Budget Expectations: Cut taxes on mobile phone brands, says Karbonn Mobiles

By Pradeep Jain, MD, Karbonn Mobiles

The Indian mobile industry is going through a phase of transformation and to make this transformation a reality we wish for a warm co-operation from the government with responsive policy measures in the upcoming Union Budget.

A few suggestions which will help in the growth of the Mobile industry of India and will help in sustaining the phenomenal growth this sector has seen would be:

• Seeking from the government a cut in taxes on mobile phone brands of Indian origin which will help the Indian phone makers to compete well with the international competition.

• We shall also seek from the government rebates in state rates for importing raw and finished goods from offshore clients based on which we will be able to pass on more value-for-money product range to the consumer.

• A request goes out to the Finance Minister to forward the industry, liberated land usage on which by setting up indigenous plants the Indian mobile makers can produce more cost effective mobile phones.

• As the draft on National Policy on Electronics-2011 which declares mobile phones being " goods of national importance