Among the Third World countries, India is major exporter of heavy and light engineering goods, producing a wide range of items. The country also makes construction machinery, equipment for irrigation projects, diesel engines, tractors, and transport vechicles, cotton textile and sugar mill machinery. The heavy electrical industry meets the entire domestic demand. Electrical equipment such as motors, transformers, switchgears etc, are issued by all sectors of the Indian Economy. Some major areas where these are used are the multi-crore projections for power generation including nuclear power stations, petrochemical complexes, and chemical plants integrated steel plants, non-ferrous metal units etc.

The existing installed capacity in the industry is of the order of 4500 MW of thermal, 1345 MW of Hydro and about 100 MW of gas based power generation equipment per annum.

The Heavy Electrical Industry is capable of manufacturing transmission and distribution equipment upto400 KV AC and high voltage DC.  The domestic Heavy Electrical equipment manufactures are making with respect to product designs and upgrading of manufacturing & testing facilities.

The Capacity established for manufacture of various kinds of turbines such as steam &  hydro turbines including industrial turbines is more than 7000 MW per annum. The range of BHEL includes steam turbines upto 500 MW unit ratin, which they are planning to enhance upto 600 MW. They have capability to manufacture Gas Turbines upto 255 MW (ISO) rating

BHEL is the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in India in the energy related/infrastructure sector today It has been earning profits continually since 1971-72 and paying dividends since 1976-77.

BHEL manufactures over 180 products under 30major product groups and caters to core sectors of the Indian Economy viz.  Power generation & transmission, industry transportation, telecommunication, renewable energy etc.
 

The petroleum industry in India is undergoing a major change.  In accordance with the ongoing process of labialisation, the industry has been thrown open for private sector in all the major areas of exploration, production, refining and marketing, resulting in increased demand for the oil field and related equipment.  The users are ONGC, Oil India Ltd.  on charter - hire basis. Domestic manufactures are manufacturing drilling rigs for on-shore drilling.  For Offshore drilling like jack-up rigs etc are not being manufactured indigenously.  However, offshore platform and some other technological structures are being produced locally.  The major producers are BHEL, Hindustan Shipyard, Mazagon Dock and Burn & company Limited.
 

Domestic manufactures of sugar machinery occupy a predominant position in the global scenario.  They are capable of manufacturing sugar plants of latest design for a capacity upto 10,000 TCD.  There are presently 27 units in the organized sector for the manufacture of complete sugar plants and components with a current level of production value of Rs. 136.87 crores against installed capacity of Rs. 200 crores.

The range of equipment includes cane handling and milling plants.  Evaporator, Bagasse Drying plants, Centrifugals, Weighing and Bagging Machine etc.  besides complete sugar plants.
 

Indian Textile Machinery Manufactures are manufacturing textile machinery required for sorting, cording and processing of yarns/fabrics and weaving along-with the components, spares and accessories.  The industry has developed over the last five decades and ins one of the oldest industries catering to the needs of textile sector. The Textile Machinery Industry are endeavoring to upgrade the production of sophisticated machines so as to cater to the needs of garments and weaving sector.