New Delhi, May 9 -- Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat are developing specialised incentive programs to attract large-scale electronics component manufacturers, joining several states competing for investments following the Central Government's Rs 23,000 crore Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS).

Gujarat, which has emerged as a hub for electronics and semiconductor manufacturing with projects from Micron, CG Power, and Tata Electronics in various stages of development, has advanced in its policy formulation efforts.

"We have submitted a draft policy for incentivising electronic component manufacturing in Gujarat for final consideration," confirmed Mona Khandhar, Principal Secretary, Science and Technology, Gujarat, though she noted...