Assam alternative destination for electronics makers: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam the alternative destination for electronics makers

The announcement of the setting up of an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) unit at Jagiroad near Guwahati in Assam has piqued the interest of several domestic and international investors, especially in the electronics manufacturing sector, Assam Chief Minister (CM) Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The Assam CM was in Delhi to talk to investors and companies about the state’s Rs 25,000 crore electronics component manufacturing scheme (ECMS). The scheme envisages offering a top-up incentive of up to 60 per cent to companies that are approved under the central government’s ECMS. In an interview with Aashish Aryan, Sarma said that,