The BJP-led government in Maharashtra is betting big on the electronic system design & manufacturing (ESDM) policy to develop the state as an electronics hub with an annual turnover $12 billion by 2020.

The policy, released today at the Make In India week function, plans to increase the ESDM sector’s exports to $2 billion and create additional employment for one lakh people by 2020. Even before the formal release of the ESDP policy, the government has already signed an MoU with Twinstar Display Technologies, promoted by Volcan Investments, to set up a LCD manufacturing ...