Guidelines and portal for Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme launched; Sarvam AI selected for indigenous foundation model
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the guidelines and portal for the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) on 26 April 2025; at the event, Sarvam AI was selected to build India's first indigenous AI foundational model.
Summary
Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the guidelines and portal for the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) on 26 April 2025. He described ECMS as a horizontal scheme that will support not just electronics but also industrial, power and automobile sectors, urged companies to set up design teams and achieve Six Sigma quality, and said electronics production has grown five-fold and exports more than six-fold. He said 350 datasets have been uploaded on AI Kosh. During the event, Sarvam AI was selected to build India's first indigenous AI foundational model.
Key facts
- Launched
- ECMS guidelines and portal, 26 April 2025
- By
- Ashwini Vaishnaw
- Nature
- Horizontal scheme (electronics, industrial, power, automobile)
- Quality call
- Design teams; Six Sigma
- Growth
- Production five-fold; exports over six-fold
- AI
- Sarvam AI selected for India's first indigenous AI foundational model; 350 datasets on AI Kosh
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Consider the following about the event of 26 April 2025 at which ECMS guidelines were launched: 1. Sarvam AI was selected to build India's first indigenous AI foundational model. 2. ECMS was described as a vertical scheme limited to mobile phone manufacturing. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. The minister described ECMS as a horizontal scheme supporting electronics as well as industrial, power and automobile sectors.
According to Ashwini Vaishnaw on 26 April 2025, how many datasets had been uploaded on AI Kosh?
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Correct answer: D — 350
The minister said 350 datasets had already been uploaded on AI Kosh.