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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

ELECTRONICS INDIA

e-NEWSLETTER …. For Electronics System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) Sector

Year 4 | Vol. 27: January 2014

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY)

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

From Chief Editor’s Desk

Dear Readers,

Communication and brand building is an important part of the effort to promote India as a destination for electronics system design and manufacturing. Shri Dewang Mehta, the effervescent first President of NASSCOM played that role admirably to put India on the world map in the IT sector. Electronics also needs a Dewang Mehta. Industry associations have an important role to play in this regard. They are our brand ambassadors. They conduct fairs and conferences with both national and international participation. These events are opportunities which should be exploited to the maximum. Government has decided that the Electronics India logo of “Billion Needs Million Chips”, be allowed to be used by all those who share the goal of developing the objective of making India a hub for electronics system design and manufacturing. The logo could be the new common insignia for all efforts. It has been decided to mark 2014 as “Made in India” year for electronics. AC Nielsen study, in 2013, found that electronics goods made in India are perceived as those of good quality. Companies manufacturing from India could use this logo to mark their products with this logo. This mark should become the mark of quality, a mark of “Made of India”.

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Industry also has huge role to play in promoting brand of Electronics India. They do this by communicating to the world their own successes. Examples abound. Digital hearing aid developed by CDAC, Linear Accelerator (Linac) developed by SAMEER, Ethernet router developed by IIT Bombay, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) developed by ECIL, GPON by CDOT are some recent examples of amazing products developed and commercialized in India. There are many more. Then there are commercial success stories as well. SAMSUNG India in consumer electronics and mobile handsets, CENTUM in EMS, Bosch India in automotive electronics, ECIL in EVMs and strategic electronics for space and atomic energy, Tejas in telecom are among others. Videocon is household name in consumer electronics. Jabil manufactures Set Top Boxes for leading brand in US in India. This list is by no stretch exhaustive. Each of these companies is a brand ambassador of Electronics India with a big role to play. Some of the initiatives which Government proposes to take up to promote “Electronics India” brand include starting a media campaign across all types of media; allowing use of Electronics India logo by all interested; using social media for initiating online discussion on electronics system design and manufacturing among others. A corporate film is also proposed. Technology celebrities would be invited to endorse the campaign. Incredible India is a brand which has been developed and nurtured by India tourism. This could be a good model to emulate. Brand building is a slow and arduous work. We need to work on it relentlessly. We look forward to more ideas and partners for promoting brand Electronics India: Billion needs Million chips. Please feel free to send your suggestions to me at [email protected] or to Kapil at [email protected] Best wishes Dr. Ajay Kumar

2014 as “Made in India” Year for Electronics Indian Linac for Cancer Patient Care MSIPS Applications worth `65,500 Crore 7th Greenfield EMC Approved

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Investment Promotion), Electronics System Design & Manufacturing (PMU), Department of Electronics and Information Technology [DeitY], Ministry of

Communications & Information Technology, Electronics Niketan, 6 CGO Complex, New Delhi 110003, India

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Indian and Japanese Prime Ministers suggest exploring Japanese Electronic Industrial Township in India

The Prime Minister of Japan, H.E. Shinzo Abe was on an official visit to India on 25-27 January 2014 at the

invitation of the Prime Minister of India, H.E. Dr. Manmohan Singh as chief guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations. The two Prime Ministers held extensive talks during their Annual Summit on bilateral, regional and global issues on 25 January 2014 in Delhi.

As part of these discussions, the two sides welcomed the outcomes of the first India-Japan Joint Working Group on IT and Electronics held in New Delhi by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of India and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. The two Prime Ministers expressed their hope for the cooperation being further developed between IT and electronics industries of both countries through the framework. They expressed their intention to explore the proposal for setting up of Japanese Electronics Industrial Township in India.

Further action is proposed to be taken based on the summit level decision between the two Prime Ministers.

India invites Japanese Companies in the Electronic System Design and Manufacturing

India extended a package of incentives to Japan in order to encourage Investment in Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) in the country. In a meeting with Mr. Hiromasa Yonekura, Chairman, Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) along with the top Japanese Business representatives in India, the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Anand Sharma said, “Government of India has decided to offer a package of incentives to attract domestic and global investments into ESDM sector within Electronic Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) Schemes. In addition, the Government has recently approved the proposal for setting up of two Semi-conductor Wafer Fabrications (FAB) manufacturing facilities in the country.” Shri Sharma invited all Semi-Conductor Wafer Fabrication (FAB) manufacturers in Japan to avail subsidy/other benefits/support being offered by Government of India for establishing FAB facilities in India.

MSIPS Investment Proposals Status (`Crore) as on 25th January 2014

Electronics Vertical Application Amount

( `Crore)

Semiconductor FAB 52,000

Telecom Products 8,409

LED FAB 1,787

Automotive Electronics 831

Semiconductor ATMP 750

Hand-held devices 406

Consumer Electronics & Appliances 366

LED Products 223

Industrial 265

Strategic Electronics 203

EMC 103

Avionics 98

Medical Electronics 51

Total Investment Proposals: `65,500 Crore

Total no. of Applications: 30

For further information please contact Deputy Director, Smt Vandana Srivastava ([email protected])






Domestically Designed 6MV Linear Accelerator (Linac) to reduce price of medical care for Cancer patients

Secretary, DeitY, Shri J. Satyanarayna handing over the Transfer of Technology (TOT) Agreement & Certificate of Partnership for 6 MV Linac Technology in New Delhi on23rd Dec, 2013

A 6 MV Medical Linac has been developed by Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research

(SAMEER), Mumbai and CSIO, Chandigarh. SAMEER is an R&D organisation under DeitY. The Medical Linac caters to 70-80% of Cancer treatment related radiotherapy applications. It conforms to IEC standards for radiological and non-radiological safety and is type approved by AERB, Mumbai. The Linac developed by SAMEER and CSIO is expected to cost about `2.5-3 Crore as against `4-5 Crore for similar Linacs available in the market. This is expected to lead to reduce the cost of medical care for cancer patients. The Linac will be made commercially available by M/s Panacea Medical Technologies, Bengaluru. A Transfer of Technology (TOT) Agreement and a Certificate of Partnership for manufacture of the Linac was handed over by Shri J Satyanarayana, Secretary, DeitY to M/s Panacea Medical Technologies on 23rd December 2013. The design and development of 6 MV medical Linac development and deployment programme was initiated under the aegis of Department of Electronics and Information Technology, MCIT, New Delhi in 2001. The Linac technology has been made available to M/s Panacea on a non-exclusive basis. The said technology is similarly available for transfer on non-exclusive basis. For further details kindly contact: Dr. Debashis Dutta, GC (R&DE), DeitY ([email protected] or [email protected])

For those interested in supply of Linac equipment, please contact: Ms Valli, Director, Panacea Medical Technologies, 7A/1,

Kadugodi Industrial Area, While Field Road, Banagalore-560067 ([email protected])

Anti-dumping on Single Mode Optical Fiber Cables originating from India

The Bureau for Trade for imports and exports of China has accepted the application for anti-dumping into Single Mode Optical Fibers for anti-dumping on Single Mode Optical Fibre Cables (HS 90011000) originating from India.

For more information, please contact Smt Asha Nangia, Director, DeitY (Email: [email protected])









Institute for Information Industry (III), Taiwan delegation in New Delhi

A delegation from India visited Taiwan from December 16-19, 2013, which created greater interest in Taiwan

electronics industry about India. Apart from other discussions, meetings were also held with Institute for Information Industry (III), Taiwan. Established in 1979 as a non-governmental organization, jointly sponsored by the Taiwan government and prominent private enterprises, for the purpose of strengthening the developments of information industry in Taiwan, III has been a source of vision, innovation, technological excellence and a major contributor to Taiwan's development into a significant player in the global ICT area. During preliminary discussions with III, the following four verticals were identified for increasing greater B2B collaborations. The industry association mentioned against each product category agreed to be the nodal organization to coordinate B2B initiative from the Indian side. i) Mobile handsets and tablets- India Cellular Association (ICA) ii) Medical Electronics- Association of Medical Device Industry (AIMED) iii) Point of Sale terminals- Manufacturers Association of IT (MAIT) iv) LED- India Cellular Association (ICA) As a follow-up, a two member delegation from III consisting of Mr. Stanley and Mr. Keng Lee, after discussing with the Taiwanese associations and companies regarding their plan of action, visited India from 17-22 January, 2014 to take the discussions forward for collaboration between Taiwanese and Indian electronics industry on mobile, computers, LED/LCD, medical electronics, POS, auto electronics, and smart TV. They held meetings with concerned associations like Association of Indian Manufacturers’ of Medical Devices (AIMED), Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers’ Association (CEAMA), Electric Lamp and Component Manufacturers’ Association (ELCOMA) and LED products Manufacturers' Association (LEDMA). Companies interested in collaborations/partnership with Taiwanese companies may like to contact the nodal industry associations as identified on the Indian side. Alternatively, they may contact III, Taiwan directly. For more information, please contact Shri Deepak Sharma, Additional Director, DeitY (Email: [email protected])

Government of AP organizes MSIPS awareness workshop To educate the representatives of local Electronic Hardware industry on incentives being provided by Government

of India under the Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme MSIPS, ITE&C Dept, Government of Andhra Pradesh organized a workshop on awareness on Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme and the opportunities in Strategic Electronics Sector in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Incentives offered by Government of Andhra Pradesh to Electronic Manufacturing industries were also presented.

The workshop was held on 27th January, 2014 at Hotel Marriott, Hyderabad. Sri. Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Hon'ble

Minister for ITE&C was the Chief Guest. Ms Vandana Srivastava, Additional Director, Dept of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India presented the incentives available for the electronics industry. Mr. K. Rambabu, Director, Laser Systems, RCI, DRDO, Ministry of Defense, addressed on the opportunities available for the local industry to manufacture avionics products for missile developed by DRDO and the technologies involved in realizing them. More than 200 representatives from electronic industry participated






Electronic Manufacturing Cluster Kochi, Kerala

M/s Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA), has proposed setting up a new Greenfield Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) at Kakkanad, Kochi, Kerala in 75 Acres of land and has been accorded in-principal approval by the DeitY. This is the seventh Greenfield EMC which has been accorded in-principle approval by the DeitY.

Location Kakkanad Kochi, Ernakulum District, Kerala

Connectivity Road Connectivity: The distance of the EMC site from National Highway 47 is 7.5 km and State Highway 41 is 2.7km. Rail Connectivity: The Ernakulum south railway station is 15 km and Ernakulum North railway station is 12 km from the proposed site. Trains passing through these stations connect Ernakulum with all major cities of India. Air Connectivity: Distance of the site from Cochin International Airport (Nedumbasserry) is 25 km. It has air connectivity to all major cities of India. Sea Connectivity: Distance of the site from Cochin Sea port is 26 km. The International Container Trans-shipment Terminal (ICTT), part of the Cochin Port, is India’s largest container trans-shipment facility.

Power The power supply to the EMC has been envisaged from the nearby KEPIP (KINFRA Export Promotion Industrial Parks Ltd.) / KINESCO (KINESCO Power and Utilities Pvt. Ltd.) 110 KV substation. Two 300A, 11 KV feeders in the existing switchboard are considered to be availed..

Water The Applicant intends to draw water from the Kadambrayar reservoir, Ernakulum (Kadambrayar river flows along the border of the proposed EMC area) for both Industrial and drinking requirement which is at a distance of 105 meters from the site

Environmental clearance The applicant will be submitting Technical Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report about the proposed cluster in accordance to the Guidance manual for Industrial Estates along with the final DPR.

Proposed Project for which assistance sought

KINFRA, plans to establish and develop Basic Infrastructure Network, Utility Plants, Common Facilities, Social Welfare Facilities, etc. over an area of 75 acres at an estimated project cost of `129.87Crore.

About the promoter KINFRA is a statutory body of the Govt. of Kerala formed under the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Act 1993. KINFRA has completed a total of 25 projects out of which 23 are completed and 2 are under implementation

Details of In-principle Approval

The in- principle approval for setting up a Greenfield EMC at Kakkanad, Kochi in Kerala has been accorded to M/s KINFRA on 22ndJanuary August 2014 for development of common/ basic infrastructure facilities at an estimated cost of `129.87 Crore.

Contact Details Shri. S. Ramnath Managing Director, KINFRA, Kinfra House 31/2312, Sathamangalam, Trivandrum , Kerala-695010, Tel: 0471- 272685 Fax: 0471-2724773E-mail: [email protected]








25 by 4, High Growth Indian Electronics Market- Report by IESA - Frost & Sullivan

The Secretary, DeitY, Shri J. Satyanarayna and Joint Secretary, Dr. Ajay Kumar releasing the IESA and Frost & Sullivan Report 2014

The Indian Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) along with Frost & Sullivan has conducted a study identifies the high growth product markets within the overall electronics industry and carries a deep dive evaluation of the existing ecosystem for these products. The report was released on Jan 13, 2014 by Shri J. Satyanarayana, IAS, Secretary, DeitY and Dr. Ajay Kumar, IAS, Joint Secretary, DeitY. The IESA-F&S Report 2014 reveals that the top 25 high priority products are significant contributors and account for over 82% of the overall electronics consumption in India Similarly, it identifies four top components which are horizontally required for the main electronics products of the Indian market. This study also lists the appropriate initiatives needed for further developing the ecosystem of these high priority products in the country to realise higher domestic value addition. The 25 top products identified

in the study are given below in Table 1 and the top 4 components in Table 2. Table 1:

1. Mobile Phones 14. Printers and MFD

2. Flat Panel Display (FPD) TV 15. Routers and Switches

3. Notebooks 16. Car Radio

4. Desktops 17. CFL

5. Digital Cameras 18. Energy Meters

6. Inverters and UPS 19. Digital Instrument Clusters

7. Memory Cards and USB Drives 20. Smart Cards

8. 4W EMS 21. PON, GPON ONT

9. LCD Monitors 22. Tablets

10. Servers 23. LED Lighting

11. Base Stations 24. Payment Terminals

12. Power Supplies 25. 2W Ignition

13. Set Top Box

The study was supported by the Department of Electronics and IT. A copy of the report is available at DeitY website www.deity.gov.in/esdm

Table 2:

1. Semiconductors

2. Printed Circuit Boards

3. LCD Displays

4. Transformers

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IESA - E&Y Report on Disability for Electronics Sector

The Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) along with Ernst & Young (EY) prepared and released

a report on Jan 13, 2014 which studies the Electronics industry and its value chain from macro-level view. The ‘Disability Identification Study’ by IESA-Ernst & Young focuses on key issues across different electronic segments such as consumer electronics, IT systems and industrial electronics, and highlights key issues preventing the growth of indigenous manufacturing of electronics in India. This study analyses the root causes for the limited growth of overall manufacturing in the country across different electronic segments. It is observed that Indian manufacturers are grappling with a disability of upto 25%. Due to a range of disabilities, locally manufactured goods tend to be costlier than their imported counterparts; this naturally leads to the industry preferring to import rather than procuring them from local manufacturers. This also acts as a major deterrent to entrepreneurs looking to set up local manufacturing units in the country. The various factors causing disability and the extent of their impact are given as under: • Tax related disabilities such as Basic Custom Duty (BCD) on import of end products, Higher Excise Duty for

domestic manufacturers and long procedures for availing concessional duty on import of components and more, collectively, impact about 3% - 6% for Indian manufacturers.

• Higher cost of finance impacts 2% - 14 %; this includes higher interest rates of working capital financing. • Poor domestic availability of components constitutes disability of about 3% -5% of revenue, taking into account

higher inventory carrying costs and additional freight cost due to import of components • Higher manufacturing cost due to poor infrastructure impacts 0.5% - 1.5% of revenue due to unreliable power

supply and higher cost of real estate. • Higher cost of international marketing impacts less than 1% of the revenue. • This report suggests a range of measures and initiatives required to reduce the disabilities of domestic electronics

manufacturing in India. Summary of recommendations: • Speedy implementation of the various schemes of the National Policy on Electronics of 2012 including the EDF • Give a boost to innovation and creation of Intellectual Property (IP) assets within India by encouraging setting up

of both business Incubators, and Centres of Excellence in identified verticals • Overhaul of the taxation structure for ITA-1 products – including grant of “Deemed Export” status, soft loans and

interest subvention, VAT/CST rebate and BCD rationalization to overcome inverted duty structure • Give a fillip to component ecosystem by encouraging domestic manufacturing of key components and

establishment of a Free Trade and Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) near a major port or EMC, with same benefits under both EMC and M-SIPS scheme of the NPE-2012

• Reduce transaction costs by simplifying procedures and adopting self-declaration route as far as feasible • Aggressively pursue anti-dumping cases in order to protect domestic manufacturers A copy of the report is available at DeitY website www.deity.gov.in/esdm






Corporate Training on Field Technician – Air Conditioner by ESSC-India

Team ESSCI with Team Panasonic at the inauguration of the Field Technician Corporate Training Programme

As part of their STAR scheme, Electronics Sector Skills Council of India (ESSCI) has undertaken to provide training to 8,500 trainees upto March 2014. Under the STAR scheme, the flagship scheme of National Skills Development Council, 10 lakhs of youth are targeted to be trained at an approximate cost of `1,000 Crore in a period of one year. The scheme provides financial incentives for successful completion of skill programmes. The programme is implemented through Public –private and Public-public partnerships. ESSCI had submitted a proposal under the STAR scheme. As part of the initiative, ESSCI is organizing a corporate training entitled “Field Technician – Air Conditioner for Panasonic” . The training is being conducted by Funfirst Global Skillers P Ltd at Panasonic Training Center, Gurgaon. About 700 Field Technicians of Franchises of Panasonic will benefit from this programme. The training started on 6th January, 2014. Corporates/ Institutions interested in conducting such workshops for the benefit of their associates/ employees, may like to contact: Shri Pradeep Doshi, Head & Senior Vice President, ESSC-India (Email: [email protected])

Compulsory Registration Order for Electronics goods comes into effect from January 3, 2014 The “Electronics and IT Goods (Requirement for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012” has come into effect from 3rd July,

2013. The Order is fully in effect and no further conditional extension beyond 3rd January, 2014 has been granted. The current order extends to 15 electronic goods categories. All electronic goods in the specified categories should mandatorily carry registration number indicating their conformance to the standard specified. Any manufacturer failing to comply with the requirements of the Order is liable for penalties specified under the law.

Requests are being received from the stakeholders for inclusion of more products under the CRO. In view of this, DeitY has requested Bureau of Indian Standards to formulate Indian Safety Standards for Solar Panels, Mobile Phones and LED products so that they could be covered under the Compulsory Registration Order.

To further streamline the process of obtaining registration numbers, BIS is planning to develop an online portal which would require minimal or no physical interface between applicants and registration granting authorities. It will also help to considerably reduce the time taken currently in the grant of registrations.

Meanwhile, BIS has also taken steps to ensure that in all cases registration numbers are granted with minimal time delays. For further details please contact Shri Arun Sachdeva, Sr. Director, DeitY ([email protected])







TSSC celebrates its 1st Anniversary

The first anniversary of the Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) was celebrated on 15th January 2014 at Le Meridian, New Delhi. The ceremony was presided by Shri MF Farooqui, IAS, Chairman - Telecom Commission and Secretary (Telecom). TSSC was formed in 8th August 2012. Shri Akhil Gupta, President TSSC and Deputy CEO, Bharti Enterprises was present.

Telecom Sector Skills Council (TSSC) Signs MOUs with Gujarat and Kerala

Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) and The Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Industries Commissionerate, Govt. of Gujarat signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 5th July, 2013, to establish Skill Development Centres for the Telecom Sector. The MoU was signed by Shri Kamal Dayani, IAS, Industries Commissioner and the Chairman of CED with Commodore (Retd.) J. Jena, CEO, TSSC at a function in the presence of Shri M. Sahu, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary Industries & Mines Department and Ms. Sonal Mishra, IAS, Commissioner of Employment & Training. This initiative, involves the Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) setting up 36 centres in the state, out of which 25 will be established in the next one year, with a capacity of creating 20,000 TSSC certified skilled manpower per annum for the Telecom Sector. Five pilot centres would be established initially at ITIs, GIDC and Tribal areas.

An MoU was signed between TSSC and the State Government of Kerala on November 5, 2013 as part of Government of Kerala’s efforts to give skill development a boost in the State. The MoU was signed by Dr. K M Abraham, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary (Higher Education) and Commodore (Retd.) J. Jena, CEO TSSC. A 2 day National Seminar “Skill Enterprise Engagement for Empowering Kerala (SEEK) 2013” was organized on 5th and 6th Nov 2013 at Trivandrum by Government of Kerala. The seminar was inaugurated by Mr. Oomen Chandy, the Chief Minister of Kerala and was presided over by Mr. P K Abdu Rabb, Minister for Education.



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Indian Exports of STEPPER MOTOR WTH OUTPUT <=37.5 W

(HS Code 85011012)

Top 5 destinations India’s Export

2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011

GERMANY ITALY SAUDI ARABIA

ITALY CHINA P RP BRAZIL

U S A AUSTRIA ITALY

SUDAN GERMANY GERMANY

SWITZERLAND NETHERLAND UAE

2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 (Apr-Sep)

AUSTRIA U S A U S A

NEPAL SWITZERLAND GERMANY

GERMANY GERMANY SWITZERLAND

ITALY ITALY HONG KONG

U S A HONG KONG ITALY

Customs asked to check misuse of FTA in Import of flat panel TVs India has various Trade Agreements with several countries. These include Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreements (CECA), Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs). Some of the countries with whom India has preferential trade agreements include Korea, Japan, and the ASEAN countries including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore among others. These countries are important exporters of electronics goods. As per agreement with Thailand, the Government of the originating country is required to issue a Certificate of Origin after satisfying itself that the goods satisfy the conditions specified in the said agreement. This requires that the goods claiming Certificate of Origin should have local value addition of at least 40 percent. Most electronics items are already under zero duty regime, due to signing of Information Technology Agreement (ITA). Some items which are not on zero import duty under the ITA are under the category of consumer electronics. Consumer electronics includes TVs, Cameras, other entertainment electronics etc. India has an import duty of 10 percent on these products. However, under the preferential trade agreements, it has been agreed that most of these would also be brought to zero duty. It is relevant to mention that countries like Malaysia and Thailand are significant exporters of consumer electronics to India. It has now been reported that there is misuse of trade agreement in the import of Flat Panel TVs from Thailand. According to said report, the TVs being imported from Thailand into India by several major TV companies do not meet the value addition norm agreed to upon under the Trade Agreement. By wrongly declaring a higher value addition, the manufacturers are able to import TVs into India at zero customs duty as against 10 percent import duty levied on import of flat panel TVs. It may be noted that India is one of the fastest growing markets for flat panel TVs in the world. Frost & Sullivan research estimates that the Flat panel TVs market in India was valued at USD 3.55 billion in 2012 and is likely to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 21.7 percent by 2015. The total market (TM, total consumption) for Flat panel TV in India in 2012 was 6.48 million units and the total domestic manufacturing (TDM, representing local production) was 1.93 Mn units for the same year. Apart from the specific issue of misuse of the provisions of Country of Origin requirements of FTA for flat panel TVs, Board of Customs and Director General of Foreign Trade have been requested to issue necessary instructions to their field formations to ensure that Country of Origin requirements are met when importers invoke the FTA benefits for importing electronic goods. Readers are welcome to bring to our notice instance of such misuse so that these could be shared with concerned authorities for further necessary action.





Indian Imports of STEPPER MOTOR WTH OUTPUT <=37.5 W

(HS Code 85011012) Top 5 destinations India’s Import

2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011

CHINA P RP GERMANY CHINA P RP

GERMANY CHINA P RP PHILIPPINES

KOREA RP NETHERLAND GERMANY

NETHERLAND PHILIPPINES KOREA RP

SINGAPORE KOREA RP NETHERLAND

2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 (Apr-Sep)

CHINA P RP CHINA P RP CHINA P RP

GERMANY GERMANY GERMANY

SWITZERLAND SWITZERLAND SWITZERLAND

VIETNAM INDONESIA THAILAND

PHILIPPINES KOREA RP NETHERLAND

For detailed information on Government of India

policies, please visit

ESDM page on

www.deity.gov.in/esdm

Electronics India Collaboration Platform In its endeavour to encourage development of Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) ecosystem in India, DeitY also helps various technology players to explore potential synergetic partners for technology transfer and joint ventures for electronics manufacturing. Starting this edition, Electronics India e-Newsletter will bring to the readers various technologies on offer and potential partners seeking various technologies. DeitY does not take any responsibility regarding the veracity of details furnished and interested parties are advised to verify all facts before entering into any collaboration. Technology on offer Infineon Technologies India Pvt. Ltd in the verticals namely, Automotive (Powertrain, Body and Safety for two and four wheeler market including Ultra Low Cost Car segment); Power Management & Multimarket (SMPS, Lighting, Solar & Renewable Energy, Smart Metering, Emerging & Multimarket); Industrial Power Control (Industrial, Traction, Home Appliances, Energy, CAV); Chip Cards & Security (Driving License, ePassport, GSM, Health Services, Micro finance & Transportation). Contact details: Mr. Vinay Shenoy (Email: [email protected]). Technology Seeker Accurex Biomedical Pvt. Ltd. The company operates in Clinical Chemistry Reagents, Serology testing products, Urine Test Strips, Diabetes care products, Liquid Handling Systems, IVD equipment. It is interested in acquiring technologies in the space of In-vitro diagnostic analyzers and blood glucometers. Contact details: Ms Shivani Dharia (Email: [email protected]) For more details regarding the said proposals visit www.deity.gov.in/esdm

Editorial Board

Chief Editor : Dr. Ajay Kumar, Jt. Secretary, DeitY Editor : Sh. Kapil Sharma, Sr. Consultant, DeitY Member : Dr. Debashis Dutta, GC, DeitY Member : Sh. Akhila Chandra Jha, DDG, DGFT Member : Sh. G. Prasad, Scientist E, MNRE Member : Sh. S.K. Marwaha, Director, DeitY Member : Dr. R. C. Chopra, Sr. Advisor, CII




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