The federal government has stated that it has authorised the incentives for 2 firms — Foxconn India and Padget Electronics — for cell manufacturing beneath the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the large-scale electronics manufacturing (LSEM) sector.
In keeping with a press release from NITI Aayog, the Empowered Committee headed by NITI Aayog Chief Government Officer Param Iyer authorised incentives for 2 firms — one a home firm and the opposite a worldwide firm — for cell manufacturing beneath the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme.
Foxconn Hon Hai Know-how India Mega Growth is the primary world firm that has been authorised beneath the goal phase ‘Cell Telephones’ to obtain incentives beneath cell manufacturing for the interval from August 1, 2021, until March 31, 2022, primarily based on its incremental investments and gross sales figures, in keeping with the assertion launched on Tuesday night. The inducement quantity authorised is Rs. 357.17 crore.
The assertion stated Foxconn Hon Hai Know-how India Mega Growth (or Foxconn India), owned by Hon Hai/Foxconn Know-how Group, is a part of the Foxconn Group, which is the world’s No. 1 producer/assembler of cell phones. Foxconn India is a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract producer with its headquarters in Tucheng, New Taipei Metropolis.
Homegrown firm Padget Electronics has been authorised by the Empowered Committee to obtain incentive beneath cell manufacturing for the quarter January-March this 12 months primarily based on its incremental investments and gross sales figures beneath the goal phase ‘Cell Telephones’, in keeping with NITI Aayog. The inducement quantity authorised is Rs. 58.29 crore.
Padget Electronics is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dixon Applied sciences and has manufacturing services in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, in keeping with the assertion. Padget Electronics had already obtained an quantity of Rs. 53.28 crore beneath the PLI scheme for large-scale electronics manufacturing for August-December 2021 primarily based on its incremental investments and gross sales figures, the assertion of NITI Aayog stated.
Underneath the ministry of electronics and IT, the proposals for disbursement of incentives had been thought-about by the Empowered Committee, comprising NITI Aayog CEO Param Iyer, division for promotion of business and inner commerce (DPIIT) Secretary Anurag Jain, ministry of electronics and data expertise (MeitY) Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma, and different members of the Empowered Committee.
