Karnataka Accounts for Three-Fourths of India’s Electronics Hardware Exports

India’s Electronics Hardware Technology Park (EHTP) Scheme is gaining traction as the country strengthens its export-oriented electronics manufacturing ecosystem, with the number of EHTP units rising from 70 in FY2023-24 to 73 in FY2024-25 and 79 in FY2025-26. Exports from these units stood at ₹9,677.98 crore, ₹11,442.66 crore and an estimated ₹11,101.81 crore, respectively, according to information provided by Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Jitin Prasada in the Lok Sabha on August 12, 2026.

The EHTP Scheme is a 100% export-oriented framework aimed specifically at promoting electronic hardware exports. STPI provides statutory services through a single-window clearance system, while the scheme itself has no fund allocation. Eligible units receive benefits under the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, including duty-free import or procurement of capital goods, raw materials, components, consumables and spares, along with permitted Domestic Tariff Area sales and simplified customs procedures.

Karnataka remains the dominant EHTP hub, with 34 units generating estimated exports of ₹8,328.98 crore in FY2025-26, followed by Maharashtra with six units and ₹1,165.54 crore and Uttar Pradesh with seven units and ₹900.41 crore. Tamil Nadu had 14 units and ₹314.62 crore, while Haryana recorded four units and ₹270.88 crore. Karnataka alone accounted for roughly three-fourths of EHTP exports in FY26. Other FY26 figures included Goa ₹37.19 crore, Gujarat ₹6.38 crore, Kerala ₹15.75 crore, Odisha nil, Punjab ₹0.20 crore, Rajasthan ₹46.73 crore, Telangana ₹2.58 crore, Delhi ₹12.55 crore and West Bengal nil.

The government has sought to improve the scheme through digital automation of statutory services, blanket import permissions replacing case-by-case approvals, stakeholder consultations, awareness programmes and industry outreach. These measures are aimed at reducing administrative delays and encouraging new investment.

The EHTP expansion is part of a much larger electronics transformation. India’s electronics production rose from ₹1.90 lakh crore in FY2014-15 to an estimated ₹13.11 lakh crore in FY2025-26, while electronics exports jumped from ₹38,263 crore to ₹4.24 lakh crore. Domestic value addition also increased from 15% to 23%, reflecting deeper localisation.

Key drivers include PLI incentives, global supply-chain diversification, mobile-phone manufacturing, component localisation, semiconductor investments and electronics manufacturing clusters. Mobile-phone production reached ₹6.27 lakh crore and exports ₹2.60 lakh crore in FY26, making mobile manufacturing a major engine of electronics exports.

The government is now pushing deeper localisation through initiatives such as PLI 2.0 for IT hardware, the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme and the India Semiconductor Mission. The broader policy objective is to move India beyond assembly, expand domestic value addition and establish the country as a competitive global electronics manufacturing and export hub.

Importantly, the ₹11,101.81-crore EHTP export figure should not be confused with India’s total electronics exports or IT-services exports. It represents exports generated by units operating under the specialised EHTP framework, which forms one component of India’s rapidly expanding electronics manufacturing ecosystem.