Revamped scheme: Ravi Shankar Prasad to meet electronics firm’s bosses

A revamped scheme in which suppliers to an anchor electronics unit are located close to the mother unit is on the cards. The scheme is an extension of the electronic manufacturing clusters (EMC) scheme, which has now been discontinued with no new applications being sought. The government is trying to replicate the success of the auto sector in making India a manufacturing hub in the field of electronics. Electronics companies will be encouraged to set up their bases in India along with their suppliers, so that the whole ecosystem can be developed.

Communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is set to meet the top bosses of electronics companies on September 16 to understand their problems and seek suggestions on ways to improve the manufacturing ecosystem.