ECMS clears 31 electronics component projects worth Rs 7,877 crore, crossing 106 approvals and Rs 69,548 crore invested

On 17 August 2026, Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw approved 31 new proposals under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme worth Rs 7,877 crore, raising total sanctioned applications to 106. The fresh approvals are expected to generate Rs 82,243 crore in production and 9,588 direct jobs. Across all 106 approvals, the scheme represents Rs 69,548 crore of investment — beyond its original Rs 59,350 crore target — and projected production value of Rs 5.34 lakh crore across 15 states, with 74,628 direct jobs and roughly 2.5 lakh including indirect employment. The latest batch included first-ever Indian approvals for filters, coils, speakers, raw materials and three capital equipment projects. Production has begun at 38 projects with 16 under construction.

ECMS is the quiet middle layer of India's electronics sovereignty play — between finished-product assembly (PLI) and front-end silicon (ISM) — and its pace has outrun the original plan. India now meets 45 per cent of domestic PCB demand and has begun exporting PCBs, 60 per cent of lithium-ion cell demand for digital applications, 75 per cent of connector demand, is fully self-reliant in relays, and exports optical transceivers. Electronics production reached Rs 13.11 lakh crore in 2025-26 (up 15.8 per cent) with exports above Rs 4 lakh crore, making electronics India's third-largest export category.

The policy pattern mirrors the semiconductor logic: policy is moving down the value chain from assembly to components to materials and capital equipment, which is precisely where import dependence concentrates. The 15-state spread builds redundancy into the supply chain that a single-state cluster cannot.

The conversion of 16 under-construction and 80 yet-to-start projects to production is where component schemes usually stall. Domestic capital-equipment approvals represent the deepest level of self-reliance attempted yet. Dixon's camera module facility in Noida (four months), Motherson's enclosure plant near Chennai and Wipro's laminate plant (two to three months) are all flagged as nearing operations.