Mobile GST hike gives government more than PLI outlay: Industry Executives

Mobile GST hike gives government more than PLI outlay: Industry Executives

The incremental GST of 6% on mobile phones has raked in ₹42,897 crore over the last three financial years, topping the nearly ₹39,000-crore outlay of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for manufacturing of smartphones and making the government scheme self-sustaining, according to industry executives. In fact, the five-year smartphone PLI scheme will leave a revenue … Read more

Indian Second-Hand Smartphone Market to Reach $4.6 Billion in 2025: Report

Indian Second-Hand Smartphone Market to Reach .6 Billion in 2025: Report

The second-hand smartphone market in the country is expected to double in three years to $4.6 billion (roughly Rs. 34,500 crores) by 2025, according to a joint report by mobile devices industry body ICEA and research firm IDC. Consumers traded 25 million smartphones in the second-hand market generating a revenue of over $2.3 billion (roughly … Read more