Comparative Study Focusing on Two Industrial Agglomerations in the Indian Automobile Manufacturing Sector: The National Capital Region of Delhi and Uttarakhand

• 友澤 和夫

  広島大学大学院文学研究科教授

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• <特集論文>インド自動車産業集積の比較研究 : デリー首都圏とウッタラーカンド州を事例として

Abstract

This article aims to clarify the spatial structure of the Indian automobile industry, which is one of the fastest growing manufacturing sectors in India's globalized economy. After a brief explanation of the industry, I picked two typical agglomerations, namely the National Capital Region of Delhi (NCR) and Uttarakhand, to discuss their position in the industry structure at the national level and their inner production system at the local level, especially in terms of the division of labor. NCR is characterized as the area where global automobile manufacturers, mostly Japanese ones, set up their Indian headquarters as well as production facilities. They formed a dense business network with their first tier suppliers, which were both Japanese and local Indian. In recent years, automobile manufacturers have invested in the establishment of R&D facilities within NCR as an effective response to the increasing importance of the Indian market. Second tier suppliers and material manufacturers have also set up production facilities recently. Therefore, I conclude that NCR has been transformed into a multilayered industrial agglomeration. Uttarakhand also experienced rapid industrial development between 2005 and 2010 due to the generous incentives of the central government. The automobile industry is one of the main sectors to accelerate the industrialization of the state. However, all of the facilities are just branch plants with only one function, which is production. The state government has compelled industrial units to conform to unique regulations. They ordered all the industrial units that enjoyed a series of incentives to employ at least 70% of their workforce from the state. Moreover the government requested the automobile manufacturers to have a specific local content ratio (at least 75%) in their procurement. To keep this ratio, they developed vendor parks or industrial estates to induce their suppliers to set up plants nearby locations. Those regulations seemed to lead to the formation of an industrial agglomeration in the automobile industry, but after the expiration of the incentive policy, its further development is uncertain.

Journal

• 現代インド研究

  現代インド研究 4 23-52, 2014-02

  人間文化研究機構地域研究推進事業「現代インド地域研究」

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Details

• CRID: 1390009224839658880
• NII Article ID: 120005399055
• NII Book ID: AA12520400
• DOI: 10.14989/185081
• HANDLE: 2433/185081
• ISSN: 21859833
• Text Lang: ja
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