📋 Tender Overview
Project ID
200297
Thematic Priority
Advancing Economic Competitiveness
LocationIndia
Project ManagerFarrukhbek ALIMDJANOV
Donor
India
Fund
IDF - Special purpose convertible
Gender Marker1 (Limited expected contribution to GE)For the Indian bicycle and parts industry to retain and improve its competitiveness, there is a requirement for the adoption of modern manufacturing processes, enhanced design competence, improved quality management and diversification into high-value consumer segments, including e-bikes, in line with global best practices and shifting market demands. Creating a market for testing and related advisory and training services is pivotal for this undertaking and requires simultaneous efforts to create a supply of such testing and related services (i.e., the quality support infrastructure) as well as their demand (by improving industry’s capability to use and benefit from testing and related services, in particular among micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Under the then UNIDO-DPIIT International Centre for Inclusive and Sustainable industrial Development (IC-ISID), UNIDO has implemented a project for the Indian bicycle industry, aimed at strengthening its global competitive position by facilitating technology transfer and capacity building interventions. This project, titled ‘Development and adoption of appropriate technologies for enhancing productivity of the Indian bicycle and bicycle parts sector’ (SAP ID 160072; Jan 2017- Nov 2019), was implemented with the support of DPIIT, Government of India. The project’s independent terminal evaluation confirmed that the project had strengthened management and technological capacity and capability of the nodal technical institution for the Indian bicycle industry, particularly the Research and Development Centre for Bicycle and Sewing Machine (RDCBSM) and select industry associations (All India Cycle Manufacturers’ Association (AICMA) and the United Cycle Parts Manufacturers Association (UCPMA)). As per industry estimates, the project has, to a large extent, been instrumental and a catalyst for the following tangible and intangible benefits, particularly (i) Increase in bicycle exports from USD 293 million in 2016-17 to USD 372 million 2019-20 (27% increase); (ii) Decrease in bicycle imports from USD 209 million in 2016-17 to USD 149 million 2019-20 (28% decrease); (iii) Increase in bicycle production from 20.7 million units in 2016-17 to 23 million in 2019-20 (11% increase); and (iv) Expansion in RDCBSM’s service portfolio, thereby generating additional revenue (such as revenue from reflector testing and spectrometry testing services, additional testing for high-end bicycles and additional training courses initiated by RDCBSM). Following the successful completion of this project, the Government of Punjab and AICMA submitted a request to DPIIT for a follow-up (Phase 2) of the project focusing on diversifying and scaling up of RDCBSM to meet new testing and certificat
