PLI Schemes: ₹36,754 Crore Paid to Companies Since 2020, Electronics Takes the Biggest Share
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) released data on the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes up to 30 June 2026.
The government has paid a total of ₹36,754 crore in incentives (cash rewards for extra production) to companies since the schemes began in 2020. About ₹1,400 crore of this was paid in April to June 2026, the first quarter (Q1) of 2026-27.
Large-scale electronics manufacturing (mainly mobile phones) received the most: ₹19,090.98 crore, which is over 51% of all money paid. Pharmaceuticals (₹6,662 crore), food products (₹3,271 crore), automobiles and auto components (₹3,174 crore) and telecom and networking (₹2,796 crore) follow.
Some sectors have received very little so far. The Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) battery scheme has received nothing yet.
Across the 14 sectors, the schemes have brought ₹2.58 lakh crore of actual investment, ₹23.79 lakh crore of production and sales, ₹15.53 lakh crore of exports and about 14.57 lakh jobs (direct and indirect).
Yearly payments have been rising: ₹10,114 crore in 2024-25 and ₹15,519 crore in 2025-26.
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme
The PLI Scheme is a government plan that pays companies a cash reward for making more goods in India. The reward is a small percentage of the extra sales a company makes from its Indian factories, compared with a fixed base year. So companies are rewarded only after they actually produce and sell more. It was launched in 2020 and now covers 14 sectors.
The new DPIIT data is a progress report on the PLI Scheme. It shows that the scheme works best where companies can scale up fast, like mobile phones, while sectors such as ACC batteries have not yet earned any incentive. This gap between money set aside and money actually paid is a key point for Mains answers on the scheme's success.
Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS)
The Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) is a Government of India scheme that gives money to companies that make electronic components in India. Components are the small parts inside a phone or laptop: circuit boards, camera modules, display units, batteries, capacitors and so on. India already assembles many phones, but it still buys most of these parts from other countries. ECMS tries to change that by helping companies build factories for the parts themselves.
The PLI data shows that electronics has taken more than half of all PLI money, but mostly for assembling finished phones. ECMS is the next step: it aims to make the parts of those phones in India, so that PLI-driven exports carry more Indian value.
Make in India
Make in India is a Government of India programme to turn India into a global hub for manufacturing. It was launched on 25 September 2014 and is led by DPIIT. It tries to attract Indian and foreign companies to set up factories in India, so the country produces more, exports more and creates jobs. The PLI Scheme is one of the main tools used to push Make in India forward.
The ₹15.53 lakh crore of exports and 14.57 lakh jobs linked to PLI are among the clearest numbers the government uses to show Make in India's progress in manufacturing.
- PLI incentives paid since 2020: ₹36,754 crore (as of 30 June 2026)
- Paid in Q1 2026-27 (April to June 2026): about ₹1,400 crore
- Yearly payments: ₹10,114 crore (2024-25); ₹15,519 crore (2025-26)
- Large-scale electronics: ₹19,090.98 crore, over 51% of total payments
- Other sectors: pharmaceuticals ₹6,662 crore; food products ₹3,271.44 crore; automobiles and auto components ₹3,174.15 crore; telecom and networking ₹2,796 crore; white goods ₹593 crore; textiles ₹386 crore; specialty steel ₹236 crore; ACC batteries ₹0
- Actual investment: about ₹2.58 lakh crore; production and sales: ₹23.79 lakh crore; exports: ₹15.53 lakh crore
- Jobs: about 14.57 lakh (direct and indirect)
- PLI covers 14 sectors; approved outlay about ₹1.91 lakh crore
- Pharmaceuticals PLI: cumulative sales of about ₹3.64 lakh crore
- Data released by DPIIT