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

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

smartphones, mobile, Manufacturing, PLI scheme, electronics
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Mobile device players say that they have had a couple of meetings with the empowered committee on the contentious issue

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 scheme were facing numerous challenges in fulfilling the qualification criteria.

Under the scheme, each

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