Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw laid the foundation stone for a new assembly line to produce laptops at the Tamil Nadu facility of electronic systems design and manufacturing company Syrma SGS Technology Ltd.

To assemble laptops at its state-of-the-art Chennai facility, Syrma SGS Technology Ltd has partnered with MSI, a global leader in AI-powered personal computers.

The Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology laid the foundation stone for establishing a new assembly line to produce laptops, marking a significant milestone in the 'Make in India' initiative.

Syrma SGS is collaborating with MSI to produce laptops for the Indian market.

The new assembly line has an initial production capacity of 100,000 laptops annually, with plans to scale up to 1 million units in the next 1-2 years.

This initiative is part of the government’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) 2.0 scheme for IT hardware, which has already driven Rs 10,000 crore in production and created 3,900 jobs in just 18 months.

Syrma SGS operates four manufacturing units in Chennai, with laptop production now underway at its third unit.

Launched in May 2023, PLI 2.0 for IT hardware has delivered impressive results, covering products like laptops, tablets, PCs, and servers.

By December 2024, the scheme had attracted investments of Rs 520 crore and is projected to generate Rs 3.5 lakh crore in production value while creating 47,000 jobs nationwide.