Lok Sabha Question No. 427 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: Production Linked Scheme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Sasikanth Senthil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 427

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2024

## PRODUCTION LINKED SCHEME

## 427. SHRI SASIKANTH SENTHIL:

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

- (a) whether the Government operates Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes;
- (b) if so, the details of the companies selected including their committed investment and production targets under PLI schemes;
- (c) whether  the  government  have  changed  its  production  or  investment  criteria  or  the timelines for achieving these targets after selection of the companies under the said schemes;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the companies have met their investment targets;
- (f) whether investment levels are for greenfield or brownfield; and
- (g) if so, indicate the level of investment, State and district-wise

## ANSWER

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

- (a):      Yes,  under  the  aegis  of  National  Policy  on  Electronics  (NPE),  2019,  Ministry  of Electronics & IT has notified following Production Linked Incentive Schemes:
1. Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing notified on 01.04.2020.
2. Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for IT Hardware notified on 03.03.2021. Further, PLI Scheme 2.0 for IT Hardware was notified on 29.05.2023.
- (b):    Under the PLI Scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing, total 32 companies were  approved  with  committed  investment  of  INR  11,324Crore  and  projected  production target of INR 10,70,000 Crore.

Under the PLI Scheme for IT Hardware, total 14 companies were approved with committed investment  of  INR  2,517  Crore  and  committed  production  target  of  INR  1,60,751  Crore. Under  the  PLI  Scheme  2.0  for  IT  Hardware,  total  27  companies  were  approved  with committed investment of INR 2,955 Crore and committed production target of INR 3,51,647 Crore. 13 out of 14 applicants from PLI Scheme for IT Hardware have been migrated to PLI Scheme 2.0 for IT Hardware.

(c) and (d):    The government has not changed the production or investment criteria under the  PLI  Scheme  for  Large  Scale  Electronics  Manufacturing,  PLI  Scheme  for  IT  Hardware and PLI 2.0 for IT Hardware after selection of the companies under scheme.

However,  in  accordance  with  the  announcement  made  by  Hon'ble  Union  Finance  & Corporate Affairs Minister on 28.06.2021 to provide relief to companies approved under the PLI Scheme affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the tenure of the PLI Scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing has been extended by one year i.e., from 2024-25 to 2025-

26. The notification in this regard was issued on 23.09.2021.Participating companies could exercise  the  option  of  choosing  a  period  of  any  five  years  till  2025-26  for  meeting  their production targets under the Scheme.

(e):        As  on  31.03.2024,  the  cumulative  investment  made  by  the  companies  under  PLI Scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing is INR 8,069 Crore against the committed investment of INR 9,653 Crore up to March-2024.

As on 31.03.2024, the cumulative investment made by the companies under PLI Scheme for IT  Hardware 2.0 is  INR  249.46  Crore  against  the  committed  investment  of  INR  56  Crore upto March-2024.

(f) and (g):   Out of 32 companies approved under PLI Scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing, 7 are Greenfield companies and 25 are Brownfield companies.  Out of the cumulative  investment  of  INR  8,282  Crore  made  under  the  scheme  till  30.06.2024,  the cumulative investment made by Greenfield companies is INR 3,136 Crore and the cumulative investment made by Brownfield companies is INR 5,146 Crore.

Out  of  27  companies  approved  under  PLI  Scheme  2.0  for  IT  Hardware,  6  are  Greenfield companies and 21 are Brownfield companies.  Out of cumulative investment of 464.66 Crore made in PLI Scheme for IT Hardware and PLI Scheme 2.0 for IT Hardware till 30.06.2024, the  investment  made  by  Brownfield  companies  is  386.09  Cr  and  Greenfield  companies  is 78.57 Cr.

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