VOIWORLD/Sumit Chaturvedi
When the world looked at India’s bustling markets a decade ago, few imagined the country would soon be at the heart of a global electronics revolution. In 2014, India’s electronics industry was still young — assembling more than it was creating, importing more than it was exporting, and struggling to compete with established giants like China and Vietnam.
Fast forward to 2025, and the story could not be more different. India’s electronics production has grown six-fold, soaring from ₹1.9 lakh crore in 2014–15 to ₹11.3 lakh crore in 2024–25. Factory floors once silent are now buzzing with machines, engineers, and innovation. The transformation has not just powered growth — it has rewritten India’s industrial identity.
The journey began with a simple but bold question: Why should India only consume technology — why not create it?
When the government launched Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat, the idea was not merely to assemble smartphones or gadgets but to build an entire ecosystem — from semiconductors to finished devices. Policies such as the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme and SPECS gave manufacturers a reason to look toward India, while improvements in ease of doing business and infrastructure turned those promises into reality.
In just ten years, India created over 25 lakh jobs in electronics manufacturing. Exports, once a modest ₹38,000 crore, shot up to ₹3.27 lakh crore. And foreign investors — from Apple to Foxconn — began to see India not just as a market, but as a manufacturing powerhouse.
Today, India’s electronic goods travel across oceans to the United States, UAE, Netherlands, the UK, and Italy, bearing a proud tag: Made in India.
