"Screwdrivergiri" - How the Chinese built industrial capacity

[@roshanchachane142]

Great points, sir. We should have been industrialised by now, since we got enough time after opening our economy in 1991, but our decision makers thought importing low tech items is good save money but forgot how it will have far reaching consequences in long run.

[@yviewer7655]

I believe HAL has been doing screwdrivergiri for long enough now.

[@srikanth85in]

Building such industrial capacity needs vision and will power both from government and babus. The bureaucracy is egotistical and feels they know everything with nothing to learn and improve upon. They’re more interested in finding problems in solutions than solutions for problems. The tax regime, high logistical cost, lack of skilled manpower and arbitrary law enforcement will never help us become an industrial powerhouse. It’ll be either Vietnam or other ASEAN nations that’ll be in a better position to replace China.

[@mintdel333]

100% agreed with u sir

[@direwolf7491]

Finally someone talking sense

[@ameyajadhav7634]

Your simple and to the point explanation is very good 🎉

[@hitzrocks4225]

👍 Thank you for sharing this video ❤ This must be an eye opener for us and must learn to grow. Jai Hind 🇮🇳

[@gunnvant]

Thanks Dr.

[@vbtktr]

I don't know the meaning of "Screwdrivergiri". But I know that "HAL" was a private company and a successful company before 1947, maybe only non-white aircraft assembling company in the world. In my view it was a good start, after 1947 this country has great leadership.

[@vivekjaiswal2422]

Same situation in IT sector too, as a one of the major silicon sector hub we don't have a single product for global market.

[@LikeDeep-q6w]

I still remember how Indians (including me) used to laugh at the cheap Chinese products. The Chinese smartphones were especially considered a joke like until just few years ago (known for their loud and shrill speakers, also known as rickshaw speakers!). Little did we know that the joke was on us. Toda, China is a global powerhouse in Smartphone industry, many of whom have graduated and expanded in EV space giving Tesla some sleepless night. While we Indians still cannot manufacture a fully indigenous basic smartphone by ourselves.

[@bilalbaig8586]

The real issue here is education in India. More than 50% of Indians today cannot do mildly complicated maths like multiplication and division even if they were given a calculator.

[@sibsankarbanerjee1244]

Your observation is absolutely on the dot. Inefficient Indian political leadership with no capacity to foresee future necessities along with an unprofessional inept bureaucracy, has worsened the situation since independence. Only in the recent past we have noticed some improvements in this regard. Let's hope for the best.

[@supremeleader5516]

What India learned from screwdrivergiri of su30mki from decades? No result visible

[@docshiv5798]

PSU HAL has the infra now to upgrade

[@HashiramaSenyu]

​@@docshiv5798if HAL has the infra why is tejas still under development. Since the time of the start of tejas program the HAL has been unable to deliver a proper tejas which fulfills the needs of the iaf. All they are doing is showing it down the throat of the iaf.

[@docshiv5798]

@HashiramaSenyu lol. It has the infra. Not the expertise to make the engine

[@mohba01]

India is atleast 20 years behind when it comes to manufacturing tooling compared to China

[@Soquoifrere]

Indian engineering talent is below par and that explains it all. All Indians aspire to be keyboard warriors (IT) but are unable and incapable of setting up small companies to produce even simple items. India imports all the items from China. Shame on Indian engineers

[@-Blue-_]

So ISRO engineering talents are below par ? App idhar khud keyboard warrior ki tarah ghar mai beth ke comment kar rehe ho

[@sigma-sigma1]

"Screwdriver" giri" Is not an bad idea if it is the beginning but if one gets stuck up in screwdriver giri" As it has happened with turbomeca shakti engine for alh where indigenous content is still about 20 to 25 % even after more than decades of license production . Whereas chinese when it came to foreign technology they did not mind "beg, borrow, buy, steal, copy, built " Etc. Etc.

[@hannanhub1717]

without r and d funding indigenious content wont improve

[@-Blue-_]

Ab to tu Datran 1500 ko bhi screwdriver se banaya hua bol dega, jab kaveri ban jayega usko bhi tu yahi bolega, jabki tera pura source hi unverified news sources rehta hai, DRDO ne jo hypersonic engine ka test kiya usko bhi yahi bolega, meggi todhi hai engine develop karna jo 1 ya 2 saal mai ban jata hai, abhi hi proper infrastructure banna start hua hai desh mai aur tujhe chaiye ki ham 2 saal ke under US ke level ka pahuch jaye engine tech mai

[@sigma-sigma1]

@@-Blue-_ iam not talking about indigenous project but about so called many "license manufacturing " So called foreign oem technology transfer Project.

[@johnhero99]

The jugad system is destroying india .. And the negligence of Quality control

[@souravchakraborty6121]

Wrong idea Actual Chinese development not come from "screwdrivergiri" rather "productgiri".Means in last develop their own product ,own R&D centre ,own national champion like Huwai,Xiomi,CATL,BYD,CRRC ,SMIC. Now let's take example of India who are doing "screwdrivergiri" in software last 20 year and even now we are doing same .There no national champion like in China or USA why??? But screwdrivergiri should led to development is't it.

[@nishanthnellutla]

Everything is true Sir, what's the solution??? We're really frustrated by the problems we face. There's no one solving the problems. That's the real issue in India right now. 😢

[@viki_sky007]

I agree with all your points but The taxes are too high and the talent acquisition or training is too high. This is like a cycle of ev for ev cars u need more ev stations and for more ev station u need ev cars

[@supremeleader5516]

You are missing important Context, chinese didn't boasted about their screwdrivergiri day and night while we do, hence we do not evolve and happy with screwdrivergiri only.

[@bsaravana]

We need accountability from the people running the show.

[@pradyumn2692]

Sir, there's a new movie on the IAF called sky force. How accurate is it?

[@yatinders.rathore4503]

As always, Suttle presentation of hard facts...however uncomfortable it may sound, facts nevertheless...thank you!

[@barneylinux]

You can’t build industrial capacity in just one field. China has advanced industrial capacity all fields.

[@sandeepkumarkhuntia8839]

Our neighbours' border forces uniforms are far smarter than the Indian BSF.

[@nimaicharan7107]

Ham bhi screwdriver leke su 30 se leke mig 21 tak banaya but tot ke bawajood ajj bhi screwdriver leke hila rahe hain...

[@jakedee4117]

I generally agree but you are wrong about the Chinese. They did not start to develop their technological and industrial infrastructure on the backs of cheap low quality goods exports to the west. They have been developing their technology and heavy industry for at least a century, under both the Nationalists and the Communists. Just one example amongst many, The Chinese launched their own satellite on their own rocket fired from their own territory on April 24, 1970 (Dong Fang Hong 1). BTW, Indian launched their first satellite on a Soviet rocket fired from Soviet territory on April 19, 1975 (Aryabhata).

[@indraadi]

We can't trust our PSUs alone for our defence needs.Real innovation (even if it's screwdriver giri) has to come from established private sector companies or private startups.Thanks for sharing the video HS.

[@midknightfenerir]

The problem with India is that India never learned the lessons China learned when China was doing “screwdrivergiri”. China learned how to create the item or a comparable product by themselves. They hungrily devoured and devoted their time and effort to mastering whatever they were license producing. first from the Soviets and later from the west after the opening up of the country. India was always behind in this, scared of what the world and its allies would think, lack of technical knowledge and understanding and ultimately incompetence, lack of funding and support of the defense babus and government.

[@jakedee4117]

The previous Chinese regime (the KMT Nationalists or the "Blue Chinese') were getting technology transfers from the Americans, Germanys and even the Japanese before the Red Chinese started getting technology from the Soviets.

[@GSCLASSES02]

Tabhi mai sochu ki china j36 aur j50 ke bad v airforce,drdo aur ministry of defence wale itna chill kyu h yw jarur iski video dekhte honge Dushman vale 6th gen bana le pr khud 4th gen v nhi bana pa rhe

[@johnhero99]

Because due to over patriotism.. Indians don't question DEFENCE PSU .. like HAL , OFB etc

[@Achintyanath]

The Chinese created an elite class of engineers educated in the former USSR, Eastern Europe and even the US, that did the reverse engineering (which you call screwdrivergiri) and then the same elite class of Chinese engineers used low class Chinese workers as practically slave labor for manufacturing. Your knowledge about the Chinese system is very limited. The Chinese could do it because nobody could dare to oppose the Common Party of China. I doubt that any Indian worker would be able to work in the harsh conditions that those Chinese workers did.

[@AnoNymous-i1o]

Why is our missile/space tech very advanced compared to fighter jet industry ? It has nothing to do with screwdrivergiri. The root problem is import lobby. There is incentive for vested interests to import. If we had no import option available then our fighter jet industry will rapidly progress. you have conveniently ignored Indian bike industry. It toppled China in Africa. Its simply not feasible to compete with China on low tech products. Anyway that trend is coming to an end. India does have products. Take fans for example. I got an exhaust fan for my bathroom - it is of such high quality and made in India for about Rs.1500. Whereas a cheap Chinese fan will break in 6 months. This is the case with all the consumer grade Made in India products. So what does this show. India can have industrial capability. India is not able to compete with China on low tech cheap products, which is ok. Problem with our defense woes is the Import lobby, not an inherent systemic manufacturing issue. Also for companies like HAL, their project management is garbage. They are not using the latest PM techniques like Lean/iterative Manufacturing. China is very effectively doing these techniques.

[@pankaj399]

PSU alone can give us strategic freedom. PSU staff repaired in Leh during the wars... there's no better time for India to support the Aviation and Industries. ISRO is the shining example of PSU can achieve