CNBC-TV18 has learnt that the government is considering re-hauling the IT Hardware PLI scheme on the back of concerns raised by the industry. Companies had argued that low PLI incentives do not provide a business case to invest in facilities in India.

Things have started to improve on the semiconductor front with the waiting period roughly around four months from almost a year earlier, according to the automation firm that has its security and HVAC systems installed at some of the world's most iconic skyscrapers like Burj Khalifa and the Taipei 101.

One material is embedded in all of our daily lives. We touch it over a thousand times every day, but hardly notice it - glass. Not just a screen, glass forms the connecting tissue that is powering the digital world. So from the microchip to the fingertip a lot of what's between and beyond is made possible by Corning glass. However John Bayne, the head of Corning's mobile consumer electronics division, believes Corning is yet to make the ultimate glass.

The pods, which will also have battery swapping facilities, will be available for both two- and four-wheeler EVs. In the first phase, these charging stations will come up at Nexus Malls in Navi Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, and Ahmedabad from this June.