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Launch 'PLI Plus' to focus on development to boost manufacturing: GTRI

The government should consider launching a 'PLI Plus' scheme with focus on development of new products, industrial designs and enhancing productivity with a view to boost domestic manufacturing, economic think tank GTRI said on Sunday. A production-linked incentives scheme (PLI) is under implementation by the government with a budgetary outlay of about Rs 2 lakh crore for 14 sectors such as white goods, mobile, telecommunication and auto components. The Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) report said that creating sustainable and competitive manufacturing is imperative to increase the share of manufacturing in GDP to 25 per cent by 2030, up from 15 per cent at present. "This will require shifting focus to one step back. From quick manufacturing outcomes to R&D, reverse engineering, and deep work. "This can be done under the Make in India framework with the launch of eight PLI Plus initiatives. These initiatives will strengthen the foundation of Indian manufacturing and aspire .

Govt to form ESG taskforce, finalise contours of PLI for textile: Goyal

The government will form an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) taskforce for the textiles sector to enhance its credibility in view of India's own commitment to sustainability, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday. Talking to reporters, the Minister of Commerce & Industry and Textiles also said that the contours of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for the textile sector will soon be finalised and taken up for approval at the higher level. The ESG taskforce which will look at environmental, social and governance issues in the textile sector as credibility is becoming more and more important and exporters shared that they were getting twice the value for the same product if it is a sustainable product. "We have discussed that textile will also contribute to that and this group will come up with suggestions which will help the textile sector become more sustainable in their current operations and also look for more opportunities in sustainable textiles," said .

Foxconn likely to expand its Chennai iPhone manufacturing facility

The two new facilities that Foxconn is likely to build will be in addition to the two other buildings the company already has in place

India will have its own big telecom equipment manufacturers soon: C-DOT CEO

Rajkumar Upadhyay said that the Centre's push for domestic design and manufacturing of telecom equipment will help India to compete with global majors

India to make up 7% of iPhones assembled in the world, say experts

Under the PLI in FY23, the collective commitment of Apple vendors to be eligible for the scheme was to produce phones with an FOB value of Rs 24,000 crore

As Apple India sales near $6 bn, CEO Cook arrives to launch first stores

Apple's India sales surged during the pandemic as customers bought iPhones, iPads and MacBooks to work and study from home. And that momentum has continued, helped by financing and trade-in options

Supported by PLI, export of electronic products overtake garment exports

Data released by the commerce department estimates that the exports of electronic products may have increased over 50 per cent in the financial year 2022-2023 to $23.6 billion

PLI for smartphone manufacturing: Foxconn, Wistron, Dixon lead the pack

Foxconn met its manufacturing targets within the first nine months of the last fiscal year

Roller-coaster ride: How Apple's India strategy finally bore fruit

Behind the inauguration of two signature stores next week is a roller-coaster ride for the IT major in its effort to make India its alternative manufacturing and export hub

Government incentives to drive EV penetration in India, says Moody's

Government incentives, including those to consumers, local battery manufacturing, state-level subsidies and cut in GST rates would help drive EV penetration in India, Moody's has said. In a report, Moody's Investors Service said India has the fourth-largest car market globally, but electric vehicle (EV) penetration is currently only around 1 per cent. The pace of increase in EV sales and towards the government's target of 30 per cent by 2030 will also depend on the country's charging infrastructure, and consumers' readiness to switch to EVs from traditional ICE vehicles, or those traditional engines powered by petrol, diesel, or natural gas. "We expect various government incentives will drive an increase in EV penetration. These include consumer incentives, production-linked incentives for advanced battery storage to drive local cell manufacturing, goods and services tax (GST) rate cuts, and other state-level subsidies," Moody's said. India has beaten Japan to become the third-larg

Powered by PLI, India may add 150,000 new jobs in phone manufacturing

The govt's PLI scheme and the long-term plans of many companies to move their production facilities to India are giving a big push to jobs in the sector

CEO Tim Cook may visit India to launch Apple's first store in the country

Cook will likely meet key ministers during his visit to discuss strategic issues such as plans to expand manufacturing facilities and exports from India

Amp Energy to set up 1 GW capacity under PLI scheme for manufacturing

Amp Energy India on Wednesday said it has bagged 1 GW capacity for integrating cell and module manufacturing under the government's performance-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) is a nodal agency of the central government for auctioning renewable energy projects. In a statement, Amp Energy India said subsidiary company AMPIN Solar One has won 1 GW capacity for integrating cell and module manufacturing under tranche II of PLI scheme for integrating cell and module (CM) manufacturing. "SECI declared the winners who would be eligible to receive a total of Rs 139.4 billion under tranche II of the programme to manufacture 39.6 GW of solar modules. Amp Energy India (AMPIN Solar One) has won 1GW for basket 3 (CM) and would be eligible to receive a maximum incentive of Rs 1.4 billion/Rs 140 crore," it said. "Our foray into manufacturing is a strategic move that will enable us to achieve backward integration and enhance our control over the supp

Unable to understand basis for assumption on logistic cost: EAC-PM official

Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) member Rakesh Mohan on Tuesday said he is unable to find the basis for assuming that logistics cost account for 14 per cent of India's GDP and the assumption forms the basis for government initiatives like production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes. Addressing an event organised by economic think tank ICRIER, Mohan further said he failed to find out how 14 per cent logistic cost number was arrived at by think tanks or researchers. "It seems to be generally accepted that India's logistics costs are significantly higher than global benchmarks. I have tried to look into this, but I can never find what is the basis of this data... this report (CRIER report) repeats the often used number of India's logistics costs being 14 per cent of GDP," former deputy governor of RBI said. The government is going by certain estimates which suggest that logistics cost in India stands at about 13-14 per cent of the country's GDP. The government has

Civil aviation ministry disburses Rs 30 cr under PLI Scheme for drones

The Union Civil Aviation Ministry during FY 2022-23 has disbursed nearly Rs 30 crore to 23 beneficiaries under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for drones and drone components

Reliance, Tatas, nine others get Rs 14,000-crore solar PLI approval

In India, no company manufactures polysilicon, which is raw material in solar equipment manufacturing

Online platform soon for amnesty scheme benefits: DGFT SK Sarangi

'There are other sectors, such as engineering goods, agriculture, food processing, where the potential is very high'

PLI for electronics to achieve Rs 8.12-trn production target in 5 yrs: Govt

The cumulative investments under the scheme have increased to Rs 5,124 crore as of December 2022 from the earlier FY2022-23 target of Rs 3,726 crore

Investment target under mobile PLI scheme increases to Rs 5,124 cr: MoS IT

The cumulative investment under the production-linked incentive scheme to boost mobile manufacturing has increased to Rs 5,124 crore till December from the Rs 3,726 crore target set earlier for the current fiscal, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written submission to the Lok Sabha shared that the cumulative investment target for the entire scheme period is Rs 7,000 crore. The data shared by the minister shows that the government has set a target to achieve production of Rs 8.12 lakh crore under the five-year scheme period of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing (LSEM) to boost mobile phone manufacturing. "Over the tenure of the PLI Scheme, the 16 approved companies are expected to lead to a total production of more than Rs 8,12,550 crore. Out of the total production of Rs 8,12,550 crore in the next 5 years, around 60 per cent is expected to be contributed by ...

RIL, 10 other firms bag 39,600 MW solar capacity order under PLI scheme

As many as 11 companies, including Indosol, Reliance and First Solar, have bagged solar photovoltaic manufacturing projects of a total 39,600 MW capacity under the second tranche of the production-linked incentive scheme of the government. The government has allocated a total capacity of 39,600 MW of domestic Solar PV module manufacturing capacity to 11 companies, with a total outlay of Rs 14,007 crore under the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for High-Efficiency Solar PV Modules (Tranche-II), a power ministry statement said. The ministry said that manufacturing capacity totalling 7,400 MW is expected to become operational by October 2024, 16,800 MW capacity by April 2025 and the balance 15,400 MW capacity by April 2026. The Tranche-II is expected to bring in an investment of Rs 93,041 crore. It will also generate a total of 1,01,487 jobs with 35,010 getting direct employment and 66,477 being indirectly employed. Speaking on the success of the PLI scheme, Union Minister for Pow