India announced four consolidated labour codes from 21 November 2025, marking one of the biggest overhauls of its labour regulations since Independence. The Code on Wages (2019), Industrial Relations Code (2020), Code on Social Security (2020), and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (2020) will replace 29 central labour laws, many of which date back several decades
India's traditional PC market, encompassing desktops, notebooks, and workstations, experienced a robust 10.1% year-over-year increase in shipments during the third quarter of 2025, totaling 4.9 million units. This figure represents the highest quarterly shipment volume on record, exceeding the previous milestone of 4.5 million units set in the third quarter of 2024, according to IDC data
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has entered a strategic partnership with global investment firm TPG to expand its AI data center business, HyperVault, at a time when global interest in India's AI infrastructure market is accelerating
South Korea's SK Hynix is reportedly considering establishing a memory chip assembly and testing (ATMP) facility in India. However, the company's recent public announcement of investment plans did not mention any facility in India, leaving the potential entry unconfirmed
India's efforts to build large language models (LLMs) for its diverse linguistic landscape are accelerating, driven by community-led data collection, academic research, and government-backed AI initiatives. With more than 1,600 languages and dialects spoken across the country, developers say the lack of high-quality digital data — especially for low-resource languages — is one of the biggest obstacles to creating AI systems that work for Indian users
India has renewed its push to become a global semiconductor hub, setting an ambitious target to match the manufacturing capabilities of leading producers by 2032. Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the country expects to reach a "level playing field" with major chipmaking nations within the next decade, as New Delhi accelerates investment to build domestic capacity. "By 2031–2032, we will be equivalent to what many of these countries are at today," he told Bloomberg's New Economy Forum in Singapore
Fujifilm will build a semiconductor materials plant in India for regional exports; Ziroh Labs promotes CPU-first AI compute; India approves 17 ECMS projects worth US$810 million to expand component manufacturing
Bengaluru-based electronics brand Wobble has debuted its first smartphone, the Wobble One, marking its entry into India's competitive mid-range smartphone market. The "Made in India" device focuses on performance, battery life, and camera capabilities while complementing Wobble's existing Smart TV and consumer electronics lineup, according to Business Today, Gadget 360, and the Indian Express
Fujifilm President Teiichi Goto announced on November 14, 2025, in Tokyo that the company plans to establish a semiconductor materials manufacturing facility in India. The factory is intended to supply the domestic market and serve neighboring countries, positioning India as a strategic production hub for the company's semiconductor business
India's Ziroh Labs is positioning its Kompact AI runtime as a homegrown alternative to GPU-based AI compute, arguing that enterprise AI adoption in emerging markets will hinge as much on energy availability and hardware sovereignty as on model quality
India has approved a second tranche of 17 projects under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), authorizing investments worth INR71.72 billion (US$810 million) and projected production of INR651.11 billion. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said the new approvals are expected to create 11,808 direct jobs and further expand domestic component manufacturing capacity. This follows an earlier set of seven applications worth INR55.32 billion cleared in the previous phase
Tata Electronics has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kohima unit of the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) to collaborate on semiconductor-related skilling initiatives. The agreement focuses on training for assembly, testing, marking, and packaging (ATMP), aiming to expand the talent pipeline for India's semiconductor sector
Some of India's export-oriented green hydrogen projects are expected to face delays due to global policy uncertainties, potentially pushing the country's clean fuel production target beyond its original timeline, according to a senior government official who spoke on November 11, 2025
India-based EMS provider Syrma SGS is investing INR15.95 billion (approx. US$180 million) to set up a plant near Naidupeta, Andhra Pradesh. The facility is expected to create over 2,100 high-skill jobs and strengthen domestic PCB production, while the company also plans to produce laptop motherboards locally to increase value addition and qualify for government incentives, according to The New Indian Express
Tata Power plans to establish India's largest solar wafer and ingot manufacturing facility with a capacity of 10GW, CEO and managing director Praveer Sinha said on November 11, 2025. The move will mark the company's entry into the upstream segment of the solar value chain, completing its presence across the entire manufacturing ecosystem