Tamil Nadu to get two new Electronics Manufacturing Clusters as Centre clears $105M investment.

The Union Government has approved two new Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMCs) in Tamil Nadu, located at Manallur and Pillapaikkam, with a total investment of ₹1,012.02 crore ($104.96 million). Spanning 474.3 acres and 379.3 acres respectively, the projects aim to enhance the state's industrial setup, attract fresh investments, and fortify the domestic supply chain. Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, announced the initiative in the Lok Sabha, highlighting how these developments will reinforce Tamil Nadu's status as a premier electronics manufacturing hub while advancing India’s broader push for self-reliance in the sector. This expansion reflects a decade of rapid growth in India’s electronics manufacturing sector, driven by key policy measures including the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme, liberalized foreign direct investment, and tax and labor reforms. Overall electronics production surged from nearly ₹1.90 lakh crore ($31.08 billion) in 2014–15 to around ₹13.11 lakh crore ($148.35 billion) in 2025–26, alongside an eleven-fold jump in exports. Mobile phone manufacturing experienced particularly massive growth, expanding more than thirty-fold to ₹6.27 lakh crore ($70.95 billion), with India now producing 99.2% of its domestic mobile phones and the broader sector employing nearly 25 lakh people. $AVALON $SYRMA $KAYNES