place to undo their accomplishments. This article examines one such policy of the Government, namely, 'Make in India'4.

Is 'Make in India ', a Government policy set to weaken Bahujan livelihoods and socio-economic-cultural development? The focus of this article is on Make in India program designs in the dairy, beef and leather sectors.

The Make in India is an initiative devised to transform India into a global design and manufacturing hub. It was launched by the BJP Government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi a few months after coming to power in 2014. Make in India is about the transformational power of public-private partnership and extends to include India's global partners, chiefly, the United States and Japan. It covers 25 sectors of the Indian economy. Food processing and leather sectorsare among the 25 sectors covered under Make in India. Dairy and beef exports fall under the food processing sector. 25 sector brochures have been developed to make these sectors appear extremely inviting to the private sector in India and foreign companies. These brochures amply showcase 'ease of doing business' put in place by India.

Brochure-'Make in India- Leather': Speaks, among other things, of opportunity to set-up export units, opportunity to tap huge domestic market in India, comparative advantages in cost of production and labour costs as compared to other major manufacturing countries, skilled/trained manpower available for a new production unit or existing production unit, 100% Foreign Direct Investment permitted through the automatic route, de-licensing of the entire leather product, facilitating expansion on modern lines with state-of-the-art machinery and