Next smartphone PLI round needed to expand on gains, says Dixon’s Sunil Vachani

As the smartphone production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme emerges as one of the India’s most successful policies, the industry is advocating for another round of the scheme to achieve greater scale and sustain its momentum.

“PLI 1.0 has achieved a large part of its objective, but the work is not done yet. There is still time to consolidate the gains we have made. That’s why we’re requesting another round of PLI,” Sunil Vachani, chairman of Dixon Technologies and outgoing president of the Consumer Electronics & Appliances Manufacturers Association (CEAMA), told FE.