Central Government to set up 18 electronics manufacturing clusters

Q.  Central government plans to set up how many electronic manufacturing clusters in 400 towns and cities?
- Published on 13 Jan 17

a. 18
b. 19
c. 20
d. 21

ANSWER: 18
 
Central Government to set up 18 electronics manufacturing clustersCentre plans to set up 18 electronics manufacturing clusters in 400 towns and cities. India's electronic manufacturing market will be worth USD 400 billion by 2020 according to some estimates.

Government is focusing on domestic production of technology products, according to Union Minister for Communications, Ravi Shankar Prasad at the Pravasi Haryana Divas 2017.

Digital payment infrastructure and service is set to be a rising industry. Haryana has a lot of potential and possibilities for innovation in the field of digital payment, internet, AI, digital education and cybersecurity.

Considerable potential is there for small and medium level enterprises to grow.

About 42 mobile phone manufacturing companies and 30 component factories have been established in the country.

India has close to 105 crore mobile phones , 10 crore Aadhaar cards, 500 billion internet connections and 350 billion smartphones.

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