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India needs multi-pronged approach for ESDM sector, says PwC India

India needs a multi-pronged approach for the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) sector to leverage the momentum for value chain resilience, as the window of opportunity created by the current geopolitical context is very small, according to a report. "Decisive policy action is the need of the hour," said PwC India's report on 'The India Opportunity: Developing Resilient Electronics Supply Chains'. It noted that India is uniquely placed among global economies, having garnered goodwill as a reliable partner for countries across the world. "The country must now leverage this momentum to ensure that its internal strategy and operations enable it to become future ready. A multi-pronged approach is essential to ensure that the centre of the ESDM sector in India holds firm," the report said. Emphasising that the next decade will be crucial for this, given the window of opportunity for India to be a part of the value chain -- created by the geopolitical context -- is very .

Electronics manufacturing, research get Rs 15,500 cr budget allocation

The government has allocated Rs 15,500 crore for various electronics manufacturing programmes, including semiconductor mission and mobile and IT hardware PLI scheme for FY25. It has proposed Rs 4,203 crore incentives for assembly, test, and packaging plants that can benefit projects like the ones set up by Micron in Gujarat, the proposed plant by Foxconn and HCL joint venture, Tata Group etc. The proposed outlay covers projects for setting up compound semiconductor and sensor plants. The scheme for setting up a semiconductor fab or electronic chip plant in India has been allocated Rs 1,500 crore, Mohali-based semiconductor laboratory Rs 900 crore, design linked incentive scheme Rs 200 crore. In total, various schemes under semiconductor projects will get Rs 6,903 crore allocation. Besides this, the government has proposed enhancing allocation for mobile production linked incentive (PLI) scheme to Rs 6,125 crore in 2024-25 from Rs 4,489 crore in 2023-24. Companies like Dixon, Foxc

NITI plans to boost India's electronics, auto global value chain share

In talks with industry, Centre, states for 4-pronged strategy

Centre to launch Rs 10,000 cr sop scheme to boost chip ancillaries

This plan will be an overhauled version of the SPECS scheme and is likely to be launched at the start of the next financial year

Manufacturing sector expected to reach $1 trn by 2025-26 led by Gujarat

The automobile, electronics, and textile sectors in India have witnessed surge in investment and will lead the manufacturing sector's growth in India, according to a report by Colliers

Govt focus on boosting electronics production; new scheme in works: MeitY

The government's focus is now on boosting electronics component manufacturing in the country and new scheme for the same is in works, a senior government official said on Monday. Speaking at the CII Electronic Summit, S Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity), said that 99 per cent local mobile phone market is being met through domestic manufacturing, and for next phase of growth companies need to export by improving competitiveness and enhancing value addition. "If our competitiveness needs to keep getting better then the challenge really is to not just rely on about 10 to 15 per cent of the value addition to assembly units in the country but to look at what else we can do, how can we move up in the value chain?" Krishnan said. He said no one country is ever going to own the entire value chain and it's only going to be a portion of the value chain that India needs to target. "Probably in India's case, the best case will probably be China which has about 40 to 4

99% of mobiles used in India are made in India, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

'Have moved up value chain in electronics manufacturing'

NeST Group's SFO Technologies expected to go public in next 2 yrs: Official

Kochi-based SFO Technologies, the flagship company of the NeST Group, is all set to go public in the next two years' time, the company said on Friday. SFO Technologies, which is one among the largest exporters of electronics hardware in the country, is planning to take the IPO route for major expansion projects, it said. Chairman and Managing Director of NeST N Jehangir said the group has busted the myth that Kerala is not industry friendly. "NeST group, over years, has broken the myth that the state is not industry friendly," he said, adding that in the past 30 years they have not faced any labour issues. In a release issued by the NeST, Jehangir said they employ 35-40 per cent women staff in their plants and development centres in Kerala to encourage women empowerment and gender equality. "Women excel in every facet of operations and management, including mission critical assignments. With over 60-plus Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) customers and exporting to 56 countrie

Corning-Optiemus JV to roll out 1st Made in India smartphone glass by 2024

Initially, the smartphone cover glasses will be given premium finishing in the new facility to be built as part of the 70:30 joint venture between Optiemus and Corning

Daewoo enters Indian consumer electronics market via Kelwon Electronics

South Korean brand Daewoo has entered into fast-growing Indian consumer electronics and appliances market through its licensee partner Kelwon Electronics & Appliances, which has plans to invest around Rs 300 crore in the next three years. Kelwon, which sells products, including Lithium Hybrid Inverters and LED TVs, will introduce products in sectors such as energy and power, and consumer electronics, under brand Daewoo - now owned by South Korean conglomerate POSCO DAEWOO. As per its marketing strategy, Kelwon would adopt a twin brand strategy, where it will place the products under Daewoo in the premium and mid-premium segment, while mass to mid-premium would be catered through its own brand, its Managing Director H S Bhatia said. Kelwon will initially get the Daewoo products manufactured locally here through OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), under the R&D and technical support from the South Korean brand. However, when the volume picks up substantially in the coming ...

HP to make Chromebook laptops in India in win for PM Modi's tech push

India has been expanding its electronics manufacturing sector as companies diversify production beyond China amid growing Washington-Beijing tensions

Domestic electronic manufacturing up Rs 8 trn, semicon import at Rs 1 trn

Indigenous production of electronic goods in the country more than doubled to Rs 8.25 lakh crore in 2022-23 from Rs 3.88 lakh crore in 2017-18, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to the Lok Sabha said that semiconductors worth Rs 1,29,703 crore were imported in 2022-23. "As a result of several initiatives taken by the Government and efforts of the industry, the domestic production of electronic goods has increased substantially from Rs 3.88 lakh crore (USD 60 Billion) in 2017-18 to Rs 8.25 lakh crore in 2022-23 (USD 101.9 billion) at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 16.28 per cent," the minister said. The government is focused on its objective of catalysing the overall semiconductor ecosystem to further expand India's already rapidly expanding electronics manufacturing and innovation ecosystem, he added. The minister said that semiconductors form a major part of all electronic products theref

TMS Ep473: Google vs CCI, wearables export, FII buying, Chandrayaan-3

Why is Google attacking CCI? Can India become a wearables powerhouse? Will the FII buying spree continue? What is Chandrayaan-3 mission? All answers here

India set to achieve $300 bn electronics manufacturing target: MoS IT

The govt is right on the path to achieve the $300 bn electronics manufacturing target which will be a massive 20-25 times growth in almost a decade, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT said

Backed by mobile devices, electronics up 2 notches to 4th place in exports

In this period, electronics exports touched $4.54 billion, an increase of 48 per cent from the previous year in the same period when it was $3.06 billion

Govt to start project to become electronics repair hub, relax trade rules

Following a push by an industry group for IT and electronics manufacturers, MAIT, the Indian government will test changes to lower the time required for necessary approvals for imports and exports

From mobile phones to chips, India manufacturing enters golden era

According to data by the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA), mobile phone exports made history by crossing the $10 billion threshold for the first time in any fiscal year

Top headlines: PLI incentives to 8 sectors, tweak in SEZ rules, and more

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PLI for electronics to achieve Rs 8.12-trn production target in 5 yrs: Govt

The cumulative investments under the scheme have increased to Rs 5,124 crore as of December 2022 from the earlier FY2022-23 target of Rs 3,726 crore

Electronics manufacturing, auto get best of Budget spending on PLI scheme

The bulk of the money in FY23-24 PLI schemes--of Rs 4,499 crore-- is for large-scale electronics manufacturing