Electronics component scheme scales up with Rs 41,863-crore approvals; projects spread across 8 states

ECMS was notified in April last year to address India’s heavy dependence on imported electronic components and materials

The government has cleared 22 new proposals under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) involving Rs 41,863 crore in investment, with projected production of Rs 2.58 lakh crore and 33,791 direct jobs, marking the largest tranche of approvals under the scheme so far, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology announced on January 2.

The latest clearances significantly widen the scale and scope of ECMS as India pushes to deepen domestic electronics manufacturing beyond final assembly.

The approved companies include Epitome Components, Deki Electronics, TDK India, Signum Electronics, India Circuits, BPL Limited, Wipro Global Engineering and Electronic Materials, Vital Electronics, Motherson Electronic Components, ATL Battery Technology (India), Tata Electronics, NPSPL Advanced Materials, Yuzhan Technology (India), AT&S India, Ascent-K Circuit, Amphenol High Speed Technology India, Samsung Display Noida, Cipsa Tec India, Kunshan Q Tech Microelectronics (India), Dixon Electroconnect, Hindalco Industries, and Shogini Technoarts.

The newly approved projects span 11 target segment products with applications across mobile phones, telecom, consumer electronics, automotive, strategic electronics and IT hardware.

These include five bare components—printed circuit boards (PCBs), capacitors, connectors, enclosures and lithium-ion cells; three sub-assemblies—camera modules, display modules and optical transceivers; and three upstream supply-chain items such as aluminium extrusion, anode material and laminates.

Unlike earlier batches that were concentrated in a few states, the latest approvals are spread across eight states — Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

The expanded clearances build on earlier ECMS approvals, including a batch announced in October that cleared seven projects worth Rs 5,532 crore in investment, with an estimated Rs 44,406 crore in output and over 5,000 jobs, led by companies such as Kaynes Circuits, SRF, Syrma Strategic Electronics and Ascent Circuits. Those projects focused on high-value inputs like multi-layer and HDI PCBs, copper laminates, camera modules and polypropylene film, many of which were previously imported in bulk.

Last month, the ministry had also approved 17 additional projects worth Rs 7,172 crore, underscoring the accelerating pace of clearances as the government works through a large pipeline of applications.

ECMS was notified in April last year to address India’s heavy dependence on imported electronic components and materials. The scheme has seen strong industry response, with the ministry earlier disclosing that it had received 249 applications involving proposed investments of Rs 1.15 lakh crore, nearly double the scheme’s original investment target of Rs 59,350 crore.

The government has positioned ECMS as a key complement to production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes for mobile phones, IT hardware and telecom, aiming to improve domestic value addition, secure supply chains and reduce import dependence for critical components.

Further approvals are expected in subsequent batches, including in capital equipment and advanced materials, as India seeks to move from being an electronics assembly base to a full-stack electronics manufacturing hub.