莫迪擬重振印度製造政策

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to reinvigorate his flagship “Make in India” drive to develop a Chinese-style global manufacturing and export powerhouse, as part of the attempt to consolidate his country's position as the world’s fastest growing leading economy.

印度總理倫德拉莫迪(Narendra Modi)誓言重振其“印度製造”旗艦政策，將該國發展爲一箇中國式的全球製造和出口大國，這是鞏固印度作爲全球增長最快的大型經濟體地位的努力的一部分。

Speaking ahead of a week-long manufacturing showcase modelled on Germany’s annual Hannover Messe in the financial capital Mumbai, Mr Modi pledged to redouble reform efforts to attract global manufacturers to India, promising to improve the taxation treatment of foreign companies and ease the country's famously complex business climate.

印度仿照德國的漢諾威工業博覽會(Hannover Messe)，在其金融中心孟買推出了爲期一週的製造業博覽會。莫迪在博覽會開幕前夕發表的講話中誓言加倍努力改革，吸引全球製造商到印度投資設廠，承諾改善外國公司的稅收待遇，改善該國複雜得出名的商業環境。

“We want to make India a global manufacturing hub,” Mr Modi said. “There is an all round emphasis on ‘Ease of doing business’...圠攀 are also simplifying processes like licences, security and environmental clearances.”

莫迪表示：“我們希望讓印度成爲全球製造業中心。我們正在全方位注重‘改善營商環境’……我們也在簡化營業執照、安全和環境審批等流程。”

Mr Modi’s “Make in India” week is expected to see a range of commitments from global industrial groups. On Saturday, London-listed Vedanta pledged $10bn to set up India's first LCD manufacturing plant in the western state of Maharashtra, while other, smaller, promises have begun to trickle in.

在莫迪的“印度製造”週上，預計可以看到全球工業集團的一系列承諾。上週六，在倫敦上市的韋丹塔(Vedanta)承諾斥資100億美元在馬哈拉施特拉邦建立印度首家LCD製造工廠，同時還有其他企業陸續做出一些規模較小的承諾。

Mr Modi also reassured foreign investors on tax, a worry for companies such as Vodafone and Cairn, who have been hit by officials reopening retrospective taxation disputes.

莫迪還在稅收問題上安撫了外國投資者。印度官員們重啓的回溯性稅收糾紛讓受到衝擊的沃達豐(Vodafone)和凱恩(Cairn)等公司感到不安。

“We will not resort to retrospective taxation; we are making our tax regime transparent, stable and predictable,” Mr Modi said.

莫迪表示：“我們將不會付諸回溯性稅收；我們正在讓我們的稅收體制透明、穩定和可預見。”

Many economists see increasing the size of India’s manufacturing sector as Mr Modi’s biggest challenge as he strives to create much needed employment and generate jobs for a backlog of unemployed as well as an estimated 12m school leavers entering the workforce each year.

許多經濟學家認爲，在莫迪努力創造亟需的就業機會之際，擴大印度製造業部門的規模是他面臨的最大挑戰。印度累積了大量的失業人口，而且估計每年還有1200萬名畢業生進入社會尋找工作。

A job advertisement for office tea boys and night guards attracted 2.32m applicants last year, underlining the stresses that India is facing.

去年一則招聘辦公室茶水男孩和夜間保安的廣告吸引了232萬應聘者，突顯出印度面臨的嚴峻局面。

India’s manufacturing sector contributes about 17 per cent to GDP, according to World Bank data. That is well below China’s 35 per cent, and the government’s short-term targets. “We want the share of manufacturing in our GDP to go up to 25 per cent in the near future,” Mr Modi said during his speech on Saturday.

世界銀行(World Bank)的數據顯示，印度的製造業部門貢獻了大約17%的GDP。這遠低於中國35%的比例以及印度政府的短期目標。莫迪在上週六的演講中表示：“我們希望製造業在GDP中的份額在不久的將來上升至25%。”