Big manufacturing opportunity for India in electronics, if states move swiftly

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday urged State IT ministers to move swiftly and promote electronics manufacturing through pro-investment initiatives, in a bid to tap a “great opportunity” that now beckons India.

Prasad, who interacted with State IT ministers through video-conference in the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, told reporters later that eased connectivity norms to facilitate work-from-home, which were to end on April 30, have now been extended till July 31.