productivity-linked incentive: India should include ICT, chip components in PLI scheme: ITI president Jason Oxman

India should consider including ICT and semiconductor components in its productivity-linked incentive scheme (PLI) to promote manufacturing in the country, as about 85% of these are currently imported, said Jason Oxman, president, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI).“The opportunity for India to focus a programme of incentives on the ecosystem in semiconductors and in ICT is a big one,” Oxman said, adding that the global industry body has suggested this to the government.

The ITI represents the likes of Google, Meta, Dell Technologies,…