Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announces India clocks record $47 bn electronics exports in 2025

Exam-focused facts from the 20 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

India achieved a record $47 billion (₹4.15 lakh crore) in electronics exports in 2025.
Nearly $30 billion of total exports came from PLI-driven smartphone manufacturing.
Electronics has emerged as the country’s third-largest export category.
Domestic electronics production surged six-fold from ₹1.9 lakh crore in 2014–15 to ₹11.3 lakh crore in 2024–25.
Electronics exports have grown 11 times since 2014–15.
The sector has created around 25 lakh new jobs.