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₹62,500 Crore, 60,000 Naukri: MPMS Scheme Ka Asli Math — Ek Job Pe ₹1 Crore?

BY: CJP EDITOR25 JUL 2026 7 MIN READ
₹62,500 Crore, 60,000 Naukri: MPMS Scheme Ka Asli Math — Ek Job Pe ₹1 Crore?

NEET aur Jantar Mantar ki khabron ke beech ek badi economic news thodi dab gayi. 15 July 2026 ko Union Cabinet ne **Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS)** approve kiya — **₹62,500 crore** ka outlay, 5 saal ke liye (FY 2026-27 se FY 2030-31 tak).

Headlines mein do numbers chale: **60,000 direct jobs** aur **₹39 lakh crore** ki cumulative production. Dono sarkar ke apne projections hain (PIB press release).

CJP ka kaam nara lagana nahi hai — calculator chalana hai. To chalate hain.

Scheme mein hai kya

Ye PLI-LSEM (Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing) ki jagah aayi hai — uska tenure 31 March 2026 ko khatam ho gaya tha.

**Incentive kaise milta hai:** eligible sales pe **2.25% se 5%** tak, differentiated rates pe. Yaani jitna bechoge, uska ek percentage sarkar wapas degi.

**Ek extra bonus:** upar se **1.5% tak additional**, agar key components aur sub-assemblies India se source kiye jaayein.

Ye doosra point actually scheme ka sabse samajhdaar hissa hai — kyunki 'Made in India' phone ka matlab abhi tak zyadatar 'assembled in India' raha hai. Parts bahar se aate hain, screwdriver yahan chalta hai. Extra 1.5% ka maqsad wahi badalna hai: **value addition India mein badhe.**

Ab math

Saare numbers sarkar ke apne hain. Division humne kiya hai:

**₹62,500 crore ÷ 60,000 direct jobs = lagbhag ₹1.04 crore per job.**

Padh ke jhatka lagta hai. Ek naukri ke peeche ek crore se zyada ka public outlay.

**₹62,500 crore ÷ ₹39,00,000 crore production = lagbhag 1.6%.**

Yaani expected production ka sirf 1.6% sarkar incentive mein de rahi hai — jabki headline rate 2.25%–5% tha. Farq kyun? Kyunki incentive **eligible sales** pe milta hai, poori production pe nahi. Har rupee ki bikri pe subsidy nahi milti.

**Per year:** ₹12,500 crore kharch, 12,000 jobs. Har saal.

'₹1 crore per job' — ye number galat kyun padha ja sakta hai

Yahan imaandari zaroori hai, warna hum wahi karenge jo hum media pe aarop lagate hain.

**Ek: ye sirf DIRECT jobs hain.** Factory ke andar ki naukri. Iske saath supply chain, logistics, packaging, component vendors, local services — indirect employment aata hai, jo aam taur pe direct se kai guna hota hai. Sarkar ne indirect ka number iss announcement mein nahi diya, isliye hum bhi nahi bana rahe. Par ye maanna padega ki 60,000 poori tasveer nahi hai.

**Do: ₹62,500 crore 'kharcha' ek saath nahi hai.** Ye 5 saal mein, aur **production hone ke baad** milta hai. Agar company produce nahi karti, to incentive nahi milta. Ye grant nahi, performance-linked payment hai. Risk sarkar ka kam hai.

**Teen: maqsad sirf jobs nahi hai.** Scheme ka stated goal export, supply chain resilience, aur Indian brands ka development bhi hai. Agar tum sirf jobs se divide karoge, to tum ek scheme ko uske aadhe maqsad pe judge kar rahe ho.

To imaandar jawaab: **₹1.04 crore per direct job ek real number hai, par akela ye number scheme ko 'fail' nahi kehta.**

Phir chinta kya hai

Ye CJP ki raay hai.

**Chinta 1 — scale ka mismatch.** 12,000 direct jobs per saal. India mein har saal lakhon graduates aur ITI-pass students labour market mein aate hain. Youth unemployment ke numbers pe humne pehle likha hai — woh double digit mein raha hai. 12,000 saalana direct jobs achhe hain, par ye youth unemployment ka **jawaab nahi** hai. Ise us tarah pesh karna galat hoga.

**Chinta 2 — pichhli scheme ka scorecard kahan hai?** PLI-LSEM 31 March 2026 ko khatam hui. Usne kitne jobs banaye — target vs actual? Kitni companies ne apna commitment poora kiya, kitni bahar ho gayi? Naye ₹62,500 crore ko approve karne se pehle purane scheme ka **audited outcome public hona chahiye tha.** Ye demand technical nahi, buniyadi hai.

**Chinta 3 — assembly vs manufacturing.** 1.5% ka domestic-sourcing bonus achhi soch hai. Par sawaal: iski **measurement** kaise hogi? 'Domestic sourcing' ki definition kya hai? Agar component India mein sirf pack hota hai to woh count hoga? Definition dheeli hui, to bonus milega aur value addition wahin ka wahin rahega.

**Chinta 4 — jobs ki quality.** 60,000 jobs kaunsi hain? Assembly line contract labour, ya design aur R&D? Scheme mein 'indigenous design and research' ka zikr hai — par incentive **sales** se juda hai, R&D headcount se nahi. Jo cheez measure hoti hai wahi hoti hai.

Students ke liye iska matlab kya

Practical baat, kyunki iss site ko zyadatar students padhte hain:

Ye scheme electronics manufacturing, ECE, mechanical, industrial engineering aur quality/process roles mein hiring badha sakti hai — khaas kar Noida, Chennai-Sriperumbudur, aur Karnataka ke electronics clusters mein. Agle 2-3 saal mein.

Par ye 5 saal ka scheme hai, aur hiring dheere aati hai. Isse 'ab naukri pakki' mat samjho. Iska realistic matlab: **ek sector jo grow karega**, jahan skill banana samajhdari hai.

Aur ek warning: jab bhi koi badi government scheme announce hoti hai, uske naam pe fake 'job guarantee', 'registration fee', aur WhatsApp forms shuru ho jaate hain. **Kisi bhi sarkari scheme mein naukri ke liye fees nahi lagti.** Official source: PIB aur ministry ki website. Bas.

CJP bottom line

₹62,500 crore ek bada number hai. 60,000 jobs uske hisaab se chhota number hai. Par scheme performance-linked hai, aur uska maqsad sirf jobs nahi — value addition aur export bhi hai.

Asli sawaal ye nahi ki scheme achhi hai ya buri. Asli sawaal ye hai: **pichhli scheme ka result kahan hai?** PLI-LSEM khatam hui, naya scheme aa gaya — beech mein audit kahan hai?

Jo desh har 5 saal mein nayi scheme launch karta hai par purani ka scorecard nahi dikhata, wahan har announcement ek nayi shuruaat lagti hai. Aur announcement se naukri nahi banti — delivery se banti hai.

Numbers maango. Har baar.

Main bhi cockroach. Tum bhi banno. 🪳

Sources (real, public — July 2026)

Cabinet approval of the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme on July 15, 2026, the Rs 62,500 crore outlay, the FY 2026-27 to FY 2030-31 tenure, the 2.25%-5% incentive on eligible sales, the additional up to 1.5% for domestic sourcing of key components/sub-assemblies, the ~60,000 direct jobs projection, the ~Rs 39 lakh crore expected cumulative production, and the scheme following PLI-LSEM (whose tenure ended March 31, 2026): Press Information Bureau (pib.gov.in, PRID 2284789), Organiser (organiser.org), Manorama Yearbook (manoramayearbook.in), DD India (ddindia.co.in).

All divisions in the 'Ab math' section (Rs 1.04 crore per direct job, 1.6% of expected production, Rs 12,500 crore and 12,000 jobs per year) are our own arithmetic on the government's own published figures — check them yourself.

The 'Chinta' and 'bottom line' sections are CJP's editorial opinion, not reported fact.

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