Lok Sabha Question No. 4585 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-20
Subject: Make in India
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Bhaskar Murlidhar Bhagare

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4585

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 20 .08.2025

## MAKE IN INDIA

## 4585.  SHRI BHASKAR MURLIDHAR BHAGARE:

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

- (a)  the  initiatives  undertaken  by  the  Government  under  Make  in  India  and  Digital  India programmes to boost electronics and IT sector in Maharashtra especially in tribal dominated area;
- (b) whether these initiatives have resulted in measurable employment generation in the IT industry in the said State;
- (c) the number of tribal beneficiaries in Maharashtra who have received digital skills training under Government schemes; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to expand Common Services Centres and smart digital infrastructure in rural and tribal regions of the said State?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b): Driven by Prime Minister's vision of Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat, India has emerged as  a  global  hub  for  electronics  manufacturing.  The  remarkable  growth  of  electronics goods production and export can be seen as follows:

| #                                         | 2014-15           | 2024-25             | Remarks             |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Production of electronics goods (₹)       | 1.9 Lakh Cr       | 11.3 Lakh Cr        | Increased 6 times   |
| Export of electronics goods               | 0.38 Lakh Cr      | 3.3 Lakh Cr         | Increased 8 times   |
| Mobile manufacturing units                | 2 units           | 300 units           | Increased 150 times |
| Production of mobile phones (₹)           | 0.18 Lakh Cr      | 5.5 Lakh Cr         | Increased 28 times  |
| Export of mobile phones (₹)               | 0.01 Lakh Cr      | 2 Lakh Cr           | Increased 127 times |
| Mobile phones imported (% of total units) | 75% of the demand | 0.02% of the demand |                     |

This achievement is a result of policy initiatives and reforms undertaken by the Government in the last 11 years. Some of these 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)
- Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order 2017 to prioritize domestically manufactured products in public procurement

All  these  initiatives  are  pan  India  and  any  State/UT  can  avail  benefits  under  these  initiatives. Further, locations of electronics manufacturing are chosen by the companies based on supply chain linkage, infrastructure support and other ease of doing measures provided by the states. As per industry estimates, approximately 25 lakhs of employment (direct & indirect) have been generated in  the  electronics  sector.  Further,  MeitY  is  supporting  ~85  units  under  various  schemes  for electronics manufacturing in Maharashtra. In addition, MeitY is also supporting 2 Common Facility Centres (CFC) and 1 Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) in the state of Maharashtra.

Furthermore, Government had launched India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) under Digital India Program with the aim to create employment opportunities and dispersal of IT/ITeS industry in small cities/towns by incentivize setting up of BPO/ITES operations by providing financial support up to ₹  1  Lakh/seat  in  the  form  of  Viability  Gap  Funding  (VGF)  towards  capital  and  operational expenditures. In addition, scheme provided various special incentives to the units promoting local entrepreneur, encouraging employment to women and physically disabled persons etc. Under this scheme, 227 units had set up BPO/ITES operations in 93 small cities/towns of the 21 States/UTs of the country and provided direct employment to 52,564 persons. In Maharashtra, 13 BPO/ITeS units have been set up in 6 cities (Aurangabad, Bhiwandi, Dhawalgaon, Nagpur, Nashik and Sangli).

The Indian IT Industry provides direct employment to over 5.8 million persons. Women employees account for 36% share in total industry employee base.

(c): The digital skill development initiatives undertaken by the Ministry are as follows:

- PMGDISHA  (Pradhan  Mantri  Gramin  Digital Saksharta Abhiyan) has been implemented to promote digital literacy. In Maharashtra, a total of 53,23,817 candidates has been trained, including 5,83,480 ST candidates. Out of these, 38,53,643 candidates have been certified, including 4,29,054 ST candidates.
- FutureSkills PRIME (FSP) Programme has  been  implemented to provide skilling/ reskilling/  up-skilling  of  candidates  in  new/emerging  technologies,  such  as  Artificial
- Intelligence,  Big  Data  Analytics  etc.  So  far,  more  than  23.24  Lakh  candidates  have registered on the portal and 14.08 Lakh candidates have enrolled in various courses, out of which, 1.28 Lakh enrolments from Maharashtra.
- Capacity building  for  human  resource  development  in  Unmanned  Aircraft  System (Drone and related Technology) has been implemented toleverage collaborative activities in human resource development through capacity building in education and training in the area of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). So far, 19,626 beneficiaries have been trained in drone and related technologies including 2516 beneficiaries from Maharashtra.
- Two Schemes for Skill Development in Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) have  been  implemented  to  enhance  employment  outcomes.  So  far,4,93,919 candidates have been enrolled and trained including 29,325 candidates (1677 ST candidates) from Maharashtra.
- National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology has presence in the state of  Maharashtra  through  its  own  Centre,  namely  NIELIT  Aurangabad  and  6  Accredited Training  Partners  for  conducting  Skill  Based  Long  Term  Courses  and  692  Facilitation Centres for conducting Digital Literacy Courses. In the last 5 years, NIELIT has trained 1,54,813 candidates in various Digital Literacy Courses in the state of Maharashtra, out of which 5,341 are ST candidates.
- (d):    Common Services Centres (CSCs) set up under an initiative of the MeitY aims to deliver eservices to rural citizens through CSCs and expand the CSC network till the Gram Panchayat level. Over  800  services  are  being  delivered  through  CSCs,  including  government  services,  financial services and services related to Aadhaar, various social welfare schemes, education, tele-medicine, travel bookings, utility payments. It is a pan India project. CSC 2.0 project has been completed as on Mar 2024. CSCs operate on a self-sustainable and entrepreneurship model.

As on 30 th June 2025, 5,60,314 CSCs are functional across the country (rural + urban), out of which 4,36,208 CSCs are functional at the Gram Panchayat (rural) level. In the State of Maharashtra, there are 71,761 functional CSCs out of which 53,987 CSCs are at Gram Panchayat (rural) level.

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