Lok Sabha Question No. 2610 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-14
Subject: Setting up of Mobile Phone Making Units
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2610. TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 14 TH  MARCH, 2016.

## SETTING UP OF MOBILE PHONE MAKING UNITS

## 2610. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज् य वव  द्यग  म त्री

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  allowed  foreign  companies  to  set  up  mobile  phone making units in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether these factories are production units or part assembling units;  and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with its likely impact on domestic industry and special economic zones?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् य वव  द्यग  ााज् यम त्री स् वतं त्र ्रभााा(स्ीमतंी िरममलाा ीीतंाामि( THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRIMATI NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) & (b): As per extant FDI policy, foreign investment up to 100 percent is permitted for a  company engaged in the business of manufacturing mobile phones. Under the  automatic  route,  investment  in  the  country  can  be  made  without  prior approval  either  of  the  Government  or  the  Reserve  Bank  of  India.  Foreign investment  in  companies  manufacturing  pagers,  cellular  phones  and  other mobile  communication  as  per  the  NIC  Code  2008  is  at  the Annexure .  No separate information is available for mobiles/cellular phone alone.
- (c): No such data is maintained.
- (d): Does not arise.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2610 FOR ANSWER ON 14.03.2016.

## Foreign Exchange Department

## Central Office

## One Industry Company wise inflow report

Manufacturing of pagers, cellular phones and other mobile communication equipment

LEVEL:

From Date: 01/01/1991 to Date: 09/03/2018  Region Name : All Office

| Sl. No.     | Company Name                                                 | Investor Name                                           | Investor Country   | Inflow Amount (RS)   |
|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
| 1.          | HAMEE INDIA PRAVITE LIMITED                                  | HAMEE CORP.                                             | JAPAN              | 4,950,000.00         |
| 2.          | ELENTEC INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED (EAR: RIPE COMPONENT TECHNOLO) | ELENTEC CO.LTD.                                         | SOUTH KOREA        | 123,480,000.00       |
| 3.          | VSUN MOBILE PRIVATE LIMITED                                  | XUE YING ZHANG                                          | CHINA              | 67,500,000.00        |
| 4.          | ELENTEC INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED (EAR: RIPE COMPONENT TECHNOLO) | RIPE KOREA CO. LTD.                                     | SOUTH KOREA        | 105,842,920.00       |
| 5.          | INNOCOM ELECTRONICS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED                    | CHIH LIANG LAI                                          | CHINA              | 70,000.00            |
| 6.          | INNOCOM ELECTRONICS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED                    | MUWONGCHUANG                                            | USA                | 15,000.00            |
| 7.          | INNOCOM ELECTRONICS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED                    | LIN TUNG ZUNG                                           | TAIWAN             | 15,000.00            |
| 8.          | HAMEE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED                                  | HAMEE KOREA CO. LTD.                                    | SOUTH KOREA        | 50,000.00            |
| 9.          | TNST COMPONENT INDIA PVT. LTD.                               | TNST CO.LTD.                                            | SOUTH KOREA        | 25,000,000.000       |
| 10.         | DNI TECH COMPANY PVT. LTD.                                   | DR TECH CO. LTD.                                        | SOUTH KOREA        | 62,722,740.00        |
| 11.         | EGCHEM COMPONENT INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED                       | EGCHEM CO. LTD.                                         | SOUTH KOREA        | 2,500,000.00         |
| 12.         | DNI TECH COMPANY PVT. LTD.                                   | DR.TECH CO LTD. 476WONCHEON DONG, YEON GTONG-GUSUWON SI | SOUTH KOREA        | 62,722,740.00        |
| 13.         | TNST COMPONENT INDIA PVT. LTD.                               | DATA LINK RELIANCE LTD.                                 | HONGKONG           | 7,500,000.00         |
| GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL                                                  | GRAND TOTAL                                             | GRAND TOTAL        | 462,368,400.00       |

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Route:

Automatic Route