India, July 25 -- The Centre will be reportedly extending the application deadline for the INR 22,919 Cr electronics component manufacturing scheme (ECMS) beyond July 31.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) will be extending thedeadline of the scheme for a 'few days' on the back of healthy responses from the industry,ET reported, citing a ministry official.

The three-month application window has already seen multiple applications, the official added.

The decision to extend the deadline was finalised after companies raised the request.

ECMS was introduced in March earlier this year, to focus on non semiconductor electronics components.

The scheme's tenure is set for a period of six years until FY2031-32, whi...