Union Railways and Electronics & IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw recently posted on social media platform X a new laptop that is both "Designed" and "Made in India."
The move is part of the government's overall initiative to increase domestic electronics production under the 'Make in India' campaign.
The video showcased India's increasing strength in hardware development and technological innovation.
"Made in India" and "Designed in India," Vaishnaw said in his post.
The video also included Puneet Agarwal, CEO at VVDN Technologies, who gave a walkthrough of the entire laptop manufacturing process, both hardware and software.
VVDN Technologies, a top-ranked electronics manufacturing and product engineering company, offers end-to-end product development, ranging from first-stage design and prototyping to large-scale production.
Agarwal elaborated on the critical elements that constitute the laptop, such as the motherboard, graphics, PCR, and other technical details.
The video further provided a glimpse into the factory where the laptop is being manufactured according to international industry standards. Still, the brand name of the laptop is not disclosed.
This project is an important move towards India's objective of attaining self-reliance in technology and manufacturing, promoting more locally designed, developed, and manufactured products.
The Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme, under which financial incentives are given to firms making domestic manufacturing investments, has been a major growth driver in the electronics segment.
The government last month announced that the PLI 2.0 for IT hardware scheme had already resulted in Rs 10,000 crore worth of production and the generation of 3,900 jobs in just 18 months since its launch.
India's domestic electronics production has grown vastly over the last ten years with the overall output growing from Rs 2.4 lakh crore in 2014 to Rs 9.8 lakh crore in 2024.
Domestic mobile production has also progressed very well with 98% of mobiles consumed in India currently being domestically manufactured. Smartphones have even become the fourth-largest export product in the nation.
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