PIB TrackerThirty-eight component plants are already running
The Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme has approved 106 projects with ₹69,548 crore of committed investment — 38 plants operational and 16 in advanced construction — moving the sector past assembly into components and raw materials.
What happened
- MeitY approved 31 further proposals under ECMS with ₹6,844 crore projected investment.
- This takes the scheme to 106 approved projects with around ₹69,548 crore.
- Roughly 75,000 direct jobs are projected.
- 38 plants have already commenced manufacturing.
- Another 16 are at advanced stages of construction or machinery installation.
For Prelims
- ECMS: the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme under MeitY, targeting components and sub-assemblies rather than finished devices.
- The tally: 106 projects, about ₹69,548 crore investment, roughly 75,000 direct jobs.
- Build status: 38 plants operational, 16 in advanced construction or machinery installation.
- Why components matter: assembly captures little value; components and raw materials are where domestic value addition sits.
- Related schemes: the PLI for large-scale electronics, SPECS for components, and the India Semiconductor Mission.
- ELCINA: the Electronic Industries Association of India, which co-hosted the approvals event.
- The gap being closed: India's electronics exports have grown fast while the component import bill grew with them.
For UPSC: The domestic value-addition card. Use it for moving from assembly to component manufacturing, import substitution in electronics, PLI-type incentive design, and how to read export growth against value captured.
What it is NOT: Approved investment is committed, not spent — 38 of 106 plants are operational, and the release reports projected rather than realised jobs and output.
For Mains
Syllabus: GS3.13 · GS3.8 · Linkage L2
Anchor
India learned to assemble electronics quickly; the value was always in the parts it kept importing.
Substantiation (data)
106 approved projects with about ₹69,548 crore of investment and 75,000 projected direct jobs, of which 38 plants are already manufacturing.
Exemplification
The scheme claims first-ever domestic manufacturing of certain critical components and raw materials, with some capacities now exceeding domestic demand.
Problematisation
Approvals and commitments are not output; the test is whether the component import bill falls as electronics exports rise.
Way-forward
Publish domestic value-addition ratios by product category rather than headline production figures, and track the component import bill as the outcome measure.
Position
A manufacturing economy is measured by what it makes, not by what it puts together.
Deploys into: Frontier technology + industrial policy (GS3.13, GS3.8) · assembly versus component manufacturing, import substitution in electronics, and incentive scheme design.
Ministry of Electronics & IT · 2026-08-17 · PRID 2300625 · PIB source ↗