Lok Sabha Question No. 2990 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: Viksit Rajya-Viksit Bharat-2047
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Smt. D K Aruna, Shri Eatala Rajender

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2990

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 06.08.2025

## VIKSIT RAJYA-VIKSIT BHARAT-2047

## 2990.   SMT. D K ARUNA: SHRI EATALA RAJENDER:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  some  States  are  fast  emerging  as  key  electronics  manufacturing  hubs  with  major projects in mobile phones, laptops and server manufacturing and as a newly approved electronics clusters and cities like Hyderabad AI, Bengaluru AI, Chennai AI are path-breaking initiatives and will make a big impact on the way Indian languages get incorporated into Artificial Intelligence (AI) to realise PM's vision of democratising technology and in the field of AI;

(b) if so, whether the Government has set up AI missions where our entire thrust is on developing common compute  facility  solutions  which  can  be  used  in  our  country  and  Government  hope Telugu AI, Tamil AI will bring a big difference in the way AI gets integrated with one of the oldest languages -Tamil, Telugu;

(c) if so details and its present status thereof along with the funds invested therein; and

(d) the details of corrective steps being taken by the Government to develop Hyderabad as an investment destination to Viksit Rajya-Viksit Bharat-2047?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) to (c):   Electronics manufacturing in India has expanded significantly in the last 11 years, driven  by  Make  in  India  and  Atmanirbhar  Bharat  program.  The  Government  is  actively strengthening the domestic electronics ecosystem to boost self-reliance and global competitiveness.

Value  addition  by  electronics  manufacturing  units  across  the  country  has  also  increased considerably in recent years.

Government has notified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) and Modified Electronics Manufacturing  Clusters  (EMC  2.0)  schemes  to  create  world-class  infrastructure  along  with common facilities and amenities including Ready Built Factory (RBF) sheds.

Under the EMC scheme, 19 Greenfield EMCs and 3 Common Facility Centres (CFCs) approved in 15 States. Under EMC 2.0 scheme, a total of 10 EMCs and 1 CFC have been approved in 8 States across the country.

Government has launched IndiaAI Mission in March 2024 with a vision to position India as a global leader in artificial intelligence by focusing on seven foundational pillars:

- IndiaAI Compute Capacity: It aims to provide high-end compute power (GPUs) to all, including MSMEs and startups, at an affordable cost.
- IndiaAI Foundation Models: To develop India's own Large Multimodal Models (LMMs) trained on Indian datasets and languages. This is to ensure sovereign capability and global competitiveness in generative AI.
- AIKosh: To  develop  large  datasets  for  training  AI  models.  AIKosh  is  a  unified  data platform integrating datasets from government and non-government sources.
- IndiaAI  Application  Development  Initiative: To  develop  AI  applications  for  India specific challenges in sectors such as climate change and disaster management, healthcare, agriculture, governance, and assistive technologies for learning disabilities.
- IndiaAI  FutureSkills: To  develop  AI  skilled  professionals  in  India  by  increasing  the number of graduates, post-graduate and PhDs in AI domain. It also envisions setting up Data and AI Labs in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities across India.
- IndiaAI Startup Financing: To provide financial assistance to AI start-ups.
- Safe & Trusted AI: To balance innovation with strong governance frameworks to ensure responsible AI adoption

These initiatives collectively reduce early-stage financial constraints, accelerate product development, and open up global market access for AI startups.

Further,  Government  of  India  through  multiple  initiatives  has  been  supporting  those  Indian languages (included in 8th Schedule of constitution) through various AI Models. Government has launched  BHASHINI  mission  under  Digital  India  Programme  to  overcome  the  challenges  of language barrier  and  bridge  the  digital  divide  so  that  citizen  can  access  digital  services  in  all languages.

Bhashini utilizes AI-powered language models. It supports various Indian languages including Tamil and Telugu translation across different domains. Further, IndiaAI Mission has organised an innovation challenge to develop foundation model supporting all Indian languages (22) and the results will be announced later.

Apart from above, the Government of India has taken various initiatives to promote electronics manufacturing are as follows:

- Production linked incentives (PLI) for large scale electronics manufacturing
- Production linked incentives (PLI) for IT hardware
- Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC and EMC 2.0) Scheme
- Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS)
- Allowing 100% FDI in electronics manufacturing, subject to applicable laws/regulations

All  these  schemes  are  pan  India  initiatives  and  any  State/UTs  can  avail  benefits  under  these initiatives. Further, locations of electronics manufacturing are chosen by the companies based on supply chain linkage, infra structure support and other ease of doing measures provided by the states.

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