Two more electronics manufacturing clusters would be established in Tamil Nadu at Pillaipakkam in Kancheepuram and Manalur in Tiruvallur at a cost of ₹1,112 crore.
Electronics goods have become the second-largest export item in the country.
Almost 36% of all electronics exports from India has been from Tamil Nadu — almost entirely from this zone [Sriperumbudur].
Also, Tamil Nadu was home to the largest beneficiaries of the electronics PLI (the Production Linked Incentive) scheme.