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Part 1
FOUNDATIONS
FOR SERVICES
MARKETING
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Introduction to Services
 What are services?
 Why services marketing?
 Service and Technology
 Characteristics of Services Compared to
Goods
 Services Marketing Mix
 Staying Focused on the Customer
1
Chapter
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Objectives for Chapter 1:
Introduction to Services
 Explain what services are and identify important trends in
services.
 Explain the need for special services marketing concepts and
practices and why the need has developed and is accelerating.
 Explore the profound impact of technology on service.
 Outline the basic differences between goods and services and
the resulting challenges and opportunities for service
businesses.
 Introduce the expanded marketing mix for services and the
philosophy of customer focus, as powerful frameworks and
themes that are fundamental to the rest of the text.
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Examples of Service Industries
 Health Care
 hospital, medical practice, dentistry, eye care
 Professional Services
 accounting, legal, architectural
 Financial Services
 banking, investment advising, insurance
 Hospitality
 restaurant, hotel/motel, bed & breakfast
 ski resort, rafting
 Travel
 airline, travel agency, theme park
 Others
 hair styling, pest control, plumbing, lawn maintenance, counseling
services, health club, interior design
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Introduction
 The services sector is not only the dominant sector in
India’s GDP, but has also attracted significant foreign
investment, has contributed significantly to export and has
provided large-scale employment.
 India’s services sector covers a wide variety of activities
such as trade, hotel and restaurants, transport, storage
and communication, financing, insurance, real estate,
business services, community, social and personal
services, and services associated with construction.
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Market Size
 The services sector is a key driver of India’s economic
growth.
 According to RBI, in February 2021, service exports stood
at US$ 17.54 billion, while imports stood at US$ 10.61
billion.
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Broad trends in Service Sector globally
 With more companies offering tiered service based on the calculated
profitability of different market segments, many customers are in fact getting
less service than they have in the past
 Increasing use by companies of self service and technology based service is
perceived as less service because no human interaction or human personalization
is provided
 Customer expectations are higher in all industries because of the excellent
service they receive from some companies
 Organizations have cut costs to the extent that they are too lean and too
understaffed to provide quality service
 The competitive job market results in less skilled people working in frontline
service jobs; talented workers soon get promoted or leave for better
opportunities
 Many companies give lip service to customer focus and service quality, but they
fail to provide the training, compensation and support of employees needed to
actually deliver quality service
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Figure 1.2
Tangibility Spectrum
Tangible
Dominant
Intangible
Dominant
Salt
Soft Drinks
Detergents
Automobiles
Cosmetics
Advertising
Agencies
Airlines
Investment
Management
Consulting
Teaching
Fast-food
Outlets
Fast-food
Outlets












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Table 1.1
Eight Central Paradoxes of Technological
Products
Source: D. G. Mick and S. Fournier, “Paradoxes of Technology: Consumer Cognizance, Emotions, and Coping Strategies,” Journal of Consumer
Research 25 (September 1998), pp. 123–47.
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Table 1.2
Goods versus Services
Source: A. Parasuraman, V.A. Zeithaml, and L. L. Berry, “A Conceptual Model of Service Quality and Its Implications for Future Research,” Journal of
Marketing 49 (Fall 1985), pp. 41–50.
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Why study Services Marketing?
 Service-based economies
 Service as a business imperative in manufacturing and IT
 Deregulated industries and professional service needs
 Services marketing is different
 Service equals profits
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Characteristics of Services
Compared to Goods
Intangibility
Perishability
Simultaneous
Production
and
Consumption
Heterogeneity
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Implications of Intangibility
 Services cannot be inventoried
 Services cannot be easily patented
 Services cannot be readily displayed or communicated
 Pricing is difficult
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Implications of Heterogeneity
 Service delivery and customer satisfaction depend on
employee and customer actions
 Service quality depends on many uncontrollable factors
 There is no sure knowledge that the service delivered
matches what was planned and promoted
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Implications of Simultaneous Production
and Consumption
 Customers participate in and affect the transaction
 Customers affect each other
 Employees affect the service outcome
 Decentralization may be essential
 Mass production is difficult
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Implications of Perishability
 It is difficult to synchronize supply and demand with
services
 Services cannot be returned or resold
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Challenges for Services
 Defining and improving quality
 Designing and testing new services
 Communicating and maintaining a consistent image
 Accommodating fluctuating demand
 Motivating and sustaining employee commitment
 Coordinating marketing, operations, and human resource
efforts
 Setting prices
 Finding a balance between standardization versus
personalization
 Ensuring the delivery of consistent quality
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Traditional Marketing Mix
 All elements within the control of the firm that
communicate the firm’s capabilities and image to
customers or that influence customer satisfaction with the
firm’s product and services:
 Product
 Price
 Place
 Promotion
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Expanded Mix for Services --
The 7 Ps
 Product
 Price
 Place
 Promotion
 People
 All human actors who play a part in service delivery and thus influence the
buyer’s perceptions: namely, the firm’s personnel, the customer, and other
customers in the service environment.
 Physical Evidence
 The environment in which the service is delivered and where the firm and
customer interact, and any tangible components that facilitate performance
or communication of the service.
 Process
 The actual procedures, mechanisms, and flow of activities by which the
service is delivered—the service delivery and operating systems.
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Table 1.3
Expanded Marketing Mix for Services
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Ways to Use the 7 Ps
Overall Strategic Assessment
 How effective is a firm’s
services marketing mix?
 Is the mix well-aligned with
overall vision and strategy?
 What are the strengths and
weaknesses in terms of the
7 Ps?
Specific Service Implementation
 Who is the customer?
 What is the service?
 How effectively does the
services marketing mix for a
service communicate its
benefits and quality?
 What changes/
improvements are needed?
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Consumer Evaluation
Processes for Services
 Search Qualities
 attributes a consumer can determine prior to purchase of a
product
 Experience Qualities
 attributes a consumer can determine after purchase (or
during consumption) of a product
 Credence Qualities
 characteristics that may be impossible to evaluate even after
purchase and consumption
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Figure 3.2
Continuum of Evaluation for
Different Types of Products
Clothing
Jewelry
Furniture
Houses
Automobiles
Restaurant
meals
Vacations
Haircuts
Child
care
Television
repair
Legal
services
Root
canals
Auto
repair
Medical
diagnosis
Difficult to evaluate
Easy to evaluate
High in search
qualities
High in experience
qualities
High in credence
qualities
Most
Goods
Most
Services
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Industry Developments
 The services* category in India attracted cumulative
foreign direct investment (FDI) worth US$ 85.86 billion
between April 2000 and December 2020. The services
category ranked 1st in FDI inflow as per data released by
the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal
Trade (DPIIT).
 In April 2021, the Ministry of Education (MoE) and
University Grants Commission (UGC) started a series of
online interactions with stakeholders to streamline forms
and processes to reduce compliance burden in the higher
education sector, as a follow-up to the government’s focus
on ease of doing business to enable ease of living for
stakeholders.
© 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Industry Developments
 On March 17, 2021, the Health Ministry’s eSanjeevani
telemedicine services crossed 3 million (30 lakh)
teleconsultations since its launch, enabling patient-to-
doctor consultations from the confines of their home and
doctor-to-doctor consultations.
 In April 2021, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has started accepting
pre-orders for the beta version of its Starlink satellite
internet service in India for a fully refundable deposit of
US$ 99. Currently, the Department of Telecommunications
(DoT) is screening the move and more developments will
be unveiled soon.
© 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Industry Developments
 In December 2020, a cohort of six health-tech start-ups—
AarogyaAI, BrainSightAI, Fluid AI, InMed Prognostics,
Wellthy Therapeutics, and Onward Assist—have been
selected by the India Edison Accelerator, fuelled by GE
Healthcare. India Edison Accelerator, the company's first
start-up partnership programme focused on Indian
mentors, creates strategic partners to co-develop
healthcare solutions.
 The Indian healthcare industry is expected to shift digitally
enabled remote consultations via teleconsultation. The
telemedicine market in India is expected to increase at a
CAGR of 31% from 2020 to 2025.
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McGraw-Hill/Irwin
 In December 2020, Gamma Skills Automation Training
introduced a unique robotics & automation career launch
programme for engineers, an ‘Industry 4.0 Hands-on Skill
Learning Centre’ located at IMT Manesar, Gurgaon in Haryana.
 In December 2020, the 'IGnITE’ programme was initiated by
Siemens, BMZ and MSDE to encourage high-quality training
and technical education. 'IGnITE' aims to develop highly trained
technicians, with an emphasis on getting them ready for the
industry and future, based on the German Dual Vocational
Educational Training (DVET) model. By 2024, this programme
aims to upskill ~40,000 employees.
 In October 2020, Bharti Airtel entered cloud communications
market with the launch of business-centric ‘Airtel IQ’.
© 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Government Initiatives
 Under Union Budget 2021-22, the government allocated
Rs. 7,000 crore (US$ 963.97 million) to the BharatNet
programme to boost digital connectivity across India.
 FDI limit for insurance companies has been raised from
49% to 74% and 100% for insurance intermediates.
 On January 15, 2021, the third phase of Pradhan Mantri
Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) was launched in 600
districts with 300+ skill courses. Spearheaded by the
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, the
third phase will focus on new-age and COVID-related
skills. PMKVY 3.0 aims to train eight lakh candidates.
© 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Government Initiatives
 In January 2021, the Department of Telecom, Government
of India, signed an MoU with the Ministry of
Communications, Government of Japan, to strengthen
cooperation in the areas of 5G technologies, telecom
security and submarine optical fibre cable system.
 On November 4, 2020, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the
Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, approved to sign a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
and the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sports
(DCMS) of United Kingdom Government to cooperate in
the field of telecommunications/information and
communication technologies (ICTs).
© 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Government Initiatives
 In October 2020, the government selected Hughes
Communications India to connect 5,000 village panchayats
in border and naxal-affected states and island territories
with satellite broadband under BharatNet project by March
2021.
 In September 2020, the government announced that it may
infuse Rs. 200 billion (US$ 2.72 billion) in public sector
banks through recapitalisation of bonds
 In the next five years, the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology is working to increase the
contribution of the digital economy to 20% of GDP. The
government is working to build cloud-based infrastructure
for collaborative networks that can be used for the creation
of innovative solutions by AI entrepreneurs and startups.
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 On Independence Day 2020, Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi
announced the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) to provide a
unique health ID to every Indian and revolutionise the healthcare
industry by making it easily accessible to everyone in the country. The
policy draft is under ‘public consultation’ until September 21, 2020.
 In September 2020, the Government of Tamil Nadu announced a new
electronics & hardware manufacturing policy aligned with the old policy
to increase the state's electronics output to US$ 100 billion by 2025.
Under the policy, it aims to meet the requirement for incremental human
resource by upskilling and training >100,000 people by 2024.
 Government of India has launched the National Broadband Mission with
an aim to provide Broadband access to all villages by 2022.

Marketing of Services industry supply.pptx

  • 1.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Part 1 FOUNDATIONS FOR SERVICES MARKETING
  • 2.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Introduction to Services  What are services?  Why services marketing?  Service and Technology  Characteristics of Services Compared to Goods  Services Marketing Mix  Staying Focused on the Customer 1 Chapter
  • 3.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Objectives for Chapter 1: Introduction to Services  Explain what services are and identify important trends in services.  Explain the need for special services marketing concepts and practices and why the need has developed and is accelerating.  Explore the profound impact of technology on service.  Outline the basic differences between goods and services and the resulting challenges and opportunities for service businesses.  Introduce the expanded marketing mix for services and the philosophy of customer focus, as powerful frameworks and themes that are fundamental to the rest of the text.
  • 4.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Examples of Service Industries  Health Care  hospital, medical practice, dentistry, eye care  Professional Services  accounting, legal, architectural  Financial Services  banking, investment advising, insurance  Hospitality  restaurant, hotel/motel, bed & breakfast  ski resort, rafting  Travel  airline, travel agency, theme park  Others  hair styling, pest control, plumbing, lawn maintenance, counseling services, health club, interior design
  • 5.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Introduction  The services sector is not only the dominant sector in India’s GDP, but has also attracted significant foreign investment, has contributed significantly to export and has provided large-scale employment.  India’s services sector covers a wide variety of activities such as trade, hotel and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financing, insurance, real estate, business services, community, social and personal services, and services associated with construction.
  • 6.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Market Size  The services sector is a key driver of India’s economic growth.  According to RBI, in February 2021, service exports stood at US$ 17.54 billion, while imports stood at US$ 10.61 billion.
  • 7.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Broad trends in Service Sector globally  With more companies offering tiered service based on the calculated profitability of different market segments, many customers are in fact getting less service than they have in the past  Increasing use by companies of self service and technology based service is perceived as less service because no human interaction or human personalization is provided  Customer expectations are higher in all industries because of the excellent service they receive from some companies  Organizations have cut costs to the extent that they are too lean and too understaffed to provide quality service  The competitive job market results in less skilled people working in frontline service jobs; talented workers soon get promoted or leave for better opportunities  Many companies give lip service to customer focus and service quality, but they fail to provide the training, compensation and support of employees needed to actually deliver quality service
  • 8.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Figure 1.2 Tangibility Spectrum Tangible Dominant Intangible Dominant Salt Soft Drinks Detergents Automobiles Cosmetics Advertising Agencies Airlines Investment Management Consulting Teaching Fast-food Outlets Fast-food Outlets            
  • 9.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Table 1.1 Eight Central Paradoxes of Technological Products Source: D. G. Mick and S. Fournier, “Paradoxes of Technology: Consumer Cognizance, Emotions, and Coping Strategies,” Journal of Consumer Research 25 (September 1998), pp. 123–47.
  • 10.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Table 1.2 Goods versus Services Source: A. Parasuraman, V.A. Zeithaml, and L. L. Berry, “A Conceptual Model of Service Quality and Its Implications for Future Research,” Journal of Marketing 49 (Fall 1985), pp. 41–50.
  • 11.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Why study Services Marketing?  Service-based economies  Service as a business imperative in manufacturing and IT  Deregulated industries and professional service needs  Services marketing is different  Service equals profits
  • 12.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Characteristics of Services Compared to Goods Intangibility Perishability Simultaneous Production and Consumption Heterogeneity
  • 13.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Implications of Intangibility  Services cannot be inventoried  Services cannot be easily patented  Services cannot be readily displayed or communicated  Pricing is difficult
  • 14.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Implications of Heterogeneity  Service delivery and customer satisfaction depend on employee and customer actions  Service quality depends on many uncontrollable factors  There is no sure knowledge that the service delivered matches what was planned and promoted
  • 15.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Implications of Simultaneous Production and Consumption  Customers participate in and affect the transaction  Customers affect each other  Employees affect the service outcome  Decentralization may be essential  Mass production is difficult
  • 16.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Implications of Perishability  It is difficult to synchronize supply and demand with services  Services cannot be returned or resold
  • 17.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Challenges for Services  Defining and improving quality  Designing and testing new services  Communicating and maintaining a consistent image  Accommodating fluctuating demand  Motivating and sustaining employee commitment  Coordinating marketing, operations, and human resource efforts  Setting prices  Finding a balance between standardization versus personalization  Ensuring the delivery of consistent quality
  • 18.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Traditional Marketing Mix  All elements within the control of the firm that communicate the firm’s capabilities and image to customers or that influence customer satisfaction with the firm’s product and services:  Product  Price  Place  Promotion
  • 19.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Expanded Mix for Services -- The 7 Ps  Product  Price  Place  Promotion  People  All human actors who play a part in service delivery and thus influence the buyer’s perceptions: namely, the firm’s personnel, the customer, and other customers in the service environment.  Physical Evidence  The environment in which the service is delivered and where the firm and customer interact, and any tangible components that facilitate performance or communication of the service.  Process  The actual procedures, mechanisms, and flow of activities by which the service is delivered—the service delivery and operating systems.
  • 20.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Table 1.3 Expanded Marketing Mix for Services
  • 21.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Ways to Use the 7 Ps Overall Strategic Assessment  How effective is a firm’s services marketing mix?  Is the mix well-aligned with overall vision and strategy?  What are the strengths and weaknesses in terms of the 7 Ps? Specific Service Implementation  Who is the customer?  What is the service?  How effectively does the services marketing mix for a service communicate its benefits and quality?  What changes/ improvements are needed?
  • 22.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Consumer Evaluation Processes for Services  Search Qualities  attributes a consumer can determine prior to purchase of a product  Experience Qualities  attributes a consumer can determine after purchase (or during consumption) of a product  Credence Qualities  characteristics that may be impossible to evaluate even after purchase and consumption
  • 23.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Figure 3.2 Continuum of Evaluation for Different Types of Products Clothing Jewelry Furniture Houses Automobiles Restaurant meals Vacations Haircuts Child care Television repair Legal services Root canals Auto repair Medical diagnosis Difficult to evaluate Easy to evaluate High in search qualities High in experience qualities High in credence qualities Most Goods Most Services
  • 24.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Industry Developments  The services* category in India attracted cumulative foreign direct investment (FDI) worth US$ 85.86 billion between April 2000 and December 2020. The services category ranked 1st in FDI inflow as per data released by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).  In April 2021, the Ministry of Education (MoE) and University Grants Commission (UGC) started a series of online interactions with stakeholders to streamline forms and processes to reduce compliance burden in the higher education sector, as a follow-up to the government’s focus on ease of doing business to enable ease of living for stakeholders.
  • 25.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Industry Developments  On March 17, 2021, the Health Ministry’s eSanjeevani telemedicine services crossed 3 million (30 lakh) teleconsultations since its launch, enabling patient-to- doctor consultations from the confines of their home and doctor-to-doctor consultations.  In April 2021, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has started accepting pre-orders for the beta version of its Starlink satellite internet service in India for a fully refundable deposit of US$ 99. Currently, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is screening the move and more developments will be unveiled soon.
  • 26.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Industry Developments  In December 2020, a cohort of six health-tech start-ups— AarogyaAI, BrainSightAI, Fluid AI, InMed Prognostics, Wellthy Therapeutics, and Onward Assist—have been selected by the India Edison Accelerator, fuelled by GE Healthcare. India Edison Accelerator, the company's first start-up partnership programme focused on Indian mentors, creates strategic partners to co-develop healthcare solutions.  The Indian healthcare industry is expected to shift digitally enabled remote consultations via teleconsultation. The telemedicine market in India is expected to increase at a CAGR of 31% from 2020 to 2025.
  • 27.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin  In December 2020, Gamma Skills Automation Training introduced a unique robotics & automation career launch programme for engineers, an ‘Industry 4.0 Hands-on Skill Learning Centre’ located at IMT Manesar, Gurgaon in Haryana.  In December 2020, the 'IGnITE’ programme was initiated by Siemens, BMZ and MSDE to encourage high-quality training and technical education. 'IGnITE' aims to develop highly trained technicians, with an emphasis on getting them ready for the industry and future, based on the German Dual Vocational Educational Training (DVET) model. By 2024, this programme aims to upskill ~40,000 employees.  In October 2020, Bharti Airtel entered cloud communications market with the launch of business-centric ‘Airtel IQ’.
  • 28.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Government Initiatives  Under Union Budget 2021-22, the government allocated Rs. 7,000 crore (US$ 963.97 million) to the BharatNet programme to boost digital connectivity across India.  FDI limit for insurance companies has been raised from 49% to 74% and 100% for insurance intermediates.  On January 15, 2021, the third phase of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) was launched in 600 districts with 300+ skill courses. Spearheaded by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, the third phase will focus on new-age and COVID-related skills. PMKVY 3.0 aims to train eight lakh candidates.
  • 29.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Government Initiatives  In January 2021, the Department of Telecom, Government of India, signed an MoU with the Ministry of Communications, Government of Japan, to strengthen cooperation in the areas of 5G technologies, telecom security and submarine optical fibre cable system.  On November 4, 2020, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, approved to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) of United Kingdom Government to cooperate in the field of telecommunications/information and communication technologies (ICTs).
  • 30.
    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Government Initiatives  In October 2020, the government selected Hughes Communications India to connect 5,000 village panchayats in border and naxal-affected states and island territories with satellite broadband under BharatNet project by March 2021.  In September 2020, the government announced that it may infuse Rs. 200 billion (US$ 2.72 billion) in public sector banks through recapitalisation of bonds  In the next five years, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is working to increase the contribution of the digital economy to 20% of GDP. The government is working to build cloud-based infrastructure for collaborative networks that can be used for the creation of innovative solutions by AI entrepreneurs and startups.
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    © 2006 TheMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin  On Independence Day 2020, Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi announced the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) to provide a unique health ID to every Indian and revolutionise the healthcare industry by making it easily accessible to everyone in the country. The policy draft is under ‘public consultation’ until September 21, 2020.  In September 2020, the Government of Tamil Nadu announced a new electronics & hardware manufacturing policy aligned with the old policy to increase the state's electronics output to US$ 100 billion by 2025. Under the policy, it aims to meet the requirement for incremental human resource by upskilling and training >100,000 people by 2024.  Government of India has launched the National Broadband Mission with an aim to provide Broadband access to all villages by 2022.