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Vaishnaw launches Semicon 2.0 portal and clears 12 ECMS projects worth Rs 7,503 crore
Applications open for Semicon India pillars 2 to 4, while MeitY adds copper foil, battery materials, PCBs and factory equipment plants across seven states.
On 6 November 2026, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the Semicon 2.0 Web Application Portal under the Semicon India Programme for pillars 2, 3 and 4, covering machines, materials, additional fabs and advanced packaging. PIB Delhi said applications are now live and that the ministry wants complete submissions from serious technology builders rather than incomplete bids. The same briefing announced twelve fresh approvals under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme.
MeitY said the twelve projects carry projected investment of Rs 7,503 crore, projected production of Rs 39,045 crore and 7,127 direct jobs. They span ten target products across bare components, supply chain materials and capital goods, and sit in Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. First time ECMS approvals include copper foil, cathode active material and specialty ceramics.
Named awardees in the official note include NeST ICELR for multi-layer PCBs, TDConnex (Chennai) for relays and tooling, Modern Automotives for heat sinks, Voltix Semicon for specialty ceramics, Indo Asia Copper for copper foil, TACC for anode material, Vidyuta Materials for cathode active material, Enerfolie for polypropylene film and Surface Modification Technologies for camera rims. LiveMint and Moneycontrol separately named Wipro PARI Robotics and Rockwell Automation India among capital goods approvals, and put Indo Asia Copper's Gujarat copper foil plan near Rs 3,546 crore and TACC's Madhya Pradesh anode plant near Rs 2,438 crore.
With the new tranche, MeitY said ECMS has approved 118 applications covering 34 products across 16 states, with expected investment of about Rs 77,051 crore, projected production of Rs 5,73,146 crore and direct employment for 81,755 people. Business Today quoted secretary S Krishnan saying the ECMS budget has been raised to Rs 40,000 crore from an original outlay near Rs 22,900 crore after strong industry response. The portal and approvals deepen India's electronics value chain, but output still depends on plants commissioning on time.
