New Delhi, July 15 -- The Union Cabinet's approval of the Semicon 2.0 programme and the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS) could generate up to 5 lakh direct jobs and around 15 lakh indirect jobs in the coming years, India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) Chairman Pankaj Mohindroo said in an exclusive interaction with ANI.

Speaking on the employment potential of the two schemes, Mohindroo said the benefits would extend across the electronics and semiconductor value chain, from factory-level jobs to high-end chip design and research.

"My estimate is that the additional job creation with all of this will be nothing short of 400,000 to 500,000 and indirect about I would say about 15 lakhs," he told ANI.

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