Policy

After a long wait by the industry, the Union Cabinet finally approved the National Policy on Electronics 2012 on October 25, living up...

The policy aims to boost the state's IT exports, which has gone down from the third to the sixth position  At a...

While the government wants 25-65 per cent value addition in telecom products, industry feels it might be difficult in the current scenario

In spite of this highly beneficial scheme, only 32 companies have filed patent applications in four years and only eight of them have managed to receive funds under DeitY’s SIP-EIT scheme

A trust formed by the MSME helps micro, small and medium enterprises to get loans from banks without collateral or without a guarantee from a third party—the ministry has formed a trust that acts as the guarantor instead

80 per cent of the project cost will be borne by the government and a consultant will help companies adopt lean manufacturing techniques

According to an estimate by ELCINA, if we combine the Union government's capital subsidy on investments with the cluster subsidy, and add these to...

While India is already late in realising the importance of electronics manufacturing, Dr Ajay Kumar, joint secretary, Department of Information Technology (DIT) of the Central Ministry of Telecom and IT, Government of India, believes that the nation does stand a chance of becoming a global manufacturing base. “Today, the world is looking at a ‘China plus one strategy’, which will be an advantage for us,” he says. In a conversation with Rahul Chopra of Electronics Bazaar, Dr Kumar speaks about the dire need to strengthen the electronics manufacturing base of the country, and how government initiatives can make this possible.

The fund will promote innovation, IP, R&D, product development, commercialisation of products, etc, in ESDM, nano-electronics and IT sectors

The total outlay of the scheme is Rs 180 million, which will be used for workshops and conferences to boost different verticals in the electronics industry

The scheme provides 80 per cent of the total cost of a project to MSMEs, as well as loans at the rate of just 5 per cent per annum

Will the National Policy on Electronics and the National Manufacturing Policy become strong pillars and support balanced growth across the electronics industry? There have been mixed reactions in the industry