38 companies apply for IT hardware PLI 2.0

The revised production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for IT hardware has received an “excellent” response from 38 companies, including global ones such as HP, Dell, Lenovo and Foxconn as well as local maker Dixon Technologies.

They have proposed incremental investments of over Rs 4,000 crore for additional production worth Rs 3.35 lakh crore over the coming six years.

“We have got excellent response for the production of personal computers (PCs), laptops and servers in India,” Union IT and telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at a briefing Wednesday.