Govt mulling to broaden PLI scheme to attract gaming device makers

The government is looking to widen the production-linked incentive scheme and provide other possible incentives to attract gaming device manufacturers, a senior IT and electronics ministry official said Tuesday.

Ministry of Electronics and IT joint secretary Saurabh Gaur in an online IAMAI roundtable discussion said steps are also being taken with the support of the information and broadcasting ministry and culture ministry to promote the gaming ecosystem in the country.

“Gaming consoles are very popular elsewhere. Tablets and laptops are other sources. We will see the emergence of gaming consoles. We would want to promote manufacturing of these consoles in India also through incentives schemes and also through certain other specific measures – especially tariff or non-tariff,” he said.