New Delhi: The Indian government is conducting a comprehensive review of over 500 imported products—ranging from machinery and fertilisers to silicon wafers and carbon fibres—to identify opportunities for domestic production, reduce import dependency, and enhance supply chain resilience amid ongoing regional instability. The initiative, led by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, is collating data across ministries to assess import dependence, the time and capital required to establish commercially viable domestic manufacturing, and the strategic importance of each product.

Officials familiar with the development were quoted as saying that the Department for Promotion of Industry . . .