India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has approved 31 new projects under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme, boosting domestic production and job creation amid ongoing efforts to reduce import dependence.
India’s electronics push gathered pace on Tuesday as the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology approved 31 more projects under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme, adding proposed investment of Rs 6,844 crore and widening a programme designed to push the country beyond assembly into deeper parts manufacturing.
At an approval ceremony in New Delhi with the Electronic Industries Association of India, Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the scheme was building a stronger domestic value chain and expanding local output of critical parts and raw materials. The ministry said 106 projects have now been cleared under the scheme, with 38 plants already in production and another 16 in advanced stages of construction or machinery installation.
The latest approvals cover 20 product categories, ranging from camera and display modules to connectors, relays, transducers, filters, capacitors and metal shielding covers. They also include supply-chain items such as anode material, rare earth permanent magnets, acetylene black, electrolyte additives, metallised films for capacitors and hermetic terminals, alongside capital goods and their parts. The ministry said some of these items are being manufactured domestically for the first time.
The approvals are spread across 10 states, including Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The ministry said the 31 projects announced on Tuesday are expected to create 9,588 direct jobs, while the wider slate of 106 approved projects is projected to generate 74,628 direct jobs and around 2.5 lakh indirect jobs.
According to the government’s original Cabinet note, the scheme was launched to attract Rs 59,350 crore of investment, produce Rs 4,56,500 crore worth of output and create 91,600 direct jobs over six years. The ministry said the approved investment has now risen to Rs 69,548 crore, above the amount first envisaged, and that production capacity in some segments is already meeting or exceeding domestic demand.
The broader policy goal is to cut import dependence and build a more self-reliant electronics manufacturing base. The ministry said output now exceeds local demand in areas such as anode material, optical transceiver SFPs and relays, while other segments such as enclosures are close to fully meeting domestic needs. Wipro Global Engineering and Electronic Materials Private Limited also received approval for an additional Rs 1,033 crore investment to make laminate, or copper-clad laminate, underscoring the government’s focus on strengthening upstream supply chains.
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