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The “Policy Corner” section on Electronics For You BUSINESS provides insights into government policies, regulations, and updates affecting the electronics industry. It covers topics such as policy changes, compliance requirements, and strategic implications for businesses, helping industry professionals navigate the evolving regulatory landscape. The section aims to keep readers informed about critical policy decisions that could impact their operations, supply chains, and overall business strategies.

ISM 2.0 Shifts India’s Chip Strategy From Subsidies to Supply Chains 

India’s Rs 1.27 trillion ISM 2.0 reduces fab subsidies but expands support for semiconductor equipment, chemicals, gases and materials.  India is moving into the next...

India’s Security-First Rules Reset Surveillance Systems Risk

India’s new CCTV rules mark a decisive shift from cheap, large-scale deployments to security-first surveillance. As STQC certification kicked in from April 1, 2026,...

PLI 2.0 Can Double Electronics Production, Strengthen Value Addition: IESA 

The association says India's next growth phase must focus on components, semiconductors and design-led innovation to build a resilient electronics ecosystem.  IESA has welcomed the...

Cabinet Approves ₹625 Billion Mobile Manufacturing Incentive Scheme

Another push for India to cement its position as a global smartphone manufacturing hub? The government greenlights a dedicated incentive policy now. The central government...

India, EU Expand AI, Semiconductor and Clean Tech Cooperation 

The two partners agreed to deepen collaboration in AI, semiconductors, quantum technologies and clean energy while launching new research and startup initiatives.  India and the...

Government Says No Critical Data Loss Found in Tata Electronics Cyber Incident

The government said its assessment has found no evidence of critical information loss, while investigations into the cybersecurity incident continue.  The government has said it...

Government Arranges Policy Dialogue for India’s Electronics Manufacturing Ecosystem

Could policy reforms unlock India's next electronics export surge? Government and industry outlined priorities spanning semiconductors, global value chains, MSMEs and trade facilitation to...

Government Waives Customs Duty on Key Electronics Manufacturing Inputs

Could lower import costs accelerate electronics manufacturing? India has removed customs duty on key component inputs to encourage local production, investment, and supply chain...

“Nodes Above 28nm Should Enter Commercial Production By 2028, 28nm Expected By 2029” – Shri Amitesh Kumar Sinha, Additional Secretary, MeitY, and CEO of...

Launched in 2021 and operationalised in 2022, the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) is driving India’s ambition to build a self-reliant semiconductor ecosystem spanning manufacturing,...

The Innovator’s Paradox

From the warm intro tax and familiarity trap to the innovation penalty, hardware tax, and SaaS-blind capital pool, inventors must navigate a series of...

West Bengal Budget 2026:  A Bet on its Electronics Future

Can West Bengal transform decades of industrial drift into an electronics revival? The first budget after the regime change, packed with incentives, semiconductors and...

US Lawmakers Push CHIPS Credits for Space Manufacturing

Could the next semiconductor breakthrough happen beyond Earth? US lawmakers are proposing incentives for orbital chipmaking as competition with China intensifies rapidly. A bipartisan group...

Industry's Buzz

Intel Ohio Project

SK Hynix in Talks with Intel over First US Memory Chip Venture

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South Korean giant considers leasing Ohio facility to boost local supplies amid geopolitical pressure and global AI shortages. South Korean memory maker SK Hynix is...
Semiconductor (representational image)

SiCSem to Set Up Rs 3,406 Crore SiC Semiconductor Facility in Odisha

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The proposed facility will come up at IDCO Infovalley-II in Khordha district Odisha is set to get a major semiconductor manufacturing facility with an investment...
Data centre

Former Intel Engineers Raise $100m to Fix AI Networking Bottlenecks

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Delos Data secures venture funding to develop resilient, low-latency interconnects tailored for agentic AI workloads. Delos Data, a Silicon Valley start-up founded by former Intel...
MediaTek

MediaTek Unveils Flagship Dimensity 9600 Pro 2nm Mobile Chip

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Built on TSMC’s cutting-edge node, the processor delivers native agentic AI capabilities alongside major compute and efficiency gains.  Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek has launched its...

Neoway Technology Partners With Zetwerk for IoT Manufacturing in India

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Zetwerk serves customers across energy products, precision and capital goods, including 102 of India’s Fortune 500 companies. Neoway Technology has partnered with tech-led manufacturing platform...

Learn From Leaders

Ronak Kumar Samantray, Founder, TM2Space Technologies Pvt Ltd.

“Our goal is to build data centres in space.” – Ronak Kumar Samantray, TM2Space

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A space startup aims to build orbital data centres, letting users run AI models and store data on satellites while also supplying satellite hardware...

India’s Photonics Puzzle Is Finally Coming Together 

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Can India turn its scattered photonics capabilities into a stronger industry? A new association aims to connect the ecosystem and strengthen the domestic value...
Jin Bains, CEO, Mini-Circuits

Mini-Circuits CEO Jin Bains on Navigating High-Frequency Component SWaP-C Constraints, Emerging Markets, and Career...

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In this exclusive, Jin Bains, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mini-Circuits, explains in a conversation with Dilin Anand of EFY about areas of emerging...

India Needs Not a Hundred, But Thousands of Chip Diversified Companies 

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Can India build a semiconductor ecosystem beyond fabs? Indiesemic believes thousands of diversified chip companies are needed to make that possible. India’s semiconductor push is...
L Venkata Subramaniam, CEO, Qbit Force, Andhra Pradesh

“We Aim To Make Quantum Computing More Visible, Understandable, And Open To Build On”...

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From building India’s first open quantum hardware ecosystem to assembling a working quantum computer in just four months, Qbit Force is redefining how deep...

Startups

Sarah Osentoski is the Chief Technology Officer of Vinci

A Startup Building An AI Copilot For Physics 

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What if engineers could solve complex design problems in minutes instead of hours? An AI startup is building a system that uses physics-based AI...
Ronak Kumar Samantray, Founder, TM2Space Technologies Pvt Ltd.

“Our goal is to build data centres in space.” – Ronak Kumar Samantray, TM2Space

Nidhi Agarwal - 0
A space startup aims to build orbital data centres, letting users run AI models and store data on satellites while also supplying satellite hardware...
Manivannan Subramaniam, Director R&D, CIYES Systems

“We Want to Build Globally Competitive Deep-Tech Products from India” –  Manivannan Subramaniam, CIYES...

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Can India build globally competitive deep-tech products? Manivannan Subramaniam of CIYES Systems believes it can. In this interview with EFY's Nitisha Dubey, he discusses...

Raptee.HV, Rajalakshmi Engineering College Launch EV Centre of Excellence

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The facility is among the first initiatives under Raptee.HV Academy Raptee.HV has launched a Centre of Excellence for Electric Mobility at Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC),...

Agnikul Cosmos Opens New Facilities to Advance Reusable Rocket Development

Nitisha Dubey - 0
STIF has been designed and fabricated in-house to test complete reusable rocket stages under flight-like conditions Indian space-tech company Agnikul Cosmos has inaugurated two new...