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STATE POLICY- TELANGANA

Electronics in Telangana

Telangana has continuously been at the forefront of electronics
greater than 50,000 professionals. In 2014-15 the total value of
manufacturing in the country. The traditional entrepreneurial
electronic products and services exports accounted for USD
spirit of the locals, coupled with the access to skilled workforce
250 million and this amounts to about 6 % of national
and inherent supply chain advantages of the location have
electronics exports. Further, the same year had witnessed a
resulted in tremendous growth of the Electronics industry over
massive growth in production to the value of USD 1 billion.
the last two decades. Over time, a physical ecosystem has
Hyderabad houses key global players in the MSM and Mega
evolved with the Electronics and associated industries in and
industries sectors, such as Nvidia, Motorola, Qualcomm, AMD,
around Hyderabad. Additionally, the high quality of technical
CDAC, Cypress, etc., in addition to home grown companies
education and skilled graduates from engineering colleges
such as BHEL, BEL, HBL, ECIL, etc. Recently, Hyderabad has
across the state has served as a critical growth factor.
attracted investments from giants such as Apple, Micromax,
Hyderabad, currently, is marching towards establishing itself
etc. and has cemented its position as a promising electronics
as one of the leading electronic hubs globally. It houses over
investment zone on the global map.
250 companies, both large and small which together employ

Vision and Goals

The Vision envisaged for the Telangana Electronics Policy 2016 is:
Promoting Telangana as the ideal destination for Electronics Industry through creation of sustainable ecosystem, making this industry a major contributor to employment and economy in the State.
Based on historical analysis as well as the projections made by
c)
Supportive policy environment
industry, Telangana aspires to achieve the following by 2020:
a. Incentivize domestic production
I.
Attract investments to the tune of USD 3 billion in the
Electronics sector
b. Favorable regulatory environment resulting in ease of doing business
ii.
Create an employment of 160,000 iii.
Enhance production from approximately USD 1 billion to
USD 7.5 billion
The State seeks to achieve this aim through: a)
Infrastructure support a.
Development of state-of-art EMCs by public and private collaboration b.
High quality roads and transportation c.
Good connectivity through rail, road and air
d) Tax and fiscal regime a. Subsidies and other incentives b. Stable and predictable tax regime
Although the Government of Telangana seeks to generate a myriad of positives through technological evolution, there have been rising ecological concerns over e-waste generation, management and disposal. Realizing the growing concern over e-waste, the Government of Telangana shall work on the following initiatives.
d.
Reliable electricity and water supply
a) Formulate a comprehensive regulatory approach
e.
Promote the concept of duty free warehousing
surrounding e-waste management
b) Access to skilled workforce: Create environment to ensure
b) Design an efficient mechanism for auditing safe e-waste
availability of low cost and skilled workforce through:
management practices and ensuring compliance
a.
Skill development programs from TASK
c) Setting a direction for promoting safe e-waste management
b.
Workforce training subsidies
practices

Focus Areas

In order to achieve the above goals for the IT department, the Government has identified 5 key focus areas:
Development of dedicated EMCs and quality infrastructure Encouraging Electronics companies by ensuring end to end supply chain for all sub-sectors Human resources development Promote R & D, create ecosystem for innovation and startups Improving the ease of doing business
This in turn is expected to reinvent the business propositions and incentivize the sector so that the Industry can penetrate the global markets not only on value and cost factors, but also on customization. Keeping the above in view, Government, after elaborate discussion with respective stakeholders of Electronics sector, such as TELMA, ELCINA, MAIT, ICA, IESA etc., identified the following initiatives to be provided to the Electronics Industry in the State of Telangana.
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