Govt invites EoIs by April 30 to set up display fabrication units in India

According to experts, the technology is held by a select few companies in China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan

The government has invited global and Indian companies to submit expressions of interest (EoIs) by April 30 for setting up display fabrication units in the country. The units will produce LCD, OLED, AMOLED or QLED based displays.

At present, India is dependent on imports for these products.

A display fabrication plant manufactures the screens through a complex method, which includes sandwiching pieces of glass with transistor cells and use of metal alloys and silicon. This requires a minimum investment of over $2 billion. Such plants assemble the glass with other components required to power the screen. Most such plants also have an