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

The authorities has re-opened the application window for the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for white items, it stated on Sunday (September 14, 2025), citing market progress and growing business 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 stated on Sunday (September 14, 2025).

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

The launch additional stated that, as a way to keep away from any discrimination, each new candidates in addition to present beneficiaries of the Scheme who need to make investments extra could be eligible to use, topic to the rules.

So far, the Ministry stated, 83 candidates with dedicated funding of ₹10,406 crore have been chosen as beneficiaries underneath 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 stated.

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