The components gap in Indian electronics

India assembles a great deal of electronics but has imported most of what goes inside — laminates, displays, passive components, connectors and the chemicals used to make them. That leaves value addition thin and the supply chain exposed. The Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme targets that layer directly: components, sub-assemblies, raw materials and the capital goods needed to produce them. Approvals such as copper-clad laminates, the base material of printed circuit boards, and first-time domestic manufacture of inputs like acetylene black are the point of the scheme, even though they are less visible than a phone plant.