{
  "id": 12267134,
  "title": "Beyond assembly: how India’s next telecom PLI wants to build the supply chain from within",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/beyond-assembly-how-indias-next-telecom-pli-wants-to-build-the-supply",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-06T00:20:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india-new-telecom-pli-scheme-11791199089014.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "India is considering a new production-linked incentives (PLI) scheme for telecom equipment manufacturing to replace the current scheme that ends in March, according to two sources familiar with the plans. While the existing scheme of ₹12,195 crore focuses on final product assembly, the proposed new scheme valued between ₹6,000- ₹7,000 crore will aim to extend into component manufacturing. Jatin, a journalist based in New Delhi, covers telecom and technology with an interest in policy and regulation. He has five years of reporting experience across media outlets and specializes in tracking industry developments, regulatory changes and policy decisions that shape India's digital ecosystem.",
  "summary": "The existing telecom PLI scheme, launched in February 2021, incentivizes local production of network switches, transmission gear, and set-top boxes over a five-year period ending as late as FY27. However, the scheme has seen uneven adoption.",
  "key_points": [
    "New PLI scheme replaces existing ₹12,195 crore scheme",
    "Proposed scheme aims to extend into component manufacturing",
    "Valued between ₹6,000- ₹7,000 crore"
  ],
  "editors_take": "India's planned telecom PLI scheme shifts focus from final product assembly to component manufacturing, indicating a strategy to build a domestic supply chain.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}