Govt clears 31 electronics components manufacturing proposals worth ₹7,877 crore; likely to create 10,000 jobs
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The central government has cleared 31 fresh proposals under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) with an investment of ₹7,877 crore, IT Secretary S Krishnan said on Monday.
The projects, spread across 10 states, are expected to generate electronics production worth ₹82,243 crore and create nearly 10,000 jobs, Krishnan said at an event jointly organised by the Electronics Industries Association (Elcina) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
“Currently, we have cleared almost 31 applications, which have been dealt with in this particular session, and the total investment that we are talking about is ₹7,877 crore,” Krishnan said.
ECMS approvals cross 100
The latest approvals include proposals from GX Group, Centum Electronics, Ennovi Mobility Solutions, Allied Engineering Works, Globe Capacitors, Syrma SGS Technology, Rosenberger Interconnect, Sensata Technologies and Britannia RFID Technologies, among others.
The projects cover a range of electronics components and manufacturing inputs, including capital goods, camera and display modules, anode materials, enclosures, connectors, transducers, rare-earth permanent magnets, acetylene black, optical transceivers, speakers and microphones. Other approved products include relays, hermetic terminals, electrolyte additives, antennas, metallised films for capacitors, coils, filters, capacitors and metal shielding covers.
An enhanced investment in copper-clad laminates that had been approved earlier is also part of the latest approvals.
With the new proposals, the government has now cleared 106 applications across around 30 product categories in 15 states under the ECMS. The approved projects represent cumulative investments of ₹69,548 crore, exceeding the scheme’s original investment target of ₹59,350 crore. Expected production has reached ₹5,34,101 crore.
The number of sanctioned applications has risen from 75 as of July 29. At that stage, approved projects represented ₹61,671 crore in investment, projected production of ₹4.51 trillion and 65,040 direct jobs.
The government had earlier cleared 29 applications involving ₹7,104 crore in March. Those projects were expected to generate ₹84,515 crore in electronics component production and create up to 14,246 jobs.
Scheme outlay raised to ₹40,000 crore
The ECMS was notified in April 2025 with an initial outlay of ₹22,919 crore. The scheme seeks to build a domestic electronics component manufacturing ecosystem and attract investments across areas such as printed circuit boards, passive components, electro-mechanical components, sub-assemblies, camera modules, optical transceivers and capital goods.
The Union Budget 2026-27 raised the scheme’s outlay to ₹40,000 crore. The government has set an original investment target of ₹59,350 crore and a direct employment target of 91,600 over the scheme’s tenure.
Applications under categories that remain open will continue to be accepted until July 2027. Approval meetings are being held almost every week or every 10 days to process applications, Krishnan said.