Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launches India's first lithium-ion battery plant in Haryana

Whether it is camera modules, PCB assembly, semiconductors or batteries—every component will be manufactured in India over the coming years, said electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday while inaugurating an advanced lithium-ion battery plant in Haryana that is set to meet 40% of India's annual domestic requirement.

“The arrival of such advanced technology in India is a major milestone for our self-reliance in electronics," Vaishnaw said at the inauguration of TDK Corporation's facility in Sohna. Vaishnaw said it will manufacture 20 crore battery packs annually. India requires 50 crore cell packs every year.

With the launch of the facility, lithium-ion batteries used in mobile phones, wearables, hearables such as watches, earbuds, AirPods, and laptops will be manufactured domestically. The plant is also set to create 5,000 jobs.


The factory has been established under the Centre's Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) scheme. TDK is an electronic components manufacturer operating more than 250 manufacturing, research and development (R&D), and sales sites in over 30 countries and regions worldwide.

Set up with an investment of around Rs 3,000 crore, the factory will begin initial production in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2025 and gradually scale up to hit the 20 crore battery production target.

Semicon India

The government aims to increasingly raise domestic value addition in India's electronic manufacturing, and the semiconductor push is key to this, Amitesh Kumar Sinha, CEO of India Semiconductor Mission and additional secretary at the ministry of electronics and information technology said on Thursday.

Speaking at the closing session of the Semicon India summit here, Sinha said the next stage of value addition will come from semiconductors. "We are leading programmes for designing, fabrication and packaging of semiconductors. The value addition will be around 15-35% depending upon the complexity of the electronic device," he said.

The government will work on increasingly placing chips manufactured in India in products across categories, he said.

Semicon India saw a footfall of 30,000 visitors and industry participation from 48 countries and 350 companies, who exhibited across 1,300 booths, Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (Semi), said. Semi organises Semicon summits in seven other countries.

Manocha said Semicon West (US) and Semicon China took 12-14 years to attain the size of India's latest Semicon Summit. The third edition of Semicon India will be held on September 16-18, 2026.