Govt approves one more electronics cluster for Tamil Nadu

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the Centre has recently issued its approval to establish one more electronics cluster in Tamil Nadu taking the overall electronics cluster planned in the state to three. The Union government has been giving major thrust in areas like mobile phone manufacturing, laptop and server manufacturing in Tamil Nadu. However, the Minister did not declare the investment details of how much would be required to establish the third electronics cluster in the State.

"I am very happy to share with you that many of these new projects in mobile phone, laptop and server manufacturing are now getting set up in Tamil Nadu and our Prime Minister's vision of making Tamil Nadu as one of the major manufacturing hubs for electronics is now getting realized," he said through a video conference facility at an event held at the IIT Madras.

"One more electronics manufacturing cluster has been approved (by the Centre) recently and I hope to see its construction very soon. That is the way, we are hoping that Tamil Nadu will get the most modern amenities," he said.

On the railways front, Vaishnaw said that Tamil Nadu is set to become a wheel manufacturing hub for trains in the country. The state has already become a hub for manufacturing Vande Bharat range of trains.

"As you know, in the locomotives and in high speed trains, very high strength wheels are required. They are all now getting manufactured at a factory near Chennai. Again Railways has fully supported that factory so that way Tamil Nadu will become the hub for wheel manufacturing also," he said.