India's Electronics Manufacturing Grows Sixfold To Rs 11.32 Lakh Crore, Exports Up Eightfold To Rs 3.26 Lakh Crore In Last 11 Years

 India’s electronics manufacturing ecosystem has recorded a significant rise over the past decade, with production increasing sixfold and exports rising eightfold, the Ministry of Electronics & IT said on Friday (5 December).

In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Jitendra Singh attributed this growth to a series of policies aligned with the Prime Minister’s vision of Atma Nirbhar Bharat and Make in India.

The minister noted that the Government launched Production linked scheme (PLI) for large scale electronics manufacturing in 2020 with the target segment including mobile phones and certain specified components.

He added that the scheme has attracted investment of Rs 14,065 crore.

Further, the government launched PLI for IT Hardware for promoting manufacturing of laptop, tablets, server and Ultra small form factor (USFF) devices, which has attracted investment of Rs 846 crore till date.

Additionally, government has brought in multiple reforms in taxation, customs duty, FDI, etc. to facilitate electronics manufacturing, the minister said.

Asserting that India has emerged as a significant electronics manufacturer, the minister said, "As a result of these policy efforts, electronics manufacturing has grown almost six (6) times in last 11 years. 

It has increased from Rs 1.9 lakh Cr in 2014-15 to Rs 11.32 lakh crore in 2024-25".

He further said that in last 11 years, total number of mobile manufacturing units have increased from two to more than 300.

Since the launch of PLI for LSEM, Mobile manufacturing has increased from 2.2 lakh crore in 2020-21 to 5.5 lakh crore.

He also noted that electronics exports has grown eight times from Rs 38 thousand crore in 2014-15 to Rs 3.26 lakh crore in 2024-25, with Electronics now the third largest export category.