Indian Infrastructures and Capabilities
The project involves the design, engineering, supply, erection, testing, pre-commissioning, trial-run operations, operator training, demonstration of performance guarantees, supply of spares and final handover of the complete Air Separation Unit.
Micronex plans to manufacture semiconductor packaging lead frames using high-speed progressive stamping along with in-house silver-spot and nickel-plating capabilities. The company is targeting an initial annual production capacity of around 500 million lead frames, equivalent to 50 crore units.
The expansion is aimed at strengthening India’s domestic capability to test and certify electric vehicles, EV batteries, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, heavy commercial vehicles, powertrains and modern automotive safety technologies.
Sintered neodymium-iron-boron, or NdFeB, magnets are among the strongest commercially available permanent magnets and are widely used where high magnetic performance is required in compact systems.
For Indian Railways, the significance of the programme lies as much in technology development as in immediate fuel savings. Experience with LNG propulsion can help build domestic capability in fuel storage, engine conversion, safety systems and control technologies that may later find applications elsewhere in the transport sector.
Fujiyama already has a substantial manufacturing presence at Ratlam. The company operates around 2 GW of solar-module capacity there as part of a wider manufacturing network that totals about 3.6 GW across Ratlam, Dadri and Noida.
The Kandla e-methanol plant will eventually have a production capacity of 150 tonnes per day. It will use renewable electricity, water and biogenic carbon dioxide as key inputs, with green hydrogen forming an important part of the production chain.
Assam remains one of India’s most important producing regions and continues to generate new discoveries. Oil India reported an oil discovery at Mechaki-6 and a gas discovery at Mechaki-7, while hydrocarbon presence was also established at Kobochapori-1.
The pilot project is designed to make better use of solar electricity generated at the Manesar plant. The green hydrogen produced through electrolysis will be blended with natural gas and used as process fuel within manufacturing operations.
Speaking in Madhya Pradesh, Gadkari said thousands of similar projects are being taken up across the country as the government promotes Bio-CNG, ethanol, electric mobility and hydrogen as part of a broader shift towards cleaner transport and domestic energy production.
