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ELECTRONICS 
September 15, 2019 Ravi Shankar Prasad to meet electronics makers to draw investment to India
New Delhi: Union minister for information technology and electronics Ravi Shankar Prasad will meet leaders from smartphone and consumer electronics companies to draw out a roadmap to boost manufacturing in India and make the country an export hub. The day-long meeting on Monday will be attended by at least 50 corporate leaders, including chief executives of […]
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ELECTRONICS 
September 14, 2019 Revamped scheme: Ravi Shankar Prasad to meet electronics firm’s bosses
Communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. A revamped scheme in which suppliers to an anchor electronics unit are located close to the mother unit is on the cards. The scheme is an extension of the electronic manufacturing clusters (EMC) scheme, which has now been discontinued with no new applications being sought. The government is […]
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ELECTRONICS 
August 19, 2019 Prasad to seek electronics industry’s views, meet manufacturers on August 19
Heads of 46 companies, including Apple, HP, Dell, Samsung, Ericsson to attend roundtable Minister of Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad will meet with the chiefs of 46 companies involved in electronics manufacturing, including Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi Dell, HP, Lenovo, Ericsson, GE and Bosch, to understand their concerns and ensure a conducive policy environment for […]
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ELECTRONICS 
July 30, 2019 India’s electronics production on accelerated path, but accounts for 3.3% of global market, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
India’s electronics production is estimated at Rs 4.58 lakh crore in 2018-19, which despite accelerated growth in recent years, still represents only 3.3 percent share of the global market, Parliament was informed on July 18. The domestic electronics hardware manufacturing sector faces lack of level-playing field against competing nations on account of “several disabilities which […]
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ELECTRONICS 
July 2, 2019 Prasad promises to take Broadband to masses; sees India as export hub for electronics
NEW DELHI: Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that under Digital India 2, the government would take broadband to the doorsteps in rural India through a policy push and entrepreneurship ecosystem, while highlighting that the government will work proactively to make India an export hub for electronics products. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Prasad urged Indian […]
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ELECTRONICS 
September 2, 2016 ‘Digital India’ Will Transform the Country, Says Ravi Shankar Prasad
‘Digital India’ Will Transform the Country, Says Ravi Shankar Prasad Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravishankar Prasad on Monday said the ‘Digital India’ initiative will transform the country into a digital society and a knowledge economy. With the demand for electronic hardware expected to rise rapidly to $400 billion by 2020, India has the potential […]
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NEWS 
August 26, 2016 Lalu Prasad Yadav tells Bihar flood victims to feel ‘fortunate to find the Ganga at their doorsteps’
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday came under fire for saying people in Bihar, several parts of which are facing floods because of swollen rivers in the state, should feel “fortunate to find the Ganga at their doorsteps”. The former chief minister described the floods as a divine calamity as he took […]
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ELECTRONICS 
August 13, 2016 ‘Digital India’ Will Transform the Country, Says Ravi Shankar Prasad
Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravishankar Prasad on Monday said the ‘Digital India’ initiative will transform the country into a digital society and a knowledge economy. With the demand for electronic hardware expected to rise rapidly to $400 billion by 2020, India has the potential to become an electronic manufacturing hub. The central government has […]
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ELECTRONICS 
August 13, 2016 Google Asked to Submit Fresh Proposal for Project Loon: Prasad
Government has asked IT giant Google to submit fresh proposal for testing its balloon-based Internet technology for the Loon Project following objections to the use of spectrum band it had proposed earlier. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha Wednesday, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Google India has approached the Department of Electronics […]
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ELECTRONICS 
August 12, 2016 AMD Plans to Enter India in a Big Way: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Chipmaker AMD plans to enter Indian electronics sector in a big way and has already tied up with HSMC for chip manufacturing in the country, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Tuesday. AMD CEO and President Lisa Su met Prasad and conveyed that the company is committed to transform India into electronics manufacturing hub. […]
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ELECTRONICS 
August 12, 2016 Open to More Policy Guidelines That Boost Electronics Manufacturing: Prasad
To boost electronic manufacturing in the country, the government will come out with more policy guidelines if required, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Thursday. “We came with all the policies like MSIPS, differential duty structure, ease of doing business… The entire ecosystem for electronic manufacturing was to be created… If further more is […]
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NEWS 
July 1, 2016 Postal department’s fee bank to start From March 2017: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad introduced that India publish will release its fee bank by way ofMarch 2017. NEW DELHI: India put up will launch its charge bank via March 2017, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stated on Monday. As many as forty global wi-financial conglomerates, together with international bank and Barclays, haveshown hobby to […]
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