The broad plan is to make India a major country of the world with appropriate technology, capital including FDI having extraordinary human resources contributing significantly to the global economy and aligning it with the global electronics supply chain, said Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology at a press conference in Delhi this morning.
CHAMPIONS to success:
On June 1st, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the technology platform.
The three schemes are:
(i) Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing: The PLI Scheme will extend an incentive of 4% to 6% on incremental sales (over a base year) of goods manufactured in India and covered under the target segments, to eligible companies, for a period of five years subsequent to the base year.
(ii) Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS): The SPECS shall provide a financial incentive of 25% on capital expenditure for the identified list of electronic goods, i.e., electronic components, semiconductor/ display fabrication units, Assembly, Test, Marking and Packaging (ATMP) units, specialized sub-assemblies and capital goods for manufacture of aforesaid goods.
(iii) Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC 2.0) Scheme: The EMC 2.0 will provide support for the creation of world-class infrastructure along with common facilities and amenities, including Ready Built Factory (RBF) sheds / Plug and Play facilities for attracting major global electronics manufacturers, along with their supply chains.
The Minister, while addressing the press said that the triology of Schemes entail an outlay of about Rs. 50,000 crore(approximately USD 7 billion).
The schemes are expected to help offset the disability for domestic electronics manufacturing and hence, strengthen the electronics manufacturing ecosystem in the country. The three Schemes together will enable large scale electronics manufacturing, the domestic supply chain of components and state-of-the-art infrastructure and common facilities for large anchor units and their supply chain partners.
The combined contours of the schemes are expected to contribute significantly to achieving a USD 1 Trillion digital economy and a USD 5 Trillion GDP by 2025.
The three new schemes are expected to attract substantial investments, increase the production of mobile phones and their parts/ components to around Rs.10,00,000 crore by 2025, and generate around 5 lakh direct and 15 lakh indirect jobs.
The government, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has always believed in transformative programs, be it Digital India, Make in India, and Startup India. These initiatives have empowered ordinary Indians, led to digital inclusion, encouraged innovation and entrepreneurship, and raised the stature of India as a global digital power.