The Ministry of Heavy Industries on 11th August 2022, has launched an Automated Online Data Transfer for capturing critical data related to Domestic Value Addition (DVA) from the PLI applicant’s ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning ) system to PLI Auto Portal.
All approved applicants of the PLI Scheme have their own ERP system. ERP is a type of software that organisations use to manage business activities. The IT enabled system has been devised to enable smooth transfer of data from applicant’s existing ERP system to PLI Auto portal of MHI in safe environment. The Application Programming Interface (API) will get embedded with ERP system of the applicant and will enable automaticity and paperless processing in this scheme. In the normal circumstance, the applicants would have been required to file voluminous claims. This facility eliminates that voluminous paper work by bringing in automation. Thus, this IT enabled system will reduce compliance burden on the part of the applicants on the one hand and it will enable faster processing of claim on the other hand.
The PLI-Auto Scheme proposes financial incentives to boost domestic manufacturing of Advanced Automotive Technology (AAT) products and attract investments in the automotive manufacturing value chain.
The scheme incentivizes only those eligible AAT products for which minimum 50% Domestic Value Addition (DVA) is achieved. Pre-approved eligible product with minimum 50% domestic value addition will be eligible for incentive under this scheme. This criterion shall reduce imports from outside India, enable deep localization for AAT productsin India and enable Indian Automotive Industry to important player of global supply chain.
Salient features of the Automated Online Domestic Value Addition (DVA) Capturing Process:
- Applicants would be maintaining the detailed DVA calculation for all their eligible products in their own Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. The ERP system shall maintain the DVA calculation for each batch/ product/ model/ variant with details of component-wise values, component-wise DVA and final DVA at AAT product level.
- Applicants’ ERP shall push the product-wise DVA to PLI Auto portal on quarterly basis through Application Programming Interface (API).
- For accessing the API, Applicants’ ERP would have to authenticate itself by accessing the link https://pliauto.in/api/authenticate and then submit the DVA data by accessing https://pliauto.in/api/postDVA
- The Applicants’ ERP would only push product-wise DVA to PLI Auto portal. The detailed calculation of DVA for each product shall be maintained in the ERP of the Applicant only so that their trade secrets or confidentiality/Non-disclosure agreements with suppliers or customers are not violated.
- Applicants would be required to maintain the Quarterly DVA calculation in their ERP system with necessary audit trails at least till 31/03/2030 (i.e. two years from closure of the Scheme) or as may be advised by MHI. Further, Applicants shall be permitted to delete/ destroy the DVA data from their ERP portal only with prior permission from MHI.
- This system of automaticity and paperless working shall be continued over the period of 5 years under the Scheme i.e. from FY2022-23 to FY2026-27.
