Apple vendors and Samsung among the 22 companies applying for India's $6.6B PLI Scheme

Samsung, Apple suppliers Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron, and local smartphone makers Micromax and Lava are among the companies that have applied for India's Production-Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI). Totaling $6.6 billion, the program aims to encourage smartphone and electronics components production in the country.

A total of 22 companies have filed their application under the PLI Scheme. These companies will produce mobile phones and components worth Rs 11.5 lakh crore in the coming 5 years out of which products worth Rs 7 lakh crore will be exported. pic.twitter.com/3yUky3HkOC

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22 companies in the smartphone manufacturing field have submitted applications for the incentive scheme with Chinese makers under the BBK wing (Oppo, OnePlus, Realme, vivo) missing from the list.

An estimated $153 billion worth of smartphones and components are to be produced over the 5-year span of the program. Under the rules of the incentive, the manufacturers have agreed to export 60% of the products outside of India. 300,000 new jobs will be directly created in the process, with an additional 900,000 new jobs indirectly related.