Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has recently approved 14 eligible applicants under Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Information Technology (IT) Hardware Products;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the government aims to provide incentives worth Rs 7,000 crore over a period of four years for manufacturing of the aforesaid products in the country; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. *227 FOR 04.08.2021 REGARDING
PLI SCHEME FOR IT HARDWARE PRODUCTS
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(a) and (b): The Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for IT Hardware has been approved for providing financial incentive to boost domestic manufacturing of IT Hardware products, in order to compensate for the manufacturing disabilities vis-a-vis other major manufacturing economies and attract large investments in the value chain. The Union Cabinet has approved the PLI for IT Hardware on 24.02.2021. The Scheme was notified on 03.03.2021. The target segments under the Scheme include Laptops, Tablets, All-in-One Personal Computers (PCs) and Servers. The Scheme was open for receiving applications till 30.04.2021. A total of 14 applications have been approved under the Scheme as listed below:
• Category - IT Hardware Companies: Dell International Services (India) Private Limited, ICT Services Management Solutions (India) Private Limited, Rising Stars Hi-Tech Private Limited and Flextronics Technologies (India) Private Limited
• Category - Domestic Companies: Lava International Limited, Dixon Technologies (India) Limited, Infopower Technologies Private Limited, Bhagwati Products Limited, Neolync Tele Communications Private Limited, Optiemus Electronics Limited (OEL), Netweb Technologies India Private Limited, Smile Electronics Limited (SEL), VVDN Technologies Private Limited and Panache Digilife Limited (PDL)
(c) and (d): The PLI Scheme for IT Hardware has a budget outlay of INR 7,350 crore (including an administrative expense of INR 25 crore) over a period of four years. The expected annual incentive outlay and cumulative incentive outlay under the Scheme is as follows:
Year Total Incentive (INR crore)
Year 1 720
Year 2 1,305
Year 3 1,820
Year 4 3,480
Total 7,325
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