{"id":99701,"date":"2026-03-30T23:38:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2026\/03\/30\/design-in-india-or-lose-subsidy-it-electronic-minister-ashwini-vaishnaw-tells-electronics-companies-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:38:23","slug":"design-in-india-or-lose-subsidy-it-electronic-minister-ashwini-vaishnaw-tells-electronics-companies-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2026\/03\/30\/design-in-india-or-lose-subsidy-it-electronic-minister-ashwini-vaishnaw-tells-electronics-companies-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Design in India or lose subsidy, IT &#038; electronic minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tells electronics companies | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix\">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-129913614,imgsize-83978,width-400,resizemode-4\/ashwini-vaishnaw-at-electronics-manufacturing-event-in-delhi.jpg\" alt=\"Design in India or lose subsidy, IT &amp; electronic minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tells electronics companies\" title=\"&lt;p&gt;.&lt;\/p&gt;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The government has drawn a hard line under its electronics push, pairing fresh approvals worth thousands of crores with a blunt warning \u2014 subsidies will not flow to companies that treat India as a factory floor without building design muscle.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Signalling a shift from scale to strategic value, Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said firms under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme must embed design, quality and engineering in India or risk losing support. The warning comes alongside a fresh set of approvals that underline the scheme\u2019s scale. The ministry has cleared 29 new projects involving Rs 7,104 crore investment, taking total approvals to Rs 61,671 crore \u2014 surpassing the initial Rs 59,350 crore target.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Vaishnaw flagged gaps in industry response. \u201cReal value gets captured only if design is done in India,\u201d he said, adding that the incentives will be tied to deeper technological capabilities.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/design-in-india-or-lose-subsidy-it-electronic-minister-ashwini-vaishnaw-tells-electronics-companies\/articleshow\/129913605.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The government has drawn a hard line under its electronics push, pairing fresh approvals worth thousands of crores with a blunt warning \u2014 subsidies will not flow to&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ashwini-vaishnaw-at-electronics-manufacturing-event-in-delhi.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}