Semicon 2.0 portal opens; 12 ECMS projects worth Rs 7,503 crore approved

Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday, 6 November 2026, launched the Semicon 2.0 web application portal and announced the approval of 12 more projects under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), according to the Press Information Bureau. The 12 projects carry a projected investment of Rs 7,503 crore, are expected to produce goods worth Rs 39,045 crore and to create 7,127 direct jobs. They are spread across Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. The new portal opens applications for three further parts of the Semicon 2.0 programme: semiconductor equipment and materials, additional chip fabrication plants, and the expansion of chip assembly and testing units.

India has spent the past few years attracting chip fabrication and packaging plants, but a semiconductor industry needs far more than the plants themselves. It needs the materials, gases and chemicals that go into chips, the machines that make them and the many small components, from circuit boards to ceramics, that go into every electronic product. The government has said it wants to reduce dependence on imported materials and equipment, and Semicon 2.0 and the ECMS are its tools for that.

The 12 ECMS approvals are a direct example. A multi-layer printed circuit board is the base on which almost every phone, laptop and car control unit is built. Relays and heat sinks go into power systems, vehicles and industrial machines. Specialty ceramics are used in components that must handle heat and high voltages. Making these at home shortens supply chains for electronics assemblers and reduces the risk of disruption when imports are delayed.

The portal launch matters for companies further up the chain. By opening Pillars 2, 3 and 4, the government is inviting applications for equipment and materials makers, more fabs and bigger packaging plants. Those are the most capital-heavy parts of the industry, and the size of the response will show how much private and foreign investment the second phase can draw.

The projects are spread across seven states, from Punjab in the north to Tamil Nadu in the south. For local suppliers, logistics firms and training institutes in these states, the approvals are a chance to join supply chains that were once almost entirely overseas.

Peepals calculation: the 12 projects plan about Rs 1.05 crore of investment for each direct job (7,503 / 7,127 ≈ 1.05). Expected production of Rs 39,045 crore is about 5.2 times the investment (39,045 / 7,503 ≈ 5.20). The Rs 7,503 crore of private investment equals about 5.9% of Semicon 2.0's Rs 1,27,500 crore government outlay (7,503 / 1,27,500 ≈ 0.059), though the two are different kinds of money. Our calculation from the reported figures.

Short-term: Equipment makers, materials suppliers and chip companies can now apply under Semicon 2.0's Pillars 2, 3 and 4 through the new portal, while the 12 approved component makers move towards building their units.

Long-term: If the projects are built as planned, India will make more of the components and materials that its electronics and chip factories now import, strengthening the domestic supply chain.

Who is affected: Electronics component makers, chip and packaging companies, equipment and materials suppliers, workers in the seven states named, and electronics brands that buy these components.

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