New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- The Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), launched by the government in April this year, has attracted investment commitments of over Rs.1.15 lakh crore, nearly twice the original target of Rs.59,350 crore, Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. "It's a historic number. Unprecedented applications have come in the ECMS. This shows that the global trust in India for electronic manufacturing is being converted into investments, production and employment," Vaishnaw said at a press briefing. On the Cabinet's ECMS outlay of Rs.22,919 crore being exceeded in the investment round, the government has said the scheme is limited by available funds. According to official data, the 249 applications receive...