger and cargo aircraft, catering to the country's burgeoning middle class, sources told FE. In recent years, regional air connectivity has increased significantly, with the opening of many new airports, and policy support via Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) scheme.
The inclusion of aircraft manufacturing in the Harmonised Master List (HML) of infrastructure will unlock targeted financial and policy support to accelerate development for the sector. These include concessional long-term financing from banks, access to funds from insurance and pension funds, easier external commercial borrowings and various tax incentives and exemptions.
This story is from the October 27, 2025 edition of Financial Express Mumbai.
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