A Rajkot-based CNC machine tools maker built a ventilator with a selling market price of Rs 1 lakh each, versus a ventilator that normally costs Rs 6 lakh each. Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd, a Rajkot-based company took ten days to build this ventilator, referred to as ‘Dhaman-1’. Dhaman-1 was built keeping in mind the concept of ‘Make in India’ mission. The machinery required several imported parts for building it from scratch, but since the restrictions on import have been imposed by the government, a solution was found through an alternative. It took about 150 engineers and 26 different companies spanning across India to build these pressure controlled ventilators. The production of these ventilators has already begun, and the company claims of holding the capacity to manufacture up to 10 ventilators every day. Currently, a total of three units have been provided to the government and the company's chairman, Parakramsinh Jadeja, has further notified that the first batch of an

Author-Shristi Chatterjee