Ambani, Birla, Premji Share Their Vision Of 'Make In India'

Ambani, who announced that Reliance Industries would create 1.25 lakh jobs in the next 12-15 months, further said it was also important for villages to stay connected to be a part of growth story.

"It is important to connect village clusters with international markets and not only domestic markets by building physical infrastructure and virtual infrastructure so that all our goods and services are connected to all markets," he said.

ICICI Bank Managing Director and CEO Chanda Kochhar said the 'Make in India' programme would become the next growth driver for the country.

"What is being launched today is actually going to be the next growth driver for India...It is believed that manufacturing, if it works to its full potential, can add about 9 crore jobs in the next decade for India," she said.

Kochchar further said: "By creating India as a manufacturing hub for the world, we will increase our exports, so manufacturing is not just going to be a growth driver, not just a creator of jobs but also something that will strengthen the macro-economic stability of the country."

Exuding confidence on India's competitiveness, Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said: "India has come to be know as global IT hub and reservoir of intellectual capital. It's high time that India becomes a preferred centre of choice for manufacturing for global companies."

The share of manufacturing in India's GDP is low at 16 per cent as compared to 36 per cent in China, 34 per cent South Korea and 22 per cent Germany, he added.

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