India has emerged as a significant electronics manufacturer. Electronics manufacturing has grown almost six times in the last 11 years. It has increased from Rs.1.9 lakh Cr in 2014-15 to Rs.11.32 lakh crore in 2024-25.

The total number of mobile manufacturing units, too, has increased from two to more than 300. Mobile manufacturing has increased from 2.2 Lakh Cr in 2020-21 to 5.5 Lakh Cr. Electronics exports have grown eight times from Rs.38,000 Cr in 2014-15 to Rs.3.26 lakh Cr in 2024-25.

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Electronics is now the third largest export category. Mobile exports have increased from about 22 thousand Cr to more than 2.2 Lakh Cr. Industry estimates that the electronics sector now employs approximately 25 Lakh people.

In less than three years, ten units of semiconductors have been approved with a cumulative investment of 1.6 Lakh Cr. These units include silicon fab, Silicon Carbide fab, advanced packaging, memory packaging, etc. These would cater to chip requirements of sectors such as consumer appliances, industrial electronics, automobiles, telecommunications, aerospace, and power electronics, etc.

Almost all major semiconductor design companies have set up design centres in India. Most advanced chips, such as two nm chips, are now being designed in India by Indian designers.

The semiconductor ecosystem is shaping up. Companies involved in specialised gases, materials, components, warehousing, etc., are scaling up their operations in India. Companies involved in making tools for electronics and semiconductor manufacturing are expanding their operations.

As per the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics data, the import of electronic goods during FY 2024–25 was 98.6 billion dollars, while exports were approximately 38.5 billion dollars.