keepers transporters and other allied activities make up another one lakh people industry participants estimate sardeshmukh also sees the growth of electronics and semiconductor industry in the area there is an increased usage of electronics components in automobiles and it is a definite pointer to the growth of that industry as well supported by the state government he added mn vidyashankar president of india electronics and semiconductor association iesa said the future prospects are positive as the final approval for the electronics cluster will soon be done by the central government pcmc area has the maximum scope due to the already established supply chain in the automotive clusters hinjewadis it cluster a region that contributes about 7 billion or 65 of the countrys total software exports is close to pimpri chinchwad home to about 120 it firms the region employs 18 lakh people directly and an estimated twice the amount of men and women indirectly here much hinges on the plans for infrastructure falling in place