Page 4 - Mobile Manufacturing

Life after lockdown: Ramping up isn't easy with curbs, labour shortages

The first of a three-part series looks at how manufacturing units are gearing up to the new normal

Centre nod to incentive scheme of Rs 40,995 cr for electronics firms

Decision to help electronics manufacturers make India a global hub; Apple, Samsung may gain

As Android-iOS dominate world, Indian start-ups working to end the duopoly

Indus OS, a start-up from Bangalore, has an Indianised operating system for mobiles, used by phone makers like Karbonn and Micromax, among others

Mobile phone exporters to get 4% incentive under duty drawback scheme

The government has increased incentive on exports of mobile phones to 4 per cent under the duty drawback scheme, according to an official notification. The additional ad hoc incentive of 2 per cent under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MIES) will be available for exports of mobiles from January 1 to March 31, 2020, period, the notification by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said. The increased incentive of 4 per cent or Rs 350 per handset whichever is less from the earlier cap of Rs 197 would help boost exports, industry said. Commenting on the government move, India Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA) Chairman Pankaj Mohindroo said, "ICEA has been relentlessly pursuing the Government of India to increase or introduce export benefits for the mobile phone industry. The increase in the Duty Drawback Cap has helped make exports more competitive. The All Industry Rate (AIR) of 4 per cent with a cap of Rs 350 is yet another step forward to build India as a ...

Why tax incentive may not be enough to turn India into a mobile export hub

In India, Samsung is likely to remain focused on the domestic market but it is also expanding exports.

Govt task force to draw up $110-bn mobile export business blueprint

Nearly 60% of the market is made up of exports by the companies

Mobile handset production in India to be worth Rs 1.65 trn by 2019: ICEA

Around 78 per cent of the total domestic requirement of mobile phones in 2014-15 were met through imports

Domestic manufacturing of mobile handset saved India Rs 3 trillion: Study

The research projects that in 2018-19, mobile handset manufacturing is expected to create a value of Rs. 1.65 trillion from 290 million units

Mobile manufacturing growing at a fast pace

But yet to reach pre-Nokia levels