Budget 2023: The PLI for LSEM has attracted leading global players, including Foxconn, Samsung, Pegatron, Rising Star and Wistron
Budget 2023: The government is likely to extend fiscal incentives for the production of toys, bicycles and leather and footwear in the forthcoming budget as it looks to expand production linked incentive (PLI) scheme to cover more high-employment potential sectors.
A proposal to extend PLI scheme benefits to different sectors such as toys and leather is at advanced stages of finalisation and there is a likelihood that it may figure in the Budget, news agency PTI reported quoting sources.
Read More: Bitcoin price highest since August ahead of Chinese New Year
The government has already rolled out the scheme with an outlay of about Rs 2 lakh crore for as many as 14 sectors, including automobiles and auto components, white goods, pharma, textiles, food products, high-efficiency solar PV modules, advance chemistry cell and speciality steel.
One of the sources told PTI that there are some savings from this Rs 2 lakh crore which could be considered for other sectors.
The PLI scheme is aimed at making Indian manufacturers globally competitive, attracting investment in the areas of core competency and cutting-edge technology; ensuring efficiencies; creating economies of scale; enhancing exports and making India an integral part of the global supply chain.
The PLI for LSEM has attracted leading global players, including Foxconn, Samsung, Pegatron, Rising Star and Wistron while leading domestic companies, including Lava, Micromax, Optiemus, United Telelinks Neolyncs and Padget Electronics, have also participated in this scheme.
Under the scheme, all 14 sectors have received significant participation from the private sector.
Read More: Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, Eligibility, Benefits Of The Saving Scheme
The scheme was specifically designed to boost domestic manufacturing in sunrise and strategic sectors, curb cheaper imports and reduce import bills, improve the cost competitiveness of domestically manufactured goods, and enhance domestic capacity and exports.
Saurabh Agarwal, tax partner, EY India said that disbursements should be made in a time-bound manner and the value addition details being asked for in a few PLI schemes, such as auto, solar module manufacturing and advanced chemistry cell should be made limited to self-declaration or certifications up to Tier 1 component manufacturers.
“While some of the PLI schemes such as mobile phones, white goods, food, telecom, auto and auto-components, etc have seen an upswing in investments, making the government realise its objective of self-reliant Bharat in mid to long run, the data for investments made in other PLI schemes is not readily available for the industry to get a clear insight on the creation of value chain in many other sectors where the PLI schemes have been rolled out,” he said.
According to a statement of the commerce and industry ministry issued on December 16 last year, 650 applications have been approved under 13 schemes so far and more than 100 MSMEs are among the PLI beneficiaries in sectors such as bulk drugs, medical devices, telecom, white goods and food processing.
The Budget Session of Parliament will commence on January 31 and end on April 6.
The budget is scheduled to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1.
