The Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Jammu & Kashmir, today organised a UT level Internal Consultative workshop at the Convention Centre, Jammu, on the theme “Industrial Corridors & Plug-and-Play Infrastructure: State Readiness for Global Manufacturing.” The workshop was held as part of a structured consultation process initiated by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, in preparation for the National Departmental Summit proposed to be held in July 2026. The exercise forms part of a wider Centre–State consultative framework emerging from the 5th National Conference of Chief Secretaries. The initiative aims to enhance India’s manufacturing competitiveness through coordinated efforts in industrial infrastructure development, logistics integration, investment facilitation, industrial corridors, plug-and-play ecosystems, skill development and policy reforms required for integration with global manufacturing value chains.