Lok Sabha Question No. 1680 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-10
Subject: Launch of ARKA-GKT1
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara, Shri Captain Brijesh Chowta, Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Shri Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathva, Shri P P Chaudhary, Shri Alok Sharma, Dr. Hemang Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1680

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 10.12.2025

## LAUNCH OF ARKA-GKT1

1680. DR. HEMANT VISHNU SAVARA:

SHRI CAPTAIN BRIJESH CHOWTA:

SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

SHRI JASHUBHAI BHILUBHAI RATHVA:

SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:

SHRI ALOK SHARMA:

DR. HEMANG JOSHI:

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

- (a)  the  approvals  granted  under  the  second  tranche  of  the  Electronics  Components  Manufacturing  Scheme (ECMS) including the total proposed investment and projected production values;
- (b) the details of the States in which the newly approved units are located and the extent to which the scheme supports balanced regional growth and high-skill employment generation;
- (c) whether any such units have been approved or proposed for the State of Rajasthan and coastal Karnataka particularly Dakshina Karnataka and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the categories of electronic components and sub-assemblies covered under the latest approvals and the key sectors expected to be served by these projects; and
- (e) the details of the launch of India's first generation energy -efficient edge silicon chip ARKAGKT1?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): The policies of Government of India is driven by Hon'ble Prime Minister's vision of Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat. It aims building a complete ecosystem for electronics sector.

We started our electronics journey with manufacturing finished products in the country and then started to focus on developing modules. The focus is now on developing the sub-modules/components and further raw materials, tools and machineries that go into manufacturing it.

Electronics manufacturing in India has expanded significantly in the last 11 years. Value addition by the electronics manufacturing units in India has also increased considerably in recent years.  It can be seen from the following statistics:

| #                                   | 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 |

| 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  |

This transformation was made possible by the Government's electronics manufacturing strategy. Many initiatives have been undertaken in last 11 years. These include:

- Production linked incentives (PLI) for large scale electronics manufacturing
- Production linked incentives (PLI) for IT hardware
- Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS)
- Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC and EMC 2.0) Scheme
- Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order 2017 to prioritize domestically manufactured products in public procurement
- Reforms in taxation including rationalization of tariff structure, exemption on basic custom duty on capital goods, etc.
- Allowing 100% FDI in electronics manufacturing, subject to applicable laws / regulations

## Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS).

To  further  deepen  electronics  manufacturing,  Government  launched  ECMS.  It  promotes  manufacturing  of components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, printed circuit boards, sub-assemblies, electro-mechanicals, etc.

The  scheme  has  received  unprecedented  response  from  the  industry  sor  far.  Applications  for  projects  having investment value of INR 1.15 lakh crores against the target investment of INR 59,350 crores have been received.

Government  has  approved  24  applications  so  far  under  this  scheme,  out  of  which  17  applications  have  been approved in 2 nd tranche.

These  17  applications  have  projected  investment  of  INR  7,172  crores,  production  of  INR  65,111  crores  and generation of 11,808 direct employments.

The manufacturing units of these 17 applications are located across 9 States which highlights wide and diverse participation of States across the country in electronic components manufacturing.

Out  of  these  17  approved  applications,  five  (05)  applications  have  been  approved  for  electronic  component manufacturing in Karnataka. The details of the same are annexed .

These approved applicants would manufacture a wide spectrum of electronic components such as multi-layer PCB, camera module, connectors, oscillators, optical transceivers and enclosures for mobile, IT hardware products and related  devices.  These  are expected  to  be  used  across  various  sectors  like  consumer  electronics,  telecom,  auto electronics and IT hardware etc.

The ARKA GKT-1 is a System-on-Chip (SoC) jointly developed by M/s Cyient Semiconductor and M/s Azimuth AI.  This  SoC  supports  advanced  edge-compute  features  with  potential  applications  in  smart  electricity  meters enabling smart grids, precision metering and IoT (Internet of Things) infrastructure.

The development of this SoC showcases maturing of India's industry and shift towards a product -driven and highperformance semiconductor ecosystem.

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## List of applications approved for state of Karnataka.

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## Annexure I

|   S.No. | Applicant Name                          | Product                                                         |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Aequs Consumer Products Private Limited | Enclosures for Mobile, IT Hardware products and related devices |
|       2 | Rakon India Private Limited             | Electro-mechanicals - Oscillators                               |
|       3 | Micropack Private Limited               | Multi-Layer PCB                                                 |
|       4 | AT &SIndia Private Limited              | Multi-Layer PCB                                                 |
|       5 | Ehoome IOT Private Limited              | Multi-Layer PCB                                                 |

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