GOVERNMENT APPROVES A PROPOSAL TO EXPORT MADE IN INDIA MOBILE PHONES WORTH $100 BILLION
                     GOVERNMENT  APPROVES  A  
PROPOSAL  TO  EXPORT  MADE  IIN  
IINDIIA  MOBIILE  PHONES  WORTH  
$100  BIILLIION
INTRODUCTION
• Applications by iPhone contract makers Foxconn, 
Pegatron and Wistron as well as Samsung, Karbonn, 
Lava and Dixon to export mobile phones worth 
around $100 billion from India have been cleared by 
the empowered group.
Source: SiliconIndia
APPROVAL
• The empowered committee has approved all 
applications estimated to export around $100 billion 
(Rs 7.3 lakh crore) worth mobile phones under the 
production linked incentive scheme (PLI).
• All the applications will be placed before the cabinet 
probably this week
Source: PYMNTS.com
PRODUCTION ESTIMATION
• Apple’s contract manufacturers and Samsung have 
submitted production estimates of phones worth 
$50 billion each in the next five years, according to 
the applications. 
• Exports will be slightly lower in each case.
Source: IndiaEra
TRUST IN INDIA’S 
MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY
• The extraordinary response to the PLI shows 
enormous trust of the global community in 
India’s manufacturing capability.
Source: India Today
BENEFIT OF THE SCHEME
• Several brands and suppliers showed interest by 
applying for the scheme and gain benefits worth Rs 
41,000 crore.
Source: Adobe Stock
AIM OF PLI SCHEME
• The PLI scheme, which aims to make India a 
manufacturing hub for smartphones, was notified in 
April.
• The scheme is aimed at attracting manufacturers 
looking to move out of China amid Sino-US trade 
tensions.
Source: The Financial Express
AIM OF PLI SCHEME
• Members of the empowered committee 
include:
– Niti Aayog CEO 
– Secretaries of economic affairs, 
expenditure, revenue
– The Ministry of Electronics and 
Information Technology (MeitY)
– Department for Promotion of Industry 
and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
– Directorate General of Foreign Trade 
(DGFT) Source: The Economic Times
APPLE
• Apple’s contract manufacturers started producing its 
latest handset models, the iPhone 11 and iPhone SE, 
shortly in India.
• Pegatron, Apple's second-largest contract 
manufacturer is looking to set up its factory.
Source: Screen Guards India
SAMSUNG
• Samsung, which now exports phones worth about 
$2.5 billion from India, is all set to ramp up its 
production to handsets worth $50 billion in the next 
five years. 
• Of this, $40 billion will comprise devices with a 
factory price of more than $200.
Source: Samsung
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