Mobile device makers press for 2021 as zero year under PLI scheme

Companies eligible for the scheme ask govt to invoke force majeure clause

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PLI scheme | mobile manufacturing | Electronics industry

Surajeet Das Gupta  |  New Delhi 

Mobile device manufacturers eligible for the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme have petitioned the government to invoke the clause of ‘force majeure’ to declare FY2020-21, the first year under the policy, a zero year.

They have cited disruptions due to Covid-19 and the fallout of India-China tensions as reasons for the request. In a communication to the empowered committee on PLI recently, the Indian Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA) stated that except one player (Samsung), all the other eight players (which include vendors of Apple Inc) selected under the ...

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First Published: Sat, March 27 2021. 06:10 IST
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