New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday launched the Semicon 2.0 Web Application Portal and announced that 50 per cent of the units approved under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) belong to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) or micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Speaking at the launch event, Vaishnaw said the government would begin accepting applications under pillars two, three and four of the semiconductor programme, marking another step towards strengthening India's electronics and semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem.

"A lot of design expertise is getting building up lots of new things are coming...lots of new things are coming, and today...