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Ringing loud: Electronics climbs to third spot on India's export ladder

From fifth place in FY24 to now a pharma, gems and jewellery challenger

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Much of the boost has come from the success of the smartphone PLI scheme, which kicked off in 2021 and has another year to go

Surajeet Das Gupta New Delhi

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Electronics has catapulted to become the third-largest export segment from the country, hitting a record high of ₹3.27 trillion ($38.6 billion) in 2024-25 (FY25), representing growth of 36 per cent over ₹2.41 trillion last year.
 
With this, electronics, which was ranked fifth in the pecking order of exports in 2023-24, has now outdone drugs and pharmaceuticals (₹2.57 trillion) and gems & jewellery (₹2.52 trillion) to claim the third spot, behind petroleum goods (₹5.34 trillion) and engineering (₹9.86 trillion).
 
In FY20, when the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme was announced, electronics exports ranked far behind at seventh. In its race to the