Government re-opens application window for PLI scheme for white goods, citing growing market

The government has re-opened the application window for the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for white goods, it said on Sunday (September 14, 2025), citing market growth and growing industry confidence following the success of earlier rounds of the PLI scheme.

“The application window for the PLI Scheme for White Goods (ACs and LED lights) is being reopened based on the appetite of the industry to invest more under the Scheme, which is an outcome of the growing market and confidence generated due to manufacturing of key components of ACs and LED lights in India under the PLI for White Goods Scheme,” the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Sunday (September 14, 2025).

The application window for the Scheme will remain between September 15, 2025 and October 14, 2025 (both dates inclusive).

The release further said that, in order to avoid any discrimination, both new applicants as well as existing beneficiaries of the Scheme who want to invest more would be eligible to apply, subject to the guidelines.

So far, the Ministry said, 83 applicants with committed investment of ₹10,406 crore have been selected as beneficiaries under this PLI scheme. 

“The investments will lead to manufacturing of components of Air Conditioners and LED lights across the complete value chain including components which are not manufactured in India presently with sufficient quantity,” it said.

The Union Cabinet had given its approval for the PLI Scheme for White Goods for the manufacture of components and sub-assemblies of ACs and LED lights in April 2021. The Scheme was to be implemented over a seven-year period, from FY 2021-22 to FY 2028-29, with an outlay of ₹6,238 crore.