Mobile phone retailers’ body AIMRA urges govt to not include devices in essential goods

NEW DELHI: Mobile phone retailers’ association AIMRA has requested the commerce minister Piyush Goyal to not consider mobile handsets as essential items. The body added that it was not recommending resuming offline sales through shops.

This comes at a time when handset makers’ association ICEA is pushing the government to allow offline sales of devices and add mobile phones to the essential items’ list having garnered support from Meity.