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 Samsung, Xiaomi and OPPO, and contract manufacturers such as Flex.

Chinese mobile phone makers, which dominate smartphone sales, have already lined up huge investments in the India market.