Overview
- Applications are accepted only on the official portal (https://pliwg.dpiit.gov.in) and will close on Oct. 14 with no late submissions.
- The window is open on unchanged terms to both new applicants and existing beneficiaries, including group firms shifting or applying in different target segments under scheme guidelines.
- Approvals in this fourth round receive incentives only for the remaining scheme tenure, with new GP-2 entrants eligible for up to two years and GP-1 shifts for one year.
- The white goods PLI, notified in 2021, carries a Rs 6,238 crore outlay through FY2028-29 and offers 4–6% incentives on incremental sales of approved components.
- So far, 83 beneficiaries have committed Rs 10,406 crore toward AC and LED value-chain manufacturing, including components not yet produced domestically in sufficient quantity.