UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — IT Ministry okays ₹7,877-cr. worth projects under ECMS
Q1. Consider the following statements comparing the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) with the earlier component-focused scheme of the same ministry:
1. ECMS was notified in April 2025, whereas the Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors was notified in April 2020.
2. The original outlay of ECMS, about ₹22,919 crore, was subsequently enhanced to ₹40,000 crore in the Union Budget 2026-27.
3. Unlike the earlier scheme, which offered 25 per cent support on capital expenditure, ECMS relies solely on turnover-linked incentives.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- ECMS was notified in April 2025, whereas the Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors was notified in April 2020.
- The original outlay of ECMS, about ₹22,919 crore, was subsequently enhanced to ₹40,000 crore in the Union Budget 2026-27.
- Unlike the earlier scheme, which offered 25 per cent support on capital expenditure, ECMS relies solely on turnover-linked incentives.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q2. At the time its guidelines were issued, the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme set a target of generating how many direct jobs?
- A. About 51,000
- B. About 65,040
- C. About 75,000
- D. About 91,600
Q3. The approvals granted in August 2026 to 31 electronics component manufacturing proposals were issued under a scheme administered by which one of the following?
- A. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- B. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- C. Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries
- D. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology
Q4. The 31 proposals cleared under ECMS in August 2026 entailed committed investment of ₹7,877 crore. The production value expected to be generated by these 31 proposals was about:
- A. ₹65,111 crore
- B. ₹82,243 crore
- C. ₹84,515 crore
- D. ₹5,34,101 crore
Q5. The cumulative investment approved under ECMS crossed, in August 2026, the investment figure that the scheme had been designed to attract when it was cleared in 2025. That original targeted investment was:
- A. ₹40,000 crore
- B. ₹54,567 crore
- C. ₹59,350 crore
- D. ₹1,15,351 crore
Q6. With reference to the cumulative status of the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme as reported with the August 2026 tranche, consider the following:
1. Number of applications approved — 106
2. Number of States in which approved projects are located — 15
3. Cumulative approved investment — ₹61,671 crore
4. Cumulative expected production value — ₹5,34,101 crore
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- Number of applications approved — 106
- Number of States in which approved projects are located — 15
- Cumulative approved investment — ₹61,671 crore
- Cumulative expected production value — ₹5,34,101 crore
- A. 1 and 3
- B. 2 and 4 only
- C. 1, 2 and 4
- D. 3 and 4 only
Q7. The Semicon India programme, under which the India Semiconductor Mission operates and which ECMS is intended to complement, was approved by the Union Cabinet with which one of the following outlays and in which year?
- A. ₹76,000 crore in 2021
- B. ₹22,919 crore in 2025
- C. ₹40,995 crore in 2020
- D. ₹3,285 crore in 2020
Q8. Applications seeking fiscal support for setting up semiconductor fabrication and display fabrication units in India are received and appraised by which one of the following nodal agencies?
- A. India Semiconductor Mission
- B. Semi-Conductor Laboratory, Mohali
- C. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
- D. Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER)
Q9. In the category structure through which ECMS is operationalised, camera modules, display modules and optical transceivers are dealt with as:
- A. Bare components eligible for turnover-linked incentives
- B. Sub-assemblies of finished electronic devices
- C. Supply chain items and capital goods with a longer application window
- D. Selected bare components eligible for capex-linked incentives
Q10. The tranche of ECMS approvals announced in March 2026 included clearance for the country's first-ever facility for which one of the following?
- A. Rare earth permanent magnets
- B. Silicon carbide power devices
- C. Compound semiconductor packaging
- D. Three-nanometre logic chips
Q11. Which one of the following schemes of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology was launched with an incentive outlay of approximately ₹40,951 crore covering mobile phones and specified electronic components?
- A. Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors
- B. Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme
- C. Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing
- D. Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters Scheme
Q12. Consider the following statements regarding India's electronics manufacturing schemes:
1. Every product category under ECMS is confined exclusively to items that had never been manufactured in India before, and this is what distinguishes it from all earlier schemes of the PLI family.
2. The earlier component-focused scheme of the ministry stopped receiving fresh applications in March 2024, whereas the ECMS application window opened in 2025.
3. Mobile phone production in India rose from about ₹2.14 lakh crore in 2019-20 to about ₹5.5 lakh crore in 2024-25, India having become the world's second largest manufacturer of mobile phones.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Every product category under ECMS is confined exclusively to items that had never been manufactured in India before, and this is what distinguishes it from all earlier schemes of the PLI family.
- The earlier component-focused scheme of the ministry stopped receiving fresh applications in March 2024, whereas the ECMS application window opened in 2025.
- Mobile phone production in India rose from about ₹2.14 lakh crore in 2019-20 to about ₹5.5 lakh crore in 2024-25, India having become the world's second largest manufacturer of mobile phones.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3