IT Hardware PLI: 17 firms to start production this year

Majority of the personal computer and server makers selected under the IT hardware production-linked incentive scheme are expected to start production this year, ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) secretary, S Krishnan said on Friday.

A total of 27 companies had received approval under the Rs 17,000-crore PLI scheme last year. Of these, 17 are expected to start the production this year.

“Around 6-7 of them started production last year and two have plans to start production next year,” Krishnan said on the sidelines of the inauguration of a high-end computing server manufacturing unit of Netweb Technologies in Faridabad.