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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

ELECTRONICS

e-NEWSLETTER …. For Electronics System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) Sector

Year 3 | Vol. 20: June 2013

Electronics e-Newsletter, Room No. 2280, Department of Electronics and Information Technology

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, New Delhi 110003

• Opportunities with Taiwan in Electronics • DeitY invites Comments on Aakash IV Specifications • Taiwan to divert 10% of ICT Investment to India • Kapil Sibal Encourages States to Promote Electronics

From Chief Editor’s Desk

Dear Readers,

The National Policy on Electronics is about Electronics System Design and Manufacturing. The financial incentives for electronics manufacturing have focused attention on manufacturing more than on the design and software side of the policy. The design aspect starts from the initial designing of chips, development of embedded software, and includes, board design, product design and any other software integral to the device in question. We have a strong software industry and we have a large talent pool. Several chip design services companies are already working in India. The Indian market requires products customized to address the needs of its people and their environment. Moreover, affordability is an issue. The prices of devices need to come down. While there are aggressive efforts by industry in certain products, like smart phones, to bring down prices, several other products continue to command huge premium with lack of visible competition. These devices which have huge premium compared to their bill of material are potential targets for design and development. However development of new products is no easy task. The development costs of chips are increasing and development of a new state-of-the art 20 nm chip may be excess of USD 1 Billion. The development of a reasonably simple System-on-Chip (SoC) may cost a few million dollars. The upfront investments are huge entry barriers for start-ups to get into this arena, especially till such time that a vibrant ecosystem for start-ups is developed in the country. The big software and design companies like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra should take the lead in this regard. Israel, with a population of about 20 million, produces 5000 start ups every year. This is amazing. We could learn a few things from that. While the venture funds proposed under the Electronic Development Fund can facilitate creating a start up culture, a lot more. The good news is that we see signs of this happening as a couple of startups have started development fables design in real earnest and in process of developing their own chips. To encourage fables companies, I propose to invite any fables company developing their own chip to write about it and we will include it in the Electronics e-Newsletter. Let me also share some other initiatives that are underway from the Government side which will directly or indirectly impact the design side of the National Policy on Electronics.

i. Conditional Access System for Set Top Boxes is being developed with CDAC and industry partner. Initial short listing of companies has been done and the final RfP is likely to be floated within this month.

ii. Proposals have been invited for several medical electronic devices for design and development jointly by research/academic institution and by industry. Meanwhile, digital programmable hearing aid developed by CDAC, Thiruvananthapuram is being put up for transfer of technology.

iii. CAREL products, smart phones, tablets, Set Top Boxes, smart energy meters, smart cards and micro ATMs have been identified

for domestic development. ….. contd. on page 2

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ELECTRONICS e-NEWSLETTER …. For Electronics System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM)

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• Opportunities with Taiwan in Electronics • DeitY invites Comments on Aakash IV Specifications

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New Opportunities with Taiwan in Electronics

A joint delegation of industry and government, led by Dr. Ajay Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Electronics and IT participated in Computex 2013 organized by Taiwan Computer Association (TCA) at Taipei, Taiwan from June 4-8, 2013. The delegation included Dr. Omkar Rai, DG, STPI, Sh. D. P. Singh, Addl. Director, DeitY, Shri Pankaj Mohindroo, President, Indian Cellular Association, Shri N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI, Dr. Ramanna Rao, President LEDMA and MD, MIC Ltd., Shri Anwar Shirpurwala, Executive Director, MAIT, Shri Sravanan Chandra Mouleeswaran, Vice President, SriCity, Shri Daleep Kaul Head, Business Development, Sify Technologies, Shri Gaurav Mahindroo, Executive Assistant, MD, RICO Auto Industries, Shri Devesh Tyagi, Director, STPI and Shri Bijesh Kumar Roul, Deputy Director, India Cellular Association.

Computex 2013, was inaugurated by Shri Jeou Ma, H.E. President of Taiwan. It is the second largest ICT fair in the world with over 1,30,000 visitors and 5024 exhibitors participating. Computex 2013 focused on three themes- hardware for cloud technologies, smart mobility and touch and enable.

With the support of India Taiwan Association (ITA) and TCA, a seminar on opportunities in Indian Electronics System Design and Manufacturing sector was also organized in Computex 2013 on June 7, 2013. The response to the seminar was excellent. Over 100 delegates registered for the event, before further registrations had to be closed. Apart from DG, ITA, Shri Pradeep Rawat, Taipei Computer Association Secretary General, Shri Du, DDG, Foreign Trade, Shri David Hsu, Former Taiwan Representative to India were among those present. A video message of Shri J Satyanarayana, Secretary, DeitY (Vice Minister) was played. Dr. Ajay Kumar, Joint Secretary made a presentation regarding the policy initiatives of the Government at the event. Executive Director MAIT, Shri Anwar Shirpurwala made a presentation regarding opportunities in the PC/tablet/smart phone and telecom related sectors. Shri Sravanan made a presentation regarding the SriCity industrial township as a one stop readymade infrastructure for setting up manufacturing facility. Shri NK Goyal, CMAI made a presentation regarding the academic tie-up with Colleges for development of human resource in the area of electronics.

The delegation also met representatives from several Taiwanese companies and industrial associations during the visit. These companies are Everlight Electronics, D-Link Corporation, Gigabyte Technology, HTC, TECO /Century Development Corporation, UMC, AU Optronics (AUO), Nuvoton Technology, Advantech, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), An Won Ltd., Fortrend Taiwan Scientific Corp., Institute of Information Industry (III), Taiwan Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (TEEMA), Acer, Mediatek, LiteOn and CTBC Co. Ltd. (Chinatrust). Most of these companies have shown interest in the Indian market in a bigger way and evaluating the electronics manufacturing opportunities in India. ….. contd. on page 3

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iv. STPI is in process of developing a proposal for creating an incubation centre for fables design and start ups. Proposals from other academic institutions interested in electronics design are welcome.

v. A Centre of Excellence for Large Area Electronics proposed at IIT Kanpur. The concept paper submitted by IIT Kanpur is under consideration of Government.

vi. Another Centre of Excellence for Technologies for Internal Security is proposed at IIT Bombay. The concept paper is under finalization. A National Workshop is scheduled in July 2013 at Mumbai to discuss and finalize the concept paper.

vii. CDAC is in process of creating a mechanism which would provide easy terms for tape-outs and fabrication of chips being attempted in India. Discussions for setting up such a mechanism are initiated with UMC, Taiwan.

viii. Special Manpower Development Programme (SMDP) Phase III is under finalization. The programme targeted to development manpower on VLSI, is expanding in scale and scope.

ix. Draft specifications of Aakash IV (low cost tablet) are published on the website for comments and feedback. Based on comments received, these specifications would be finalized.

x. A Venture Fund for fables design companies is proposed to be set up shortly with Government support. There is need for much more focus on the design side of ESDM. It is our strength and can differentiate India from other countries. We hope to do so in coming months.

Dr. Ajay Kumar

• Opportunities with Taiwan in Electronics • DeitY invites Comments on Aakash IV Specifications ….. contd. from page 2

A proposal for setting up a Taiwan Electronic City, was also received. This City would facilitate setting up of dedicated electronic manufacturing cluster which would enable companies from Taiwan to enter into the India market. It was felt that the said project could be implemented in collaboration with Software Technology Parks of India (STPI). Suitable location is being finalized in consultation with the developer.

At least three confirmed proposals for manufacturing were received during the visit. These companies were looking for joint venture partners for setting up manufacturing facilities in India. Some of the members from the industry in the delegation had separate one-to-one discussions with these companies on possibility of collaboration. Discussions were also held with one of the leading foundries to set up a mechanism which would help start ups and fabless companies to have their chips fabricated in the said foundry. CDAC has been requested to take the discussions further and come up with proposals for the consideration of the Government.

Discussions for institutional collaboration were held with Mr. Yuen-Chuan Chao, President and CEO, Taiwan External Trade Council (TAITRA). Among other things, TAITRA has agreed in-principle to have the Electronics eNewsletter translated into Mandarin language and circulated amongst its members. An MoU is also being discussed for signing between TAITRA and DeitY.

Discussions were also held with the leadership of Taiwan Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (TEEMA). Mr. Jimmy Ou, Vice Chairman, TEEMA and President Universal Microelectronics, Mr. Francis Tsai, Board Member, TEEMA, David WJ Chen President, Mr. Mark Lee, Chief Investment Officer, Asus and Head of India Economic and Trade Committee TEEMA, Mr. Earnest Lin, Vice Chairman, Tatung, Ms Cindy Chen, Vice President, TEEMA, Mr. Arnold Su, India Head of Asus, among others participated. TEEMA has formed an India Committee to especially focus on the India opportunities. Discussions were also held with Institute of Information Industry (III) Dr. Gary Gong, Executive Vice President, Mr. Stanley Wang, Deputy Director General and Mr. Sam Shen, Senior Director. The possibility of setting up of an India Taiwan Promotion Platform was discussed and III agreed to send a proposal in this regard.

The visit highlighted need for continued interaction both at B2B and G2B level to reduce the barriers amongst Taiwanese companies to enter into Indian market. Industry associations like ICA, MAIT and ELCINA and Government organizations like STPI and CDAC have significant follow up role to continue the dialogue and take the potential leads to actual collaboration/investment. Companies looking to partner with Taiwanese companies as joint venture or for technology collaboration may write to DeitY. For more information write to Mr. Deepak Sharma, Additional Director, DeitY (Email: [email protected]).

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Electronics e-Newsletter, Room No. 2280, Department of Electronics and Information Technology

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, New Delhi 110003

DeitY invites Comments for Finalization of Technical Specifications of Aakash IV

DeitY has invited comments from stakeholders for finalization of technical specifications of Aakash IV. The proposed technical specifications of Aakash IV are available on http://mhrd.gov.in and http://deity.gov.in/esdm. Comments, if any, may also be sent at the following e-mail IDs: e-mail IDs: [email protected] and [email protected], on or before July 12, 2013 (17:00 hrs.).

A Sub-Committee of the Committee constituted by DeitY vide Order No.8(195)/2011-IPHW dated December 22, 2011 regarding continuous R&D and timely delivery of ‘Aakash’, has prepared the proposed vendor neutral Technical Specifications of Aakash IV. This inter-alia specify minimum hardware requirements, minimum software requirements, mechanical and environmental specifications, safety and other standards compliance, maintenance and serviceability, other features, contents of tablet package and testing criteria. These specifications have been developed with a view to have a low cost device.

Aakash is a series of Android-based tablet computers produced by an initiative of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. It is a low-cost tablet computer with a 7-inch touch screen. The device was developed as part of the country's aim to link 25,000 colleges and 400 universities in an e-learning program. The cost of basic version for a student was only Rs.1500, which was around USD35. In July 2010, Honorable Minister of Human Resource Development, Sri Kapil Sibal unveiled a prototype of Aakash, which was later given out to 500 college students to collect feedback. The tablet was officially launched as Aakash in New Delhi on 5 October 2011. Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India announced an upgraded second-generation model called Aakash 2 in April 2012. In this series, the new version of Aakash has been named as Aakash IV.

http://deity.gov.in/esdm

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• Nano-Structured Electronics Materials Workshop • TEC (MSIPS) for ATMP constituted

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Electronics e-Newsletter, Room No. 2280, Department of Electronics and Information Technology Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, New Delhi 110003

TEC (MSIPS) for Assembly Testing Marking and Packaging constituted

An ‘Technical Evaluation Committee’ has been formed to evaluate applications received under M-SIPS Scheme for Assembly Testing Marking and Packaging (ATMP) of Logic Microprocessor, Memory, Chip Components, Discrete Semiconductors, Power Semiconductors, LEDs, LCD Fabrication, LCD Glass Substrate products. The members of the Committee are as under:

1. Dr. M. J. Zarabi (former CMD, SCL Ltd.) 2. Prof. Dhrubesh Biswas, IIT Kharagpur 3. Prof. Juzer Vasi, IIT, Mumbai 4. Sh. S.K. Marwaha, Director, DeitY (Co-ordinator) 5. Shri Vivek Sharma, ST Microelectronics 6. Shri Jaswinder Ahuja, Vice President Cadence

DeitY may nominate other experts as necessary to the Technical Evaluation Committee. For further questions in this regard, please contact Mrs Vandana Srivastava, Additional Director, DeitY (Email: [email protected])

Indo-US workshop on Nano-Structured Electronics Materials 2013

The Indo-US Workshop on Nanostructured Electronics Materials: Challenges & Relevance to Electronics and Energy Research (IUSWNM-2013) was organized on March 8, 2013 at Thrissur, on the occasion of the Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology’s (CMET) 23rd Annual day. The event was inaugurated with the presidential address of Shri J. Satyanarayana, Secretary, DeitY, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India through video conferencing. This was followed by the Foundation Day lecture by Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna of the National University of Singapore, Singapore. Prof. Ramakrishna, in his lecture, highlighted the future of nanomaterials science and technology in the context of electronics and energy.

Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna stressed on the importance of pursuing energy research and innovation along with other emerging disciplines such as molecular electronics, ubiquitous and smart sensing, cloud and quantum computing, full cycle analysis and eco-friendly design that will lead to scientific and technological breakthrough. Prof. Renugopalakrishnan, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, Dr. D. P. Amalnerkar, Executive Director, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Pune, India, Dr. Rajiv Sharma, Executive Director, Indo-US S & T Forum and Dr. Gururaj Deshpande, CEO, Sycamore Newworks Solutions, Inc. USA, also spoke in the inaugural function.

ESSCI Governing Council meeting held

ESSCI Governing Council meeting was held on April 19, 2013 at in ELCINA House, New Delhi to discuss the annual work plan and financials. The meeting was presided by Sh. Ajai Chowdhry, Chairman & Founding Member, HCL Infosystems, Dr. Ajay Kumar, Jt. Secretary, DeitY, Sh. P.K. Sandell, Director, NSDC, Sh. Rajoo Goel Secretary General, ELCINA, Sh. Rajiv Jain, VP, IESA, Sh. Anwar Shirpurwala, Executive Director, MAIT, Sh. Suresh Khanna, Secretary General, CEAMA, Sh. Basab Banerjee, Head, Standards and QA, NSDC, Sh. Pradeep Doshi, Sr. VP, ESSCI, Shri Rohit Mehra, VP, ESSCI. Besides other deliberations, it was decided that the training programmes of ESSCI must address all skill gaps for the selected job roles and it should be followed with rigorous criteria for certification such that all the certified workers are employed. It was also decided to spread awareness among companies in ESDM sector, in all segments about the skill development plan of the Council and the benefit of reducing their training cost and time, if they hire the Council certified workers. Portal for On-line Application for Registration under CRS

DeitY had put in place a Portal http://electronicstds.gov.in/CREITG/ for facilitating applications and processes under the Compulsory Registration Scheme. Users are being regularly authenticated and so far 24 users have been enabled and 5 applications have also been filed online for Registration with BIS. A link to the portal is available on the website www.deity.gov.in/esdm.

http://electronicstds.gov.in/CREITG/

• State Level ESDM Workshop for Kerala held • Goods Manufactured in India Excise Free at DFS

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State Level ESDM Workshop for Kerala held at Kochi

Secretary, DeitY addressing the delegates Shri. V. Somasundaran, ACS at the event Dr. Ajay Kumar, JS, DeitY at the event

A State Level Workshop for highlighting opportunities in the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing sector was organized at Kochi on April 30, 2013 by Kerala Bureau of Industrial Promotion (K-BIP) and Electronics Industries Association of India (ELCINA) with support of the Department of Electronics and IT ( DeitY), Government of India. Shri. J. Satyanarayana, Secretary, DeitY, delivered the key-note address and apprised delegates about the key initiatives and focus areas of the National Policy on Electronics 2012.

Shri. V. Somasundaran Additional Chief Secretary (Industries & Commerce), Government of Kerala delivered the Presidential address and stressed on the fact that Kerala had a strong culture of electronics with companies such as Keltron, NeST Group, FCI OEN, OEN India, V-Guard etc. Shri Madhavan Nambiar, Chairman, Investment Promotion Board, Kerala gave the special address and emphasized on the need for R&D and creation of IPR in the country. Dr. Ajay Kumar, Joint Secretary, DeitY gave details about the various incentives being provided by Government of India to promote the sector in the country. Shri. V. Rajagopal, Chief Executive Officer, K-BIP gave the welcome address and explained the objectives and theme of the Conference.

Shri. Subash Goyal, Vice President, ELCINA & MD, Digital Circuits, Bangalore, Shri. K.S. Pradeep Kumar, General Manager, District Industries Centre, Ernakulam, Shri. T.P. Thomaskutty, Executive Director, Kerala State Industrial Devl. Corpn. (KSIDC), Kochi, Shri. Sanjay Vyas, Addl. Director, DeitY, Shri. Akhilesh Saurikhia, Consultant, DeitY, Shri. K. Vijay Kumar Gupta, MD, Kwality Photonics Pvt. Ltd., Shri. Sanjeev Keskar, Chairman, IESA, Shri. S.K. Shelgaonkar, GM, Videocon Industries Ltd., Shri. Rajesh Arakkal, CEO, FCI OEN, Kochi, Smt. M. Padmavathy, GM, OEN India Ltd., Kochi and Shri. Rajoo Goel, Secretary General, ELCINA, New Delhi also spoke at the event.

Goods Manufactured in India allowed for Excise Free Goods on Sale in Duty Free Shops

Central Board of Excise and Customs, Government of India vide notification issued on May 23, 2013 has allowed excise duty-free sale of goods manufactured in India to international passengers or members of crew arriving from abroad at the Duty Free Shops (DFSs) located in the arrival halls of international airports and to passengers going out of India at the DFSs located in the departure halls of international airports in the country. Directions have also been issued to specify the procedure for removal of the goods from the factory of production without payment of duty to godowns or retail outlets of DFSs and related matters.

Passengers or members of crew coming from aboard are entitled to a duty-free baggage allowance subject to the conditions specified in the Baggage Rules, 1998. DFSs located in the arrival halls sell duty-free imported goods. Indigenous goods are also being sold in the arrival halls, but they were not excise duty free. This decision is expected to encourage international travellers to buy electronic goods at DFS in India rather than importing them from abroad. This is expected to provide a significant boost to electronic goods manufactured within the country.

A copy of the notification is available on website www.deity.gov.in/esdm.

• Taiwan to divert 10% of total ICT Investment to India • Amendment to the MSIPS Guidelines

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Taiwan to divert 10% of total ICT Investment to India

Secretary, DeitY speaking at the event Lamp Lighting at the event Shri Tien, Representative, TECC at the event

At ‘India ESDM Conclave’ organized by Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on 11th June, 2013 at New Delhi, Shri Chung-Kwang Tien, Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre (TECC), New Delhi announced to divert 10% of total ICT investment of Taiwan to India.

The inaugural session of the event was graced by Shri J. Satyanarayana, Secretary, DeitY, Shri Susanta Majumdar, Secretary, Department of Information Technology & Electronics, Government of West Bengal, Shri Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, Department of IT & Communication, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Shri J. V. Ramamurthy, President, MAIT and Shri Sang Hwan Kim, Director, Korea Trade Centre (KOTRA), besides others.

Other participants also included Dr. C. Muralikrishna Kumar, Senior Advisor, ICT, Planning Commission, Shri Prabhat Kumar Mishra, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Shri N. K Goyal, President, CMAI Association of India, Shri V.V.R. Sastry, Executive Director, Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), Shri Vinod Yadav, Head, Electronics Hardware Design, Tata Power Company Limited and Dr. Jaijit Bhattacharya, Centre for Excellence in E-Governance, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Shri P.V.G. Menon, President, Indian Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA), Shri Sanjiv Narayan, Managing Director, SGS Tekniks Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd, Shri Rajat Jain, Managing Director, Xerox India Ltd, Shri Shyam Ananth, Head, Marketing, Embedded Product Design Division, TATA ELXSI and Shri Rajesh Verma, Business Head, Electronics, Atotech India Ltd.

Amendment to the MSIPS Guidelines

In partial modification of MSIPS Guidelines dated 07-10-2012, an amendment has been issued by DeitY on May 23, 2013. According to this, Para 2.3 (a) of the MSIPS Guidelines shall be read as,

“ a. Expenditure incurred on land and building required for the project. The total cost of land exceeding 2% of the total capital expenditure on the project shall not be eligible for reckoning of incentives in this regard;”

Thus the cost of building will not be considered in computation of incentives in this regard.

NABCB signed the Multilateral Mutual Recognition Arrangement

National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB), New Delhi, after a successful peer evaluation has signed the Multilateral Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MLA) of the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC) for its accreditation programme for Product Certification Bodies as per ISO Guide 65/1SO 17065. This signifies that the accreditation of product certification bodies by NABCB is now accepted as internationally equivalent within Asia Pacific Region. NABCB, a constituent Board of the Quality Council of India, is the national accreditation body responsible for accreditation of certification inspection bodies as per applicable international standards under an international system.

• Kapil Sibal Encourages States on Electronics • Arrangements in DeitY for extension under CRS

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Kapil Sibal Encourages States to Promote Electronics

Hon’ble MCIT, Shri Kapil Sibal and delegates at the Meeting

Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon'ble Minister for Communications and Information Technology and Law & Justice held a meeting with Ministers and officials of State Governments to enlist their support in the ongoing efforts of Government for promotion of investment in Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) in India at Vigyan Bhawan on May 29,2013. At the meeting, Shri Sibal, emphasized on the importance of the role of the State Governments in creating a pro-investment environment and facilitative availability of land, water, roads and training infrastructure to provide skilled manpower to support manufacturing activities. Appreciating the steps being taken by some of the State Governments, fruitful results of which are now becoming evident, he argued that other State Governments should also consider developing attractive policies for attracting the investment to their states.

Shri J. Satyanarayana, Secretary, DeitY mentioned that a number of initiatives are planned to promote the ESDM in the country. Dr. Ajay Kumar, Joint Secretary, DeitY made a presentation regarding the policy initiatives. Sh. Randeep Singh Surjewala, Minister of Science & Technology, Haryana, Shri P.K Kunhalikutty, Minister IT, Kerala, Shri Pratap Keshari Deb, Minster-IT, Orissa, Shri Jitendra Choudhury, Minister-IT, Tripura, Shri Dinesh Agarwal, Minister-IT, Uttarakhand, Shri Saurabh Patel, Minister of Energy & Petrochemicals, Civil Aviation, Gujarat and Shri N.K. Pradhan, Minister HRD and IT, Sikkim spoke on the occasion. The States welcomed the initiates taken by the Central Government. Several states informed about the initiatives that they had taken and are in process of taking, to promote the investments in electronics in their respective states.

Several industry leaders also participated in the meeting. These included, Shri Anirudh Dhoot, President, CEAMA, Shri J.V Ramamurthy, President, MAIT, Shri Vinod Sharma, Co-Chairman, CII Committee on ICTE, Dr. R. C. Chopra, Senior Director, CII, Shri Sanjeev Keskar, Chairman, IESA, Shri Rajesh Raizada, Electronic Industries Association of India, Shri Pankaj Mohindroo, National President, Indian Cellular Association (ICA), Shri N K Goyal, President, CMAI Association of India, Shri Subhas Punja, Director & Jt. Coordinator , Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED), Sh. Mr. Shyam Sujan, Secretary General, Electric Lamp and Component Manufacturers Association of India, Dr. Arbind Prasad, DG, FICCI and Shri Sanjeev Mathur, President, Smart Card Manufacturers Association.

Special Arrangements in DeitY to respond to requests for extension under Compulsory Registration Order

DeitY has made internal arrangements in an effort to respond to the requests for extension beyond July 3, 2013 to comply with the requirements of the Compulsory Registration Order for electronic goods. A team of officers has been specifically designated for this purpose. Sh. Anil Kumar Chawla, Director, DeitY ([email protected]) has been nominated as the ‘Nodal Officer, ESDM (Standards)- CR Extension’ for the purpose of receiving and processing of applications for extension of date under the Compulsory Registration Order for electronic goods. Smt. Asha Nangia, Additional Director, DeitY, ([email protected]) would serve as the ‘Nodal Officer, ESDM (Standards) - CR Extension’ in absence of Sh. Anil Kumar Chawla, Director, DeitY. Further, Sh. Pravin Shyam Gondane, Sr. Consultant, DeitY ([email protected]), Sh. Manish Vashishtha, Consultant, DeitY ([email protected]) and Ms. Parul Singh, Consultant, DeitY ([email protected]) are nominated as ‘Scrutinizing Officer, ESDM (Standards) - CR Extension’ for scrutinizing applications for extension of date under this order. First such extension was already issued to LG Electronics on 21 June 2013.

• Clarifications regarding Compulsory Registration Order

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DeitY releases Clarifications regarding Compulsory Registration Order, 2012 Govt. of India, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), has mandated Compulsory Registration for 15 electronic items vide ‘Electronics and IT Goods (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012’. Following clarifications were issued DeitY for implementation of this order, vide Circular No. 1 of 2013 dated May 29, 2013. This circular shall apply with immediate effect. Details are as under:

1. Completely faulty units of the notified items sent abroad under provisions of special customs rules and brought back after repairs, shall be treated as exempted from the application of said order.

2. Unless modified specifically by the provisions of said order, goods in a limited quantity (of five numbers) per model manufactured / imported for the purpose of demonstration / development / testing shall stand exempted from the application of said order.

3. Highly Specialized Equipment (HSE) as per the criteria given below shall stand exempted from the application of said Order provided they are manufactured / imported in less than 100 units per model per year-

a. Equipment Powered by Three phase power supply or b. Equipment Powered by Single phase power supply with current rating exceeding 16 Ampere or c. Equipment with dimensions exceeding 1.5 m x 0.8 m or d. Equipment with weight exceeding 80 Kg

4. For the purpose of series approval of the products, the manufacturer shall prepare and define the series in accordance with the guidelines issued by DeitY from time to time and approach any of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) recognized labs for validation. The report of the representative sample then prepared by the lab shall define the series covered. Alternatively, the series may be explained on the manufacturer’s letter head based on the lab test report and validated by any BIS recognized lab and endorsement to the same made by the lab on the document of the manufacturer. The onus of defending the series with BIS shall lie jointly with the manufacturer and the testing lab. Dispute, if any, shall be resolved by the Appropriate Authority After the grant of registration number, subsequent addition to the series shall require manufacturer to justify the coverage of new model in the existing series on his letter head, getting this endorsed from any BIS recognized lab and submitting the same to BIS for acceptance and inclusion in the existing series. BIS, at its discretion, may require new model to be exclusively tested.

5. Until further orders, safety critical components will be accepted based on their: a. Compliance to relevant Indian Standard / IEC standard based on testing, or b. Certification / Testing by any NCB / Test Lab under IECEE - CB scheme or IEC 17025 accredited laboratory, or c. Testing for suitability for applicability within the scope of equipment performed by the BIS Recognized Lab for

the Product Standard. (This may be done as a part of equipment testing.)

6. If any safety critical changes are implemented in the registered product, the changes shall be communicated by the registered manufacturer to BIS. Manufacturer may, if he so wish, get this endorsed from any BIS recognized test lab. Repeat testing, if asked for, shall be carried out by the manufacturer.

7. To provide clarity to the coverage of specific products under the scope of this order, it is stated that – a. The term ‘Telephone Answering machine’ at Sl. No. 10 of the schedule to the said order does not include

EPABXs, PABXs, Fax machines or Voice over IP devices. b. PA Amplifiers with MP3 Playback facility are covered under Electronic Musical System at Sl. No. 11 of the

schedule to the said order. c. Barcode Printers, when sold as stand-alone product would be covered at Srl. No. 7 of the schedule to the said

order. d. Barcode readers, Barcode scanners, Iris scanners and Optical fingerprint scanners, when sold as stand-alone

product would be covered at Srl. No. 8 of the schedule to the said order.

• CII Eastern & Western Councils apprised on ESDM • 50% LEDs to be procured from Dom. Manufrs.

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Top Industrialists in CII Eastern and Western Zonal Councils apprised on opportunities in Electronics

Tapan Mitra, Past Chairman, CII Eastern Region, Sh. Sandipan Chakravortty, Managing Director, Tata Steel Processing & Distribution Ltd. Some of the industry captains in the Mumbai meeting were Sh. Chetan M Tamboli, Deputy Chairman, Western Region and Chairman, CII Membership Sub-Committee., Sh. Jamshyd N Godrej, Past President, Sh. Gaurav N Nanavaty, Past Chairman, Western Region, Sh. Ashok V Chowgule, Past Chairman, Western Region, Sh. Sudhir M Trehan, Past Chairman, Western Region, Sh. Arun Nanda, Past Chairman, Western Region, Sh. Suketu V Shah, Past Chairman, Western Region, Sh. Arvind R Doshi, Past Chairman, Western Region, Sh. Pradeep Mallick, Past Chairman, Western Region, Sh. Jalaj Dani, Asian Paints Ltd., Sh. Tushar Jani, Blue Sea Shipping Agency Pvt Ltd., Sh. Satish Jamdar, Blue Star Ltd., Sh. Rajiv Batra, Cummins India Ltd., Sh. Naishadh Parikh, Equinox Solutions Ltd., Sh. Nadir Godrej, Godrej Industries Ltd., Dr Ganesh Natarajan, Zensar Technologies Ltd ., participated in the meeting held on May 31, 2013.

Delegates at the dais at the meeting held at Kolkata

Dr. Ajay Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY) interacted with the members of the CII Eastern Regional Council on May 24, 2013 at Kolkata and CII Western Regional Council on May 31, 2013 at Mumbai. Dr. Kumar briefed the participants about incentives available for investments in ESDM sector and various provisions of National Policy on Electronics (NPE). Over 50 top industry leaders participated in the meeting. Some of these who participated in the Kolkata meeting were Sh. Sudhir Deoras, Chairman, CII Eastern Region & MD, TRF Ltd., Sh. Viresh Oberoi, Deputy Chairman, CII Eastern Region & Managing Director, mjunction services Ltd., Sh.

50% of LEDs to be procured from Domestic Manufacturers

DeitY has notified LED Products under the Policy for providing preference to domestically manufactured electronic goods. As per the notification issued by DeitY on May 7, 2013 50% of the LED Products procured by Central Government Departments and their agencies shall be from domestic manufacturers, subject to the domestic products matching L1 and technical requirements. The notification comes into effect immediately. In addition, DeitY has also separately addressed all Secretaries of Central Ministries/Departments to give effect to this order immediately. DeitY has notified LED products as it cut across sectors and this has been classified as generic electronic products in terms of the aforesaid policy. For the purpose of this Notification, LED products are those whose function is to utilize light produced by LEDs and spanning applications in the areas of, (i) Illumination, (ii) Optical Displays including True LED TVs, (iii) Backlighting, (iv) Signalling & Indication and (v) Transportation.

As per the said notification, for the LED Products to qualify as domestically manufactured, 50% of the value addition should be domestic in Year 1. The domestic value addition for Year 2 onwards shall automatically increase by 5 in terms of Policy referred to as above. The Year 1 for the purpose of this notification would be up to 31.3.2014. The notifications are also available at DeitY website www.deity.gov.in. The implementation of this notification will be based on overall policy approved in this regard on February 10, 2012. DeitY is the nodal Department to oversee implementation of the policy.

This is the fifth notification on products notified by DeitY under policy for Preference to Domestically Manufactured Electronic Products due to security considerations in Government procurement. Earlier Desktop PC and Dot matrix printers, Tablet PC, Laptop PC and Smart Cards have been notified by DeitY under the policy.

Industry is welcome to bring to the notice of the Department any incidence of non-implementation of the said notification by the procuring Central Ministries/Departments. For further details contact Shri S. K. Marwah, Director, DeitY (Email: [email protected]).

• Status of EMC Applications as on 30.6.2013 • Status of Workload of Labs Under CRS

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Status of EMC Applications as on 30.6.2013

The status of applications received for Greenfield Electronic Manufacturing Clusters is as follows:

Applicant Location of Cluster Proposed Area (Acres)

Estimated Cost (INR Crores)

Status

Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd.

e-city Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (AP)

602.36 580.00 In advanced stage of appraisal

Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd.

Maheshwaram, AP 310.15 360.00 In advanced stage of appraisal

Raaga Mayuri Builders Pvt Ltd

Puttandoddi Village Dist. Mehboob Nagar, AP

125 125.00 Appraisal yet to start

Raaga Mayuri Builders Pvt Ltd

Pydi Bhimavaram Dist. Srikakulam, AP

50 70.00 Application is not being followed up

GMR Infrastructure Ltd Hosur, Tamil Nadu 527.08 801.00 In advanced stage of appraisal

ELCINA, Electronics Manufacturing Cluster Pvt. Ltd

Bhiwadi, Rajasthan

100.70 198.64 Under Initial appraisal

MPSEDC Bhopal 50 21.61 Under Initial appraisal

Govt of Madhya Pradesh Gwalior 50 NA Letter of Intent received

Govt of Madhya Pradesh Indore 100 NA Letter of Intent received

Govt of Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur 40 NA Letter of Intent received

Govt of West Bengal Naihati 70 NA Letter of Intent received

Govt of West Bengal Falta 42 NA Letter of Intent received

For more information, please contact Nodal Officer, EMC Scheme. Shri Rajneesh Agrawal, Director DeitY (Email: [email protected]) or Shri Sanjay Koul, AD, DeitY (Email: [email protected])

Status of Workload of Labs Under CRS to be available on deity.gov.in

A status report of workload of labs under Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) is available on DeitY’s website, www.deity.gov.in/esdm, after consolidating data from all BIS recognised labs in CRS. It is titled, on ‘Weekly Status of Workload of Labs Under CRS‘. The availability of this data in public domain will bring greater transparency on the time that a laboratory may take to finish a job. According to the status as reported by the laboratories by May 24, 2013, the workload is as follows.

Name of Lab Monthly Capacity (Jobs)

Existing Load (Jobs)

Total Reports released under CRS so far

Electronic Regional Test Laboratory (North) 35 159 69

Electronic Regional Test Laboratory (East) 35 4 0

Electronics Regional Test Laboratory (West) 35 158 72

ETDC (Bangalore) 35 109 51

UL India Pvt Ltd. Bangalore 200 175 236

TUV Rheinland (India) Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore 80 40 345

Intertek India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi 20 34 25

Conformity Testing Labs Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi 50 83 16

Bharat Test House Pvt. Ltd. Sonepat 200 0 0

Disclaimer: The data presented is based on the inputs volunteered by the respective labs. The data is dynamic in nature.

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• Working Group on Electronics Materials & Components • Indian Exports of HS Code 90185090

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Working Group on Electronics Materials & Components

The Working Group on Electronics Materials & Components Development has been reconstituted at Department of Electronics & Information Technology, with Prof. T R N Kutty, Emeritus Scientist, IISc, Bangalore as Chairman and Dr. Sandip Chatterjee, Set. 'E'. DeitY as Member Secretary. Dr. V Raghupathi, Scientist G, DST, New Delhi, Dr. V Shanker, Scientist G, NPL, New Delhi, Dr. D. P. Amalnerkar, ED, C-MET, Pune, Prof. D K Pandya, IIT, Delhi, Prof. Sandeep Kumar, Associate, RRI, Bangalore, Shri K Vijay Kr. Gupta, MD, Kwality Photonics Ltd., Hyderabad, Dr. Giriraj Nyati, Moser Baer India Ltd, Greater Noida, Dr. P Parthasarthy, E-Parisaraa, Bangalore, Dr. (Mrs.) Niloufer Shroff, Sct.'G' & HOD, DeitY are other members. Group Coordinator (R&D in Electronics Group), DeitY is be a permanent invitee. The Terms of Reference of the Group would be:

To review the National and International status and trends for electronic materials & component and to work out vision and action plan.

To interact with various agencies so as to evolve, process and recommend specific project proposals in gap areas for consideration and financial support by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology.

To identify the thrust areas and develop an R&D Plan for the specific sector.

To identify R&D projects/ programmes in the thrust areas and the institutions that has the capability and infrastructure to carry out the projects.

To evaluate R&D project proposals received and to recommend DeitY's support association of industry/users etc.

To periodically review the on-going projects through Monitoring Committees and recommend any modifications in scope, funding duration, additional inputs, termination, transfer of technology etc.

To examine and recommend specific link-ups between R&D on the one hand and manufacture on the other.

To recommend follow-up action on completed projects (initiation or next phase, Transfer of Technology, etc.).

To carry out studies relating to technology trends world-wide, R&D) needs of the industry for domestic and export markets and related Socio-Economic issues, etc. and to recommend appropriate initiatives.

The tenure of the Working Group would be up to Sept. 2015 and the Working Group will meet as often as needed. The Chairman of the Working Group would have the option to invite/co-opt other experts to attend specific meeting of the Working Group/Sub-Groups or set up specialist group in order to assist in the assessment/review of the project proposal(s) or developing/studying certain areas for evolving plan-of-action. This is to be approved by DeitY. The Working Group on Electronics Materials & Components was initially constituted in 1999 to recommend the projects for funding in the identified thrust areas. The Working Group was re-constituted after the expiry of two years' tenure in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009 and 2011. This Working Group has now been reconstituted.

Indian Exports of (HS Code 90185090)

Top 5 destinations for OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT & APPLIANCES (Units)

2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010

U S A U S A GERMANY

RUSSIA U K UAE

PHILIPPINES TURKEY FRANCE

FRANCE RUSSIA U K

GERMANY MALAYSIA U S A

2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013

SINGAPORE RUSSIA RUSSIA

GERMANY U S A U S A

U S A GERMANY NIGERIA

SWITZERLAND U K U K

RUSSIA BANGLADESH GERMANY

(Value in US$ Million)

First Registration under Compulsory Registration Scheme issued

Under ‘Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) order, 2012’, first registration was granted by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to M/s Samsung Electronics Shandong Digital Printing Co. Ltd, China for 'printers' on June 13, 2013.

This is a historic day which marks the kickoff of a standards regime for electronics goods in the country. Samsung has the distinction of having got the first registration. Congratulations to them!

Published by: Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

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e-NEWSLETTER …. For Electronics System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM)

Sector

• Process of Interim Extensions under CRS Enabled • Indian Imports of(HS Code 90185090)

Indian Imports of (HS Code 90185090)

Top 5 destinations for OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT &

APPLIANCES (Units)

2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010

U S A GERMANY U S A

GERMANY U S A GERMANY

JAPAN JAPAN JAPAN

SWITZERL. SWITZERL. SWITZERL.

KOREA RP CHINA CHINA

2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013

GERMANY U S A U S A

U S A GERMANY GERMANY

JAPAN JAPAN JAPAN

CHINA P RP CHINA P RP CHINA P RP

SWITZERLAND SWITZERLAND SINGAPORE

(Value in US$ Million)

Process of Interim Extensions under CRS Enabled

Attention is invited to all manufacturers and importers of electronic products covered under the ‘Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012’ that the said order comes into effect on 3rd July 2013. The said order mandates compliance to Indian Safety Standards for 15 notified categories of electronic goods.

Considering that some manufacturers and importers have yet not received registration numbers from Bureau of Indian Standards, the Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY) has put in place an interim mechanism vide Gazette notification No. 714 dated 22.3.2013. According to the said notification, DeitY shall provide provisional clearance to the manufacturers and importers to sell goods and to obtain registration for a period of three months beyond July 3, 2013. A copy of the said extension order is available on website www.deity.gov.in/esdm.

DeitY has accordingly put in place a system for granting provisional clearances for units which have not obtained their registration. The application forms and related documents for seeking provisional clearance are available at www.deity.gov.in/esdm. The applications have to be made to Nodal Officer (Standards – Extension), at DeitY in terms of the aforesaid notification. All manufacturers and importers are requested to make their applications at the earliest to avoid any difficulty in getting their products sold in the market.

Editorial Board

Chief Editor : Dr. Ajay Kumar, Jt. Secretary, DeitY Editor : Sh. Akhilesh Saurikhia, Consultant Member : Dr. Debashis Dutta, GC, DeitY Member : Sh. Akhila Chandra Jha, DDG, DGFT Member : Sh. G. Prasad, Scientist E, MNRE Member : Sh. S.K. Marwaha, Addl. Dir., DeitY Member : Dr. R. C. Chopra, Sr. Advisor, CII

For detailed information on Government of India policies, please visit

ESDM page on

www.deity.gov.in

Status of MSIPS Applications

The applications received under MSIPS and the status (as on 31.5.2013) is as under (application amount in INR Crores): # Sector Amount Status

1 Consumer Electronics and Appliances

448.5 Required information awaited from the applicant in two cases and Appraisal underway for the third application.

2 Hand held devices 406.00 Recommended by Appraisal Committee.

3 Telecom Products 1769.00 Appraisal underway.

4 LEDs and LED Products 309.77 One application is recommended by the Appraisal Committee (AC) and Appraisal is underway for rest of three.

5 Electronic Components 43 Appraisal underway for all three applications

6 Automotive Electronics 608 One application is recommended by AC; Appraisal is underway for another one.

7 Power Electronics 36.88 Appraisal underway

8 Strategic Electronics 209.00 Appraisal underway

9 ATMP - Semiconductor 750.00 Appraisal underway

Total 4580.15

Total No. of applications received is 17 for a Total investment involving 4580.15 Crores in the ESDM sector in India.

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