Electronic Manufacturing

Govt extends import regime for IT hardware products till December 31

Asks companies to seek fresh approvals based on new guidelines from January 1

Samsung workers consider legal action as protests continue at Chennai plant

Workers at Samsung's Chennai manufacturing facility have now entered their ninth day of strike as they push for better wages, working conditions, and union recognition

Strong order flows and margins to drive gains for Kaynes Technology

JM Financial Research expects the company to maintain its growth momentum due to a strong product mix and focus on adding high-margin segments

India must aim for $500 bn in electronics manufacturing by 2030: NITI Aayog

Policies for capital goods manufacturing, incentivising research, tariff rationalisation needed

Foxconn's Q1 profit to jump from low base, robust AI demand to power growth

Last month, the company said first-quarter revenue slid 10 per cent from a year earlier but it has been bullish about 2024

Electronic manufacturers should ensure nation's security interests: IT secy

Electronic component manufacturers should ensure the country's security interests while starting new projects, said Union IT Secretary S Krishnan on Saturday. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Secretary Krishnan said the government was opening up on this topic and has been instructing companies to ensure that while designing a project, the country's security interests should be taken care of. "We spoke about this briefly (in the past) and how cyber security is becoming more and more important. This is something I would especially want the senior citizens, here something we need to be extremely careful about on a day-by-day basis," Krishnan said. He made those comments while delivering the 10th G Ramachandran Endowment Lecture on 'Building Economic Resilience Through Technology' organized by the Madras School of Economics and The Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) here on Saturday. Elaborating, he said, "With this space (cyber security) getting

India targeting 15-20% share of global electronic GVCs by FY26: MoS IT

Chance for India to be an export-driven manufacturing hub, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Electronics maker Dixon expects nearly 50% revenue growth in 2024

The company, which started making colour televisions in India in 1994, now has 23 manufacturing plants in the country and serves customers

India's electronics exports surpass $20 billion, iPhone dominates surge

India's electronics exports record 22.24% growth in the first nine months of FY24, with iPhones leading the surge

Defence ministry signs over Rs 5,300 cr deal with Bharat Electronics Ltd

The defence ministry on Friday sealed an over Rs 5,300 crore deal with state-run Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) for procurement of electronic fuzes for the Indian Army for a period of 10 years. An electronic fuze is an integral component of medium to heavy calibre artillery guns which provide sustained artillery firepower for military operations. The ministry said the fuzes are being procured for usage in artillery guns which are capable of lethal engagements in various kinds of terrain including high-altitude areas along the northern borders. It said the aim of the project is to build up ammunition stocks to minimise imports. "The Ministry of Defence on December 15 signed a landmark contract with Bharat Electronics Ltd, Pune for procurement of electronic fuzes for the Indian Army for a period of 10 years, at a total cost of Rs 5,336.25 crore," it said. "As part of the 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' vision, this contract has been signed for ammunition procurement under 'manufacture of ammuni

Domestic electronics manufacturing up 4-fold to Rs 8.22 trn in FY23: MoS IT

Domestic electronics manufacturing increased over 4-fold to Rs 8.22 lakh crore in the last 10 years, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar informed the Lok Sabha that India has now reached a stage where 99.2 per cent of mobile handsets being used in the country are manufactured domestically, and from being an importer in the segment, the country has now become an exporter. "In FY 2013-14 the electronics manufacturing was Rs 1,80,454 crore (USD 29.8 billion) and has grown significantly to Rs 8,22,350 crore (USD 102 billion)in FY 2022-23, which is further expected to grow up to Rs 23,95,195 crore (USD 300 billion) by 2026," the minister said. He said the country exported mobile phones worth USD 11.1 billion in financial year 2022-23. "We have become a mobile exporting country with USD 11.1 billion exports in FY 2022-23 as compared to a mobile importing country in 2014-15 when almost 74 per cent of all mobile phones sold i

Disbursal of Rs 79 cr under PLI for white goods expected in last quarter

The government is expected to disburse Rs 79 crore fiscal incentives under PLI for white goods in the last quarter of this financial year as certain selected beneficiary firms have started production, a senior official said. The production linked incentive (PLI) scheme on white goods seeks to encourage domestic manufacturing of air conditioners and LED light components. The official also said that the target of Rs 11,000 crore incentive disbursement for different sectors under the scheme during the current fiscal may fall short. "Lot of the disbursement will come in the last fiscal. Lot of projects are in gestation period. In the white goods sector, we are expecting about Rs 79 crore disbursement in the last quarter," the official said. Of the 64 selected beneficiaries of the PLI scheme under the white goods segment, 15 have started production. These 15 beneficiaries had opted for a gestation period of up to March 31, 2022. Rest of the beneficiaries who opted for gestation period o

Nokia's Chennai factory achieves 7-million-unit production milestone

The factory manufactures 5G New Radio (5G NR), 5G massive MIMO products, 4G/LTE radios as well as Fiber Broadband equipment among others

Foxconn CEO Young sees India as new manufacturing hub of the world: Report

Foxconn CEO and Chairman Young Liu says India has the capacity to build the ecosystem required to become a manufacturing hub faster than China

ideaForge Technology IPO subscribed 106x; Cyient booked 67x on final day

Market players said the high demand was on optimism that both the issues will generate a huge listing day pop

Good news: As input costs drop, TVs and mobile phones may get cheaper

The decline in input costs is also expected to help manufacturers increase their profit margins

Apple, Samsung looking to expand in India, says MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar

India is launching a $2 billion plan to boost local output of laptops, servers, tablets and other electronics

Measuring success

Increasing PLI allocation will not be enough

Govt to spend $1.2 billion on modernising semiconductor lab in Mohali

Action is part of govt's $10 bn Semiconductor Mission of 2021; Centre sees chip market in India growing at 22% CAGR, reaching Rs 9 trillion or 10% of global market by 2030

MeitY likely to announce financial support for design start-ups on Friday

The roadshows aim at stimulating the next-generation semiconductor designers