India approves plan that could bring iPad manufacturing to the countryA similar scheme has already brought swathes of iPhone manufacturing to India...
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India has approved a plan to boost manufacturing and exports of IT goods in the country.
It will incentive companies to make laptops and tablets in the country.
It could bring iPad manufacturing to the nation, just like a similar plan did for the iPhone.
India has approved a plan to bring local manufacturing of IT products to the country, in a move that could see Apple's iPad and Mac made in the country.
From Reuters:
India on Wednesday approved a 73.5 billion rupee ($1.02 billion) plan to boost local manufacturing and exports of IT products such as laptops, tablets, personal computers and servers, the technology minister said.
The production-linked incentive (PLI) plan will help India export IT goods worth 2.45 trillion rupees, minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told a news conference.
Last week it was reported that Apple was gearing up to participate in the scheme whi...
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India approves plan that could bring iPad manufacturing to the country