Electrical Equipment Industry Grows by 4.25% in the year 2016-17: IEEMA
Indian Electrical Equipment industry fully equipped to meet domestic demand arising from capacity addition in future
The electrical and industrial electronics industry has witnessed a 4.25% growth in the year 2016-17 over the previous year. The industry exported INR 38,580 crore (USD 6 billion) worth of electrical equipment in 2015-16 (INR 35,276 crore April to February in 2016-17 – USD 5.25 bn).
Export growth is contributing to the industry’s development, particularly in Power Transformers & HV Switchgear, Energy Meters and Cables. Changes in policy and initiatives by the industry and the government ultimately show signs of revival for the sector.
The information was gathered by the IEEMA, the apex Indian industry association of electrical, electronics and allied equipment manufacturers. The production and sales data is collected from its member organisations, which represent 95 percent of the entire sector.
The major drivers in this growth are Low Voltage switchgear which has registered a healthy growth of 22% due to revival in growth of Realty, Infrastructure & other manufacturing industries. Distribution Transformer (especially up to 25 KVA – REC range) and Energy Meters demand shrunk respectively by 12% to 10% owing to poor demand from utilities on account of delays in completing Government orders under DDUGVYJ and IPDS schemes.
The growth in Power Transformer & High voltage Switchgear can be seen due to domestic orders arising from new substation additions especially for above 220 KV. There is a marginal growth in LT motors, however declining trend for HT motors due to Imports & core sector industry capex not taking off. The Conductors demand is declined by 5% due to delay in order finalizations.
Mr Sanjeev Sardana, President, IEEMA is of the view that, “The sluggish demand and higher imports is still hampering the industry growth. There is a high imports visible in HV Switchgear (GIS), Insulators, AC Motors & Generators. The target of 400 KV Transmission & Sub-Station completion is over achieved in 4 years of 12th Plan only. In Power generation, Renewable energy addition is picking up fast and solar power generation addition has achieved 104%with Wind power achieving over 80% of planned addition. In the 13th plan the focus will be on Renewable Energy, Power Electronics and E-mobility. These new technologies will not only pose disruptive challenges but also open vast opportunities for the industry.”
Mr Sunil Misra, Director General, IEEMA says, “Indian Electrical equipment industry is fully equipped, not only to meet the present domestic demand, but also geared up to meet likely demand arising out from capacity addition in the future. The industry is 9.54% of the manufacturing sector is terms of value and 1.23% of India’s GDP, providing a direct employment to 1.5 million and indirect employment to over 5 million people across the entire value chain. There is significant global reputation of Indian electrical equipment for sourcing of base products and components and also of Indian transmission and other EPC contractors.”
“There have been enormous investment in doubling and, in some instances, even doubling its production capabilities in the Indian electrical equipment sector. However, this integrated capacity is underused in quite a number of products, and producers are largely utilizing just 60 to 70 per cent of the capacity..”, he added.
