Chennai, March 15 -- Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday thanked the states for success of the electronic industry, adding that it has become the second largest export item in the country.

Speaking in Chennai during the inauguration of Zetwerk Electronics, the Union IT and Electronics Minister said, "You will be very happy to know that Electronics has become the second largest export item in the country, overtaking many conventional industries which had developed export over decades. And just see within one decade, electronics has become the second largest and this was possible primarily because of a very clear thinking and which focused execution."

The Union Minister attributed this achievement to the cooperation from state gov...