India to produce coveted MacBook and I-Pad after the success of
I-phones
The borad based Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for IT Hardware Industry will be raided to nearly Rs. 20,000 crore
The existing outlay of Rs. 7,350 crore which failed to recieve much response from the industry
While India looks to be Apples's manufacturing eco-system to grow as they look at a China plus one strategy
Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron are making smart phones worth billions in the country
Top sources at the IT Ministry say that the next step is to get the production of MacBook and other products in India
With an average of 5% incentive for manufacturers, laptops which are already at a 0% import duty, might boost investment in the sector
This will be a destination for atleast 5 global manufacturers and 10 Indian IT firms