India, June 3 -- TEMA has complimented the DoT for the proposed Telecom Production Linked Incentive scheme (telecom PLI) and VCC held today by additional secretary (T), Mrs Anita Praveen, IAS, and joined by JS T Hari Ranjan Rao, IAS.

TEMA and several other members requested the DoT that the Telecom PLI scheme is primarily B2B, where customers are limited numbers of service providers, whereas the Electronics PLI is for B 2C, where 130 crores of India are customers. Hence, the telecom PLI should be complimentary, and not exactly the same as that of the Electronics PLI Scheme.

TEMA has requested for the following:

* TEMA requested that the Telecom PLI should include mandatory eligibility criteria, commitment and compliance on domestic Val...