Government approves 22 proposals under the 3rd tranche of Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS)

• Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) is MeitY's flagship outlay-based scheme to build a domestic ecosystem for passive components & sub-assemblies (PCB, capacitors, connectors, Li-ion cells, camera/display modules etc.) that go upstream of finished-electronics PLI.
• The 3rd tranche (Jan 2026) cleared 22 proposals worth ₹41,863 crore investment, ₹2,58,152 crore projected production, and 33,791 direct jobs.
• For UPSC: tests intersection of Atmanirbhar Bharat, GVC integration, GS-III industrial policy and the PLI → ECMS evolution of India's electronics push.