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Sriperumbudur near Chennai should be earmarked as an electronic cluster area, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has suggested to the Government.
For a region to be identified as brownfield cluster, at least 30 per cent of the region’s turnover should come from manufacturing, FICCI said in a letter to the Department of Information Technology.
A brownfield cluster is an industrial zone that is rebuilt or renovated out of an existing structure.
In its suggestions on the Electronics Manufacturing Policy, the chamber said the Rs 1,000-crore minimum annual turnover threshold (as envisaged by the Government) for identifying brownfield electronic clusters, should be brought down to Rs 200 crore so that more regions can be accommodated under the policy.
“Similarly, there should be flexibility in terms of minimum number of units within a cluster. Also, the number of units should be related to area. Otherwise, it may be technically possible to apply for the scheme with 10 units dispersed over a large area, even if contiguous,” FICCI said.
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