Electronics in india

Just under 25 years ago the electronics industry in India merely consisted of a stock of a quarter of million domestic radio receivers, an annual output of 4000 such receivers, half a dozen low- and medium-power transmitting stations, and a telecommunication system catering almost exclusively 83000 telephones. From this rather unhappy state, the country has made enormous progress in the manufacture of communication equipment, test instruments, radio receivers and other consumer products, transmitters, industrial process control, railway signalling and computer and data processing equipment, nuclear and medical instruments. This paper describes the historical development of the electronics industry in India to its present state and outlines the trends for its future growth.