ECMS second tranche: 17 approvals worth ₹7,172 crore; ARKA-GKT1 chip unveiled
The Ministry of Electronics and IT approved 17 more proposals under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) on 17 November 2025, with total investment of ₹7,172 crore, projected production of ₹65,111 crore and 11,808 direct jobs.
Summary
The second ECMS tranche follows seven approvals worth ₹5,532 crore announced earlier, and the units are spread across nine states — Goa, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. They include India's first optical transceiver (SFP) plants, oscillators, laptop and smartwatch enclosures, camera modules, connectors and multi-layer PCBs. Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also launched ARKA-GKT1, a first-generation energy-efficient edge silicon chip jointly developed by Cyient Semiconductors and Azimuth AI, and said ECMS will help take electronics manufacturing to $500 billion by 2030–31.
Key facts
- Approvals
- 17 (2nd tranche); earlier 7 worth ₹5,532 crore
- Investment
- ₹7,172 crore
- Production
- ₹65,111 crore
- Direct jobs
- 11,808
- States
- 9
- Chip launched
- ARKA-GKT1 edge SoC — Cyient Semiconductors & Azimuth AI
Practice MCQs 2 questions
How many proposals were approved in the second tranche under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme in November 2025?
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Correct answer: C — 17
17 proposals were approved in the second tranche, after 7 in the first.
ARKA-GKT1, India's first-generation energy-efficient edge silicon chip launched in November 2025, was jointly developed by:
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Correct answer: A — Cyient Semiconductors and Azimuth AI
ARKA-GKT1 was jointly developed by Cyient Semiconductors Pvt Ltd and Azimuth AI.