India's Mobile Handset Production: 99% Domestically Made
By Rediff Money Desk, New Delhi Dec 18, 2024 20:02
India now manufactures 99.2% of mobile handsets used domestically, a significant shift from being an importer in 2014. This growth is driven by government initiatives and PLI schemes.
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) Around 99 per cent of mobile handsets being used in India are domestically manufactured, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada informed Parliament on Wednesday.
The domestic electronics production has grown multifold over the past decade, from Rs 1,90,366 crore in FY2014-15 to Rs 9,52,000 crore in FY 2023-24 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 17 per cent, he said.
"India has now reached a stage where 99.2 per cent of mobile handsets being used in India are domestically manufactured. Also, India has become a mobile exporting country as compared to a mobile importing country in FY 2014-15, when almost 74 per cent of all mobile phones sold in India were imported," the minister said.
Citing industry estimates, he said approximately 25 lakh employment (direct and indirect) has been created in the electronics sector.
The government has approved the Semicon India programme with a total outlay of Rs 76,000 crore for the development of the semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem in the country.
Besides, the Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) to encourage large-scale electronics and IT hardware manufacturing and the Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS), among others, are also in place.
"India's electronics manufacturing faces a cost disability vis-a-vis competing nations due to several factors which, inter-alia, include higher capex requirement, higher gestation period, scale of production, technology transfer and competing with the global players on quality as well as price," Prasada said.
The domestic electronics production has grown multifold over the past decade, from Rs 1,90,366 crore in FY2014-15 to Rs 9,52,000 crore in FY 2023-24 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 17 per cent, he said.
"India has now reached a stage where 99.2 per cent of mobile handsets being used in India are domestically manufactured. Also, India has become a mobile exporting country as compared to a mobile importing country in FY 2014-15, when almost 74 per cent of all mobile phones sold in India were imported," the minister said.
Citing industry estimates, he said approximately 25 lakh employment (direct and indirect) has been created in the electronics sector.
The government has approved the Semicon India programme with a total outlay of Rs 76,000 crore for the development of the semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem in the country.
Besides, the Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) to encourage large-scale electronics and IT hardware manufacturing and the Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS), among others, are also in place.
"India's electronics manufacturing faces a cost disability vis-a-vis competing nations due to several factors which, inter-alia, include higher capex requirement, higher gestation period, scale of production, technology transfer and competing with the global players on quality as well as price," Prasada said.
Source: PTI
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