Published 21:39 IST, September 17th 2019

'Apple coming to India in a big way': IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Apple is coming to India in a big way and urged the industry leaders to engage in the medical electronics business

Follow: Google News Icon
  • share
null | Image: self
Advertisement

Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that all electronics companies are bullish on Indian market and iPhone maker Apple is going to come in country with big business plans. Prasad said that during his regime, mobile factories in India has increased from 2 to 268, including component makers for handsets. Minister said that he had a whole day meeting with global and Indian Chief Executive Officers of electronics industry on Monday.

Apple in India

"All are gung-ho about India. Even Apple is going to come to India in a big way. Samsung has come. My focus area w is strategic electronics, defence electronics, and medical electronics. I would urge leading lights of industry that this is a promising area of growth," Prasad said while speaking at an AIMA event. government on Monday exhorted Apple to expand manufacturing base in India and use country as an export hub, as it promised to line up fresh incentives and sops to galvanise electronics as well as phone industry in coming 2-3 months. Apple, which works with Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron in India, currently makes iPhone 6S and 7 here.

Advertisement

READ | Apple slams EU as epic court battle over tax bill begins

READ | Apple Arcade game streaming service goes live, how to sign up w

Advertisement

Ravi Shankar Prasad urged leaders to eng in Medical electronics

minister urged industry leaders present at AIMA event to get eng in medical electronics business. "Medical electronics from MRI machines to pathology machines, X-Ray machines, and testing machines — all have a big future. It is a huge market available. India is a huge market waiting to be tapped. Please join m," Prasad said.

READ | Apple iPhone 11 after-effect: iPhone 8 price reduced substantially

Advertisement

READ | iOS: Downgrading from Apple iOS 12.4.1 to iOS 12.4 longer possible

20:34 IST, September 17th 2019