India Approves 31 More ECMS Projects as Investment Reaches INR 69,548 Crore
20 August 2026: India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology approved 31 more ECMS proposals on 17 August 2026 at a New Delhi event held with ELCINA. Along with added investment in an existing project, the approvals take the scheme to 106 projects worth a projected INR 69,548 crore, with 74,628 direct jobs expected.
ECMS projects take approved investment to INR 69,548 crore
The PIB Delhi release distributed on 17 August puts the 31 newly approved proposals at INR 6,844 crore. MeitY also cleared another INR 1,033 crore for Wipro Global Engineering and Electronic Materials Private Limited to manufacture copper-clad laminate under an existing approval.
Those two amounts make the INR 7,877 crore current approval package. Across all 106 applications, the ministry projects production of INR 5,34,101 crore and 74,628 direct jobs in 15 states. The new package alone carries projected production of INR 82,243 crore and 9,588 direct jobs.
| Approval measure | MeitY figure |
|---|---|
| 31 new proposals | INR 6,844 crore |
| Additional Wipro investment | INR 1,033 crore |
| Current approval package | INR 7,877 crore |
| All 106 approved applications | INR 69,548 crore |
Approval does not mean every factory has opened or every job already exists. MeitY said 38 plants had started manufacturing by 17 August, while 16 projects had reached advanced construction or machinery-installation stages.
What do the latest ECMS projects cover ?
The 31 proposals cover 20 target products in four broad groups ….
- Sub-assemblies: camera modules, display modules and small form-factor pluggable optical transceivers.
- Components: connectors, relays, transducers, filters, capacitors, coils, antennas, enclosures, shielding covers, speakers and microphones.
- Supply-chain materials: anode material, rare-earth permanent magnets, acetylene black, electrolyte additives, metallised capacitor films and hermetic terminals.
- Capital goods: machinery and parts used to make electronic components.
The latest projects span Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Several applicants proposed more than one location.
Among the approvals, Minda Instruments and TXB Optics received clearance for display modules, while SkyQuad Electronics and Appliances received approval for camera modules. SFO Technologies, GX Quantum Photonics and Huber Suhner Electronics secured optical-transceiver approvals. Supply-chain recipients include Epsilon C2GR for anode material, PCBL Chemical for acetylene black and Acutaas Chemicals for electrolyte additives.
Why does the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme matter ?
The official ECMS portal says the programme seeks domestic and overseas investment across electronics supply chains. It covers sub-assemblies, bare components, selected components, supply-chain inputs, capital equipment and telecom sub-assemblies through turnover-linked, capital-spending and hybrid incentives. MeitY said scheme-linked capacity now equals about 100% of India’s demand for enclosures. It placed capacity at roughly 110% of domestic demand for anode material, 350% for small form-factor pluggable optical transceivers and 200% for relays. These are ministry figures tied to approved capacity; the release does not provide independent production data for each segment.
FAQs ….
How many ECMS projects are operating ?
MeitY reported that 38 of the 106 approved projects had started manufacturing by 17 August 2026. Another 16 were in advanced construction or machinery installation.
Are the 74,628 direct jobs already created ?
No. The ministry describes 74,628 as expected direct employment across all approved applications.
