What is/are the recent policy initiative(s) of Government of India to promote the growth of manufacturing sector? 1) Setting up of National Investment and Manufacturing Zones 2) Providing the benefit of 'single window clearance' 3) Establishing the Technology Acquisition and Development Fund Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

All three statements are correct, so the answer is D. The reference point is the National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) 2011, which aimed to raise manufacturing's share of GDP to 25 percent by 2022 and create 100 million additional jobs.

Statement 1 is correct. NMP 2011 proposed National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZ) as large greenfield industrial clusters with world-class infrastructure and integrated townships.

Statement 2 is correct. Single window clearance, at both central and state level, was a key recommendation to cut approval delays and improve ease of doing business.

Statement 3 is correct. The Technology Acquisition and Development Fund (TADF) was announced to help firms, especially MSMEs, acquire technology and develop it indigenously.

The core concept here is industrial policy and the manufacturing share of GDP. Make in India (2014) built on these ideas, and the question links directly to Mains GS-III on industrial growth and employment.

Update: NIMZ was later folded into the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme and PM Gati Shakti, and NMP's 25 percent GDP target was not met.

Trap: Aspirants often dismiss statement 3 as a later scheme, or assume that single window clearance was only a post-2014 reform.