Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday, 27 June 2026, announced the inauguration of the Amber & Ascent Electronics Manufacturing Plant at Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, marking what he described as 'a new chapter in Bharat's electronics manufacturing.' The facility will produce advanced Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), a critical component segment where India has historically depended heavily on imports.

Context

PCBs form the backbone of virtually every electronic device, from smartphones and laptops to industrial equipment and defence systems. India's electronics sector has long been characterised by final assembly rather than deep component manufacturing, making PCB production capacity a strategically significant addition. The Jewar location in western Uttar Pradesh is emerging as a major industrial node, anchored by the upcoming Noida International Airport and expanding industrial corridors in the region.

Amber Enterprises, a listed Indian company with roots in components for consumer durables, has been diversifying into higher-value electronics manufacturing. The joint venture with Ascent represents a move further up the value chain into substrate and circuit board production, which demands precision engineering and significant capital investment.

Policy Backdrop

The plant fits squarely within a cluster of central government initiatives launched since 2020 to deepen India's electronics manufacturing base. The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing, notified in 2020, extended output-linked financial incentives to domestic and foreign firms investing in the sector. Alongside it, the Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronics Components and Semiconductors (SPECS) specifically targeted the component gap — the precise segment a PCB plant addresses.

These schemes sit under the broader Make in India initiative announced in 2014, which identified electronics as a priority sector. The policy architecture has progressively shifted emphasis from attracting assembly operations toward encouraging local value addition in components, materials, and sub-assemblies — a transition that PCB manufacturing directly represents.

Stakeholders and Impact

Uttar Pradesh stands to gain industrial employment and supply-chain linkages as the facility becomes operational. The state has actively positioned its western districts — including Jewar, Greater Noida, and the broader Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) corridor — as alternatives to saturated manufacturing hubs in other states. Electronics component firms across the country could benefit from a domestic PCB supply source, potentially reducing lead times and foreign-exchange outflows associated with imports.

Global electronics supply-chain diversification pressures, accelerated since 2020, have pushed multinational original equipment manufacturers to seek India-based component suppliers. A domestic PCB manufacturing base strengthens India's pitch to such companies as a credible alternative sourcing destination.

What's Next

Attention will now turn to the ramp-up timeline at the Jewar facility and the production volumes it achieves in its initial phases. Further announcements on component manufacturing clusters in Uttar Pradesh and potential capacity additions by other players in the PCB space are likely to follow as the policy environment continues to incentivise deep manufacturing. The facility's performance will be an early test of whether India's component ambitions can translate into globally competitive output at scale.