Make in India launched in 2014 with a goal of lifting manufacturing's share of the economy and cutting import dependence. Progress has been uneven across sectors, but electronics stands out: total production rose roughly six-fold, from about ₹1.9 lakh crore in 2014-15 to ₹11.3 lakh crore by 2024-25, powered by a Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) push and a sharp rise in mobile-phone manufacturing.
Make in India
Make in India
Launched in 2014, Make in India aimed to turn the country into a global manufacturing hub. Its clearest success has been electronics: total electronics production grew from about ₹1.9 lakh crore in 2014-15 to roughly ₹11.3 lakh crore by 2024-25 — about six times — with mobile phones leading the way. India went from importing most of its phones to being the world's second-largest mobile manufacturer. The counter shows electronics production value.
₹1.9 → 11.3 L cr
Electronics production
2nd
Largest mobile maker
127×
Mobile exports growth
Electronics production
| Year | Electronics production |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 ₹ lakh crore |
| 2015 | 2 ₹ lakh crore |
| 2016 | 3 ₹ lakh crore |
| 2017 | 4 ₹ lakh crore |
| 2018 | 5 ₹ lakh crore |
| 2019 | 6 ₹ lakh crore |
| 2020 | 5 ₹ lakh crore |
| 2021 | 6 ₹ lakh crore |
| 2022 | 8 ₹ lakh crore |
| 2023 | 10 ₹ lakh crore |
| 2024 | 11 ₹ lakh crore |
| 2025 | 11 ₹ lakh crore |
2014
0₹ lakh crore
Electronics production
20142025
Since 2014
Added
+9 ₹ lakh crore
2014
2 ₹ lakh crore
2025
11 ₹ lakh crore
Why it matters Manufacturing creates jobs at scale, cuts import dependence, and is central to India's ambition of becoming a developed economy.
- Electronics production: ₹1.9 lakh cr (2014-15) → ₹11.3 lakh cr (2024-25)
- 99% of phones sold in India are now made in India
- Source: Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY)
History
Notable projects
Mobile phones are the flagship. In 2014-15 only about a quarter of phones sold in India were made here; today it is over 99%, and India is the world's second-largest mobile manufacturer with Apple, Samsung and others producing at scale. Mobile exports grew over 100-fold to around ₹2 lakh crore, and smartphones became India's top export commodity in 2025 — the sector supports an estimated 2.5 million jobs.
How it works
Make in India's main engine is the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme: instead of upfront subsidies, the government pays companies a percentage of their extra production over several years — so the reward only comes if they actually manufacture more in India. Rolled out across 14 sectors (electronics, pharma, autos, solar, steel and more) with about ₹1.97 lakh crore committed, it is paired with higher import duties and easier business rules to pull factories onshore.
Outlook
The next phase is deepening manufacturing, not just assembling — moving from screwing together imported parts to making the components, and lifting manufacturing from about 17% of GDP toward a long-standing 25% goal. Electronics and defence are the clearest wins so far; the harder task is spreading that success to more sectors and to small firms, and competing with China on scale and cost.
The road ahead
The next phase is deepening the base — raising domestic value addition beyond today's ~18–20% in electronics by making more high-value components (chips, displays, precision parts) at home.
By the numbers
₹1.9 → 11.3 lakh crore electronics production (2014-15→2024-25). ~6× growth. 99%+ of phones sold in India made here. 127× mobile export growth. ~2.5 million jobs. Sources: MeitY, ICEA, PIB.
Source: MeitY — total electronics production value (₹ lakh crore), 2014–2025.