Extend duty concession on camera lens to other electronic segments: ELCINA

New Delhi: The government’s decision to remove import duty from the camera lens and its components will benefit mobile phone manufacturers in India, and it should be extended to all other electronic product segments that use camera modules, electronic components industry body ELCINA said on Thursday. To deepen domestic value addition in the manufacture of mobile phones, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech announced relief in customs duty on the import of certain parts and inputs like a camera lens and continued the concessional duty on lithium-ion cells for batteries for another one year.