Updated Feb 17, 2021 | 18:16 IST
Amazon will commence its manufacturing efforts with contract manufacturer Cloud Network Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn in Chennai and start production later this year. Last year, the government had announced a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to step up manufacturing capacity. Already Apple and Samsung are producing smartphones in India through their partners. 
New Delhi: E-commerce major Amazon has announced its plans to begin manufacturing its Fire TV stick streaming devices in India later and reiterates the company’s firm’s commitment to the government s Make in India’ push for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India).
Amazon will commence its manufacturing efforts with contract manufacturer Cloud Network Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn in Chennai and start production later this year, the company said in a blog post.
KTR urges Centre to reinstate ITIR project in Hyderabad
By IANS| Published: 8th January 2021 3:00 am IST
Hyderabad, Jan 7 : Telangana’s Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao on Thursday urged the Centre to reinstate the Information Technology and Investment Region (ITIR) project in Hyderabad.
In a letter to Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, he wrote that projects like ITIR will provide a huge boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiatives such as Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat.
“The youth of Telangana will benefit immensely from the employment opportunities that will be created due to ITIR,” he wrote, expressing his hope that the Centre will rise to the occasion and respond to the Telangana government’s sincere request in the right earnest.
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Eye on China: Centre to vet telecom equipment vendors, create blacklist
A committee will be formed to identify India Trusted Sources for telecom equipment and may also blacklist certain vendors, with focus on national security, Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed
BusinessToday.In | December 17, 2020 | Updated 09:53 IST
Central government will cherry-pick telecom equipment providers and will even blacklist certain sources, under a new security directive for the telecom sector. The directive will come into effect six months from today, announced Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad after the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
The Cabinet Committee on Security has formed a National Security Directive on telecommunication sector, announced Prasad, adding that it is a crucial step regarding national security. The move to vet telecom equipment suppliers comes on the same day that the Cabinet allowed spectrum auction in multiple. The decision assumes even