Apple seeks changes in PMP for setting up unit in India
The Dollar Business Bureau American tech giant Apple Inc has sought changes in the phased manufacturing programme (PMP) of the government as the iPhone maker plans to establish a manufacturing unit in India. The Ministry of Electronics and IT came out with the PMP with the objective to boost indigenous manufacturing of mobile phones by offering tax sops and other incentives on accessories and components used in the devices. This programme will be implemented over a period of time. “The department of electronics and information technology (DeitY) is looking at this. They want alignment of duty structures on the mobile components which it proposes to make here. In the current PMP, Apple's plan is not fitting,” an official told to PTI. DeitY is having ...
Our aim is to make India a zero net IT import country by 2020: IT Minister
Aamir H Kaki P.P. Chaudhary, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology said on Wednesday that government is aimed to make India a zero net import country in the IT sector by 2020. “Our aim is to make India a zero net import country in this sector by 2020. As far as the exports of IT and ITes are concerned, there is no doubt we are doing very well,” he said at the two-day India Internet Conference (IIC) 2017, organised by FICCI in association with the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) in New Delhi. “My ministry is creating a robust digital infrastructure to ensure efficient delivery of digital services to the citizens. An extensive focus has been laid on promoting domestic products ...
Digital India can produce several Alibabas: Communications & IT Minister
The Dollar Business Bureau | @TheDollarBiz Mobile phone connectivity has reached the most remote parts of the Sundarbans jungles, West Bengal, India, but internet usage remains low There is a vast potential for the e-commerce sector to grow in India with the implementation of the Digital India programme, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Communications & IT Minister, said at the 10th national summit on E-governance & Digital India organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in New Delhi yesterday. Prasad said, “I see a vast opportunity for e-commerce…I see almost an explosion of various kind of availability of services through e-commerce.” Retail exports (e-tailing) is a growing sector in India and e-commerce plays a key role in ...
