Next ECMS tranche likely in August, to target rare earths, components

The government may announce the next tranche of successful beneficiaries under the Electronic Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) by next month, according to officials.

Units manufacturing items needed for India in the upstream supply chain ecosystem and high-precision capital equipment will be in focus, they said. These include laminates, metallised films for capacitors, aluminium extrusions, anode materials and rare earth permanent magnets from rareearth oxides.