The government said on Friday that under the PLI Production Linked Incentive Scheme, launched to increase manufacturing in the country, Rs 28,748 crore has been given to 14 sectors including electronics and pharma by December 2025. Also, more than 14 lakh people have got jobs through this. In the year 2021, the government started this scheme with a budget of Rs 1.97 lakh crore for 14 sectors. By December 2025, 836 applications have been approved in 14 sectors, involving investments of more than Rs 2.16 lakh crore.
According to the Commerce and Industry Ministry, these sectors together have made sales of more than Rs 20.41 lakh crore and sold goods worth more than Rs 8.3 lakh crore abroad. This has provided employment to more than 14.39 lakh people. An amount of Rs 28,748 crore has been given to the companies till 31 December 2025.
Are these sectors included?
These 14 sectors include large-scale electronics manufacturing, IT hardware, bulk drugs, medical devices, pharma, telecom and networking products, food processing, white goods, drones, special steel, textile products and auto and auto parts.
The government said that due to this scheme, there has been a decline of about 77% in the import of mobile phones after 2020-21 and now more than 99% of the mobile phone requirement is being met by products made in the country. For the first time in the pharma and medical device sector, raw materials for 191 medicines have started being manufactured in the country. This has reduced the import requirement of about Rs 1,785 crore and the share of the part made in the country has reached 83.7%.
Auto sector got a boost
In the auto sector, this scheme has increased investment in electric vehicles, power electronics and advanced safety systems. Sales of Rs 32,879 crore were recorded in 2025-26, which shows a boom in technology-based auto manufacturing. Sales of telecom and networking products have increased more than six times compared to 2019-20 and exports have increased to Rs 21,033 crore. More than Rs 9,200 crore has been invested in approved projects in the food processing sector.
Now essential parts like compressor, motor, copper tube and LED driver are also being manufactured in the country. A target has been set to increase the share made in the country to 75-80% by 2028-29. Apart from this, the target is to develop the entire capacity of manufacturing 48 gigawatt solar panels under the PLI scheme for solar modules, for which an investment of about Rs 52,942 crore has been promised.
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