There has been an excellent response😊 to the govt’s bid to promote large scale electronics manufacturing in the country.
Apart from leading phone companies themselves, contract manufacturers have also shown a keen interest🙋🏻♂️ in its production linked incentive scheme.
It offers incentives🤑 of around Rs. 50,000 crore over the period of next five years.
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The companies have thus submitted proposals to produce mobile devices📱 and components🖱️ worth over Rs. 11 lakh crore in India
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Foreign companies such as Samsung, Rising Star, Foxconn Hon Hai , Wistron and Pegatron have applied📃 under the above-mentioned scheme.
Notably, the last three of them are contract manufacturers🏭 for Apple iPhones.
Apple and Samsung account for nearly 60% of the global sales revenue💰 of mobile phones.
The Indian companies who have also shown interest in this scheme include Lava, Micromax, Dixon and Padget Electronics.
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As per proposals, mobile phones worth about ₹9 lakh crore in the category of above ₹15,000 per unit are expected to be produced in the aforesaid period🗓️.
In the sub Rs. 15,000 category, this figure is likely to be around Rs. 2 lakh crore.
Export demand🛳️ of about Rs. 7 lakh crore is expected to be met from the proposed production capacities.
Meanwhile, about 8-10 companies such as motherboard makers, AT&S, Ascent Circuits, Sahasra and Vitesco have applied for component manufacturing⌨️ worth over Rs. 40,000 crore in the country during the same period.
All the above-mentioned proposals are expected to create 3 lakh direct jobs👩🏭 and around 9 lakh indirect jobs in the country respectively.