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Top Stories:

Made-in-India tag for Flipkart brands: Walmart-owned Flipkart has moved a substantial proportion of its manufacturing and sourcing for in-house brands from China and Malaysia to India over the past year, helping to cut costs and comply with the government’s Make in India initiative. That’s helped Flipkart reduce prices of private label products sold across 300 categories on its platform. “About two years back, almost 100% of our electronics came from China,” said Adarsh Menon, head of private label business at Flipkart. “Today, that number would be less than 50%. When we launched our furniture brand, the entire range was sourced from Malaysia--now that’s down to less than 50%.” Flipkart’s private brands include MarQ, Perfect Homes, Billion and SmartBuy, which contribute about 8% to the company’s overall sales, sources said. According to Menon, much of the electronics and consumer durables, textiles, most high-end Android TVs, air conditioners, washing machines and smaller appliances are now being sourced from India. As much as 50-60% accessories also get sourced from India. This comes as the Indian government has been able to convince global electronics manufacturers to set up shop in the country. Through higher import tariffs on smartphones and other high-value electronics, India has been able to get tech giants such as Apple to locally manufacture its iPhones here with partners such as Foxconn and Wistron.

(ET, June 10, 2019) Two-wheeler makers term EV switchover by 2025 as ‘impractical’: After industry bodies CII and

SIAM reacted to the anticipated government plan of ensuring faster adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) by suggesting 100% EVs for sale of three-wheelers by 2023 and two-wheelers below 150 cc by 2025, vehicle manufacturers such as TVS Motor Company and Bajaj Auto have now termed the plan as 'unrealistic' and 'impractical'. TVS Motor and Bajaj Auto are both planning to launch electric two-wheelers later in FY20. In an official statement, Venu Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Motor Company said: “Automakers are supportive of the overall goal of introducing EVs and easing consumers into electric mobility. As a result we have been doing serious development work to ensure we can offer a mass market EV product that delivers on safety and high performance. This is necessary to co-opt consumers into making a switch, so it’s driven by consumer willingness and, therefore, adopted easily and widely. The supporting infrastructure for charging also needs to be as robust as conventional fuel options."

(LiveMint, June 10, 2019)

India to benefit from US-China trade war, say experts: The ongoing trade war between the US and Chinawill help India tap export opportunities in both the countries in areas such as garments, agriculture, automobile and machinery, according to trade experts. Professor at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Rakesh Mohan Joshi said the US has broadly targeted intermediate components from China, particularly machinery and electronics, whereas China is targeting American automotive and agricultural products including Soybean. "These areas offer huge opportunities for India. Strong opportunity is unfolding for India in apparel and readymade garments as after China, India is the only country in the world to match the scale of operations and integrate its supply chain for global customers," Joshi said. He added that India needs to make use of this opportunity to significantly enhance its exports especially in information and communications technology (ICT) and the automotive sector. "To effectively harness the emerging opportunities, India needs a carefully crafted strategy and its meticulous implementation at the grass-roots level," he said.

(LiveMint,May 16, 2019)

Strategy in the works to woo companies looking to exit China : India has prepared a strategy to gain market access in China for its farm and pharmaceutical exports and attract foreign companies looking to shift out their manufacturing bases from there in the wake of the trade war between the US and China. The commerce department’s strategy paper, aimed at reducing India’s trade deficit with its neighbour, proposes a detailed sector-wise strategy for import substitution in electronics, telecom, electrical equipment and pharmaceuticals, which form the bulk of the country’s purchases from China. India’s trade deficit with China stood at a record $63.04 billion in FY18. The strategy paper, prepared by the department, was submitted to commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu. After taking charge as minister in September 2017, Prabhu has personally guided strategies to reduce the trade deficit with China. The core of the idea was increasing exports to China and reducing imports by substituting inbound shipments with local manufacturing.

(ET, May 25, 2019)

Smaller rivals may gain in India at Huawei’s cost: Huawei’s expected troubles due to US sanctions could open a window of opportunity for rival debutants Realme and Oppo to get a toehold in India’s premium smartphone market, analysts said. Oppo is making a second attempt at cracking the premium smartphone segment — those costing over Rs 30,000 — with the launch of its new premium series Reno. Realme will enter the space towards the latter part of the year. Market experts say Huawei may be forced to pull out devices with Android readying to snap ties with the Chinese smartphone maker. Oppo and Realme could well exploit the gap and growing competition in the segment dominated by Samsung, OnePlus and Apple so far. The premium smartphone segment itself is expected to almost double by Decemberend to 10% of the overall market, said Counterpoint Research.

(ET, May 25, 2019)

Policy Scan:

Indian Crypto currency Regulation Is ready, Official confirms: After more than one year of analysis and deliberation, the report containing the recommended regulatory framework for crypto currency in India is now ready to be submitted to the finance minister, according to local media. The new finance secretary, former Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Subhash Chandra Garg, reportedly confirmed its readiness at an event hosted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India on Thursday. “On the crypto currency regulation, Garg said the report is ready,” PTI reported, further quoting the finance secretary as saying. Garg heads an inter-ministerial committee instituted to study all aspects of crypto currency and draft the country’s crypto regulation. Included on the committee are representatives from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Securities and Exchange Board of India, and the Central Board of Direct Taxes. This draft regulation was supposed to be ready in July last year. “We are fairly close to developing a kind of template which we think might be in the best interest of our country. We have prepared a draft which we intend to discuss with the committee members in the first week of July [2018],” Garg explained in an interview at the time. However, no crypto regulation has been announced and the Ministry of Finance told Lok Sabha in December last year that “the department is pursuing the matter with due caution,” noting that “It is difficult to state a specific timeline to come up with clear recommendations.” The government subsequently shared with the Supreme Court in February that the report containing the recommendations for India’s crypto regulation is in the final stages of deliberation.

(Bitcoin News, June 03, 2019

Flash Electronics files patent case against Royal Enfield in US court: Flash Electronics India Ltd, a New Delhi Based automobile component manufacturer, has filed a law suit against country’s largest premium motorcycle manufacturer, Royal Enfield, in the US regarding a patent infringement of a component known as regulator-rectifier. Flash will subsequently file similar law suits against the motorcycle manufacturer in the Europe and Asia-Pacific, including India. A regulator-rectifier is a component that efficiently converts the AC (Alternating Current) voltage produced in motorcycle engines into DC (Direct Current) voltage to charge batteries, power headlights, light up instrument panel, thus driving the motorcycle’s electrical systems. Flash Electronics was granted patent for the device by authorities in the US and in European countries like Germany, France, Italy, UK, Spain and others.

(LiveMint, May 20, 2019)

Industry Scan: General:

Asus targets 15-20% slice of consumer-notebook pie: Taiwan-based gadget-maker Asus is targeting 15-20 per cent market share in the overall consumer notebook segment by the end of this calendar year. The company on Tuesday added two models to its affordable Vivo Book laptops, one of which was launched in partnership with Flipkart. “In terms of overall consumer notebooks’ share, we are at 11.9 per cent in India as per Microsoft data,” said Leon Yu, Regional Head, India and South Asia, Asus. Laptops from the Vivo Book series broadly fall under the ‘thin and light’ segment.’ “In thin and light, we are the number one brand in India. Currently, we are at around 25 per cent (market share) in the segment. Our target is to reach 40 per cent by end of 2019,” Yu said. These figures are for across the thin and light segment, spanning budget laptops to premium models. “Earlier, thin and

light was considered a very premium segment. Last year, we were the first brand to introduce thin and light under Rs. 30,000,” Yu added .Adarsh K Menon, Vice-President- electronics, private labels, and furniture at Flipkart, said that the e-commerce company has worked closely with Asus for the new Vivo Book. “Because we sit on such a treasure trove of real-time customer information and preferences, we are able to work with partners like Asus and share that information with them and participate in the product design process,” Menon said.

(BusinessLine, June 11, 2019) Expanding Automotive Electronics Business in India: Harman International Industries, a subsidiary of

Samsung Electronics, held a ceremony on June 3 (local time) to celebrate the expansion of an auto parts manufacturing facility at its factory in Chakan of India with the attendance of local government officials. Founded in 2014, the plant produces a variety of solutions for connected cars including automotive infotainment devices. Harman will invest about 60 billion won to expand the plant’s production lines from the current two to six by 2021. Harman plans to increase the production volume of digital convenience units (DCUs) and telematics control units (TCUs), which were jointly developed with Samsung Electronics, 12-fold from the current 20,000 units a year in three years. The company is also planning to double the number of employees that currently stands at about 800 during the period. "This expansion will enable us to offer customized electronic car parts solutions to global automakers including Suzuki, Daimler, Volkswagen, Tata and Fiat Chrysler," the company said. Samsung Electronics has been aggressively expanding its Indian business. Samsung Display signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a mobile phone display manufacturing plant by April next year. It will soon fix the scale of its investment. Samsung SDI is also brooding over the size of its investment to build a smartphone battery manufacturing plant.

(Business Standard, June 05, 2019)

New Town plan to recycle e-waste: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) will up cycle e-waste collected from the township and Sector V and make them fit for reuse in an attempt to prevent accumulation of hazardous materials at dumping sites. “Old smartphones, personal computers and other electronic gadgets will be collected from residents and offices. These will be repaired and restored so they can be used once more,” an NKDA official said. “The ones that cannot be repaired will be used to make various household items, including decorative pieces. ”The repaired and refurbished items will be put on display at the NKDA corner for up cycled goods at Eco Park, in New Town, in order to encourage people not to throw away their electronic gadgets with other household waste. People can buy them at a fraction of the market rates from the counter. Metro had on May 19 reported about the counter that has been set up near Eco Park’s gate No. 4 to encourage people to segregate household waste and dispose them in a scientific manner. Debashis Sen, the NKDA chairman and additional chief secretary of information technology, electronics and e-governance, said the move would not only benefit the environment but would also provide an opportunity to the people to buy cellphones and computers at affordable rates.

(The Teleraph, May 29, 2019)

FICCI chief: India should cut interest rates to help exporters take advantage of US-China trade war: India should cut interest rates further and adopt consistent policies for the export of agricultural produce to enable Indian exporters to take advantage of the current US-China trade war, industry body Ficci's President Sandip Somany said Saturday. Currently on a business trip to China, Somany also said the NDA government in its second term should focus on getting big ticket investments from China, specially in the capital goods sector, and motivate Chinese machinery manufacturers to set up plants in India. The bruising US-China trade war, under which both countries have slapped billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs on each other's exports, offers a big opportunity for some category of Indian exports to make a dent in both the US and Chinese markets, Somany told PTI here. Somany, who is the vice chairman and managing director of HSIL Limited, the second largest glass manufacturer India, also met the Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri and the Secretary of China's Boao Forum for Asia, Li Baodong. If the US-China trade war continues, it offers good opportunities for Indian exports in certain areas, he said

(Today, May 25, 2019)

EVMs are absolutely fool proof: Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer: Amid a slew of allegations by the opposition about the reliability of EVMs, Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh has said that the machines are "absolutely fool-proof" and fulfills all "transparency and administrative protocols". Singh

said the EVM is "robust by design" and there is no way the machine can be tampered with. "There is no way that the machine can be tampered with, manipulated or hacked into because it does not have connectivity with the outside world. It does not have internet, wi-fi or Bluetooth connectivity. This means you cannot access the mind of the machine. It has a onetime programmable chip," Singh told PTI. The Aam Aadmi Party Monday asked the Election Commission to provide additional security at a counting centre in South Delhi, alleging that political opponents plan to manipulate EVMs ahead of the announcement of poll results on May 23. The letter by AAP's South Delhi candidate and spokesperson Raghav Chadha said that "he has strong reasons to believe that the political adversaries will attempt to open the strong rooms and manipulate or replace the machines as a handful of such incidents have been seen in the past". Singh said the machines are manufactured by Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) and Bharat Electronics Limited NSE 1.29 % (BEL), which are the PSUs with highest security protocols and are programmed there.

(ET, May 21, 2019)

Enter The Dragon: China's SAIC to cause disruption in Indian automobile industry : After conquering the country's smartphone and electronics devices market, China Inc. has set its sight on India's lucrative automobile sector, where one of its largest manufacturers SAIC will compete for space. Even though, Chinese firms have been present in India's auto sector, their presence till now was only concentrated in areas of public transport and commercial vehicles. However, SAIC Motor Corporation, which had revenue of USD 129 billion in 2018, intends to change all that. Accordingly, the automobile manufacturer which is one of China's largest carmakers and ranked 41st in the Fortune 500 list of companies will enter the Indian market by June through its fully-owned British subsidiary MG (Morris Garages) Motors India. It will offer, India's first internet-enabled Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) Hector priced at Rs 15-20 lakh. Overall, the company aims to launch four vehicles during the next 18 months.

(BS, May 21, 2019)

Amazon Global Selling Program Targets $5 Billion in E-commerce Exports from India : With more

than 50,000 Indian MSMEs as part of Amazon Global Selling, which was launched in India in 2015, the program has already exceeded $1 Billion in exports so far from India. At the launch of the second edition of Amazon Exports Digest, Amazon today announced that its Global Selling program has now achieved the significant milestone of crossing $1 billion in e-commerce exports sales from India in just three years since its launch in the country! Launched with just a few hundred sellers in May 2015, more than 50,000 Indian exporters are now part of the Amazon Global Selling program, selling over 140M ‘Made in India’ products to Amazon customers across the globe through its marketplaces worldwide such as Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, etc. “Six years ago, we started operating in India with a vision to enable every motivated Indian seller to reach customers across India and every country in the world. Amazon launched the Global Selling program in India four years ago, aligning with this vision. The program has scaled up extensively since then and has reached a cumulative $1 billion annualized from India. This program is helping government’s vision on exports, encouraging ‘Made in India’ products go global and enabling over 50,000 Indian MSMEs to reach the doorstep of 300MM+ global customers without leaving their homes. Over the next five years ‘India to Global’ has the potential to become huge and Amazon is confident that the Global Selling program will hit the $5 billion mark by 2023 fueling the growth of lakhs of Indian manufacturers, exporters and small enterprises.” said Amit Agarwal, Senior Vice President and Country Head, Amazon India.

(Orissadiary.com, May 16, 2019) Information Technology:

Dream or nightmare? Why India should postpone its electric vehicle plans for ten years: Most discussions on electric vehicles (EVs) focus on benefits and sidestep serious questions. For example, do we know if a faster adoption of EVs would be in India’s interest? Is the currently used EV technology robust enough? Will EVs make us dependent on China? Answers are straightforward. We just need to look at the most critical part of an EV – the battery. What the internal combustion engine is to a patrol car, the battery is to EV. Currently, all EVs use lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). It is the limitations of LIBs that will prevent widespread adoption of EVs. LIBs are expensive and do not support long-distance travel. Worse, raw materials needed to make LIBs are in short supply. Let us understand the seriousness of the issue. The battery used in a typical EV is a massive 500 kg pack consisting of hundreds of large lithium-ion cells that use metals like lithium, cobalt, nickel and

manganese. Each metal serves a useful purpose. For example, lithium generates a flow of electrons and helps charge the battery. Cobalt prevents battery overheating. The problem is the world does not have enough of lithium or cobalt reserves needed to replace current automobiles with EVs.

(TOI, June 13, 2019) Like mobiles, PCs made in India should meet local and global demand: Intel : In 2007, Intel

shelved plans to set up a microchip manufacturing unit in India due to the country’s bureaucracy. But in 2019, it finds India a good place to manufacture, albeit not through a multi-billion semiconductor fab but by helping local companies boost electronics manufacturing. In a conversation with BusinessLine, Prakash Mallya, Vice-President and Managing Director, Intel India, Sales and Marketing Group spoke about how Intel is trying to boost PC manufacturing in India and what the government could do to encourage local manufacturing.

(BusinessLine, May 28, 2019)

Finance Commission meets Ministry of Electronics and IT : The Fifteenth Finance Commission headed by Chairman N.K. Singh on Tuesday held a meeting with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on “Harnessing India’s Digital Opportunity”. A detailed presentation on this was made by the Secretary, MeitY, Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney. The Ministry held in its presentation that the world economy was getting increasingly digital, and it detailed the disruptive potential of digital technology which is accelerating transition Elaborating on the digital profile of India, the Commission was briefed by Ministry that India was standing on the verge of a trillion dollar digital opportunity. It was stressed that large scale digital transformation is possible, however India can and must prepare for it.

(SME Times, May 21, 2019)

Panasonic Forays into India’s EV Industry; Launches New EV Charging Service: Indian arm of the Japanese electronics company, Panasonic has announced its foray in the electric vehicles (EV) industry in India with the launch of its EV charging service, Nymbus on Wednesday (May 15). The charging service is reportedly a combination of physical and virtual components. These components include charging stations, swap stations, on board charges, telematics systems along with cloud services, analytics, intuitive dashboard, and artificial intelligence to deliver a one-stop solution, according to Panasonic. Talking about the insight behind launching Nymbus, Atul Arya, Head Energy Systems Division, Panasonic India said, “In the (EV) ecosystem, we saw that three and two-wheeler mobility will be the biggest players in India.” Panasonic has reportedly partnered with EV three wheeler manufacturing company SmartE and an electric scooter sharing service qQuick, for the first phase of its service deployment. Under this partnership, the Japanese company is said to deploy Nymbus on 150 SmartE’s electric three-wheelers and on 25 qQuick two-wheelers.

(Inc 42, May 16, 2019)

Telecom:

Modi govt pursuing bold strategies for universal Internet access by 2022: Ajit Pai: India is pursuing bold strategies to achieve the ambitious goal of universal Internet access by 2022, a top American official has said, highlighting the challenges in building broadband networks in rural areas. "I commend Prime Minister Modi and the Indian government for their ambitious goals of universal Internet access by 2022 and fixed broadband access to 50 per cent of households by 2022," Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said at the India Ideas summit of US-India Business Council here on Wednesday. "To meet these targets, they're pursuing bold strategies such as installing two million public Wi-Fi hotspots in rural areas and redesigning and expanding the Universal Service Obligation Fund," he said. Pai said despite the good news, millions of Indians and Americans still live in rural areas where there is currently no case for the private sector alone to build broadband networks.

(ET, June 13, 2019)

Telecom dept, telcos conduct raids across Delhi-NCR to take down illegal mobile signal repeaters: Indian telecom operators and the telecom department conducted raids on several locations across Delhi to take down illegal mobile signal repeaters installed by individuals. With this exercise in Delhi, 32 illegal repeaters were removed and 46 notices were given to remove the identified ones with immediate effect. According to a statement by the COAI, the DoT along with the authorities have served notices and may impose heavy fines on owners of several premises. Raids were also conducted in Karol Bagh where such illegal equipment is being sold, according to an official statement. The department may also decide to impose heavy penalties on sellers of this illegal equipment. Recently, on the request of the COAI, several e-commerce players stopped the sale of such illegal network boosters on their platforms. These locations included both residential and commercial establishments in Laxmi Nagar, Paharganj, Greater Kailash, Inderpuri, Adarsh Nagar, Model Town, Patel Nagar, South Extension, Chandni Chowk, Rohini, Sant Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Civil Lines, Ashok Vihar and Rajendra Nagar. The identified locations also include NCR region, i.e. Gurugram and Noida. COAI said that illegal mobile signal repeaters have become a major nuisance and are one of the biggest reasons for customers facing network issues like call drops and low data speeds.

(ET, June 13, 2019)

DoT may prohibit BSNL from LWE-II connectivity program : The Department of Telecom(DoT) is

expected to prohibit state-controlled Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in the ambitious Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) - II program, despite telco's lowest proposal and completion of the earlier phase in record time. "The specifications of BSNL proposal are very different from the Cabinet-approved proposal for LWE-II and hence cost of BSNL proposal cannot be used for benchmarking the bid document," according to a telecom department note, seen by ETT said. The fourth-largest telco has submitted a proposal to deploy 4.072 towers, at a cost nearly 40% lower than the originally conceived but the note prepared by the department's finance branch, apparently overlooked it, saying, "BSNL proposal will entail a lower grade of service with deficiencies." However, BSNL has led the previous leg or LWE-I to deploy 2,500 mobile towers to boost telephony in the Red Corridor, with completing the initiative in a lesser time than anticipated in 2016.

(ET, June 13, 2019)

Vodafone Idea, Airtel in talks with Samsung for 4G and 5G amid uncertainty over Huawei's

future : Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtelhave initiated separate exploratory talks with Korean telecom gear maker Samsung for supplying equipment for their respective 4Gand futuristic 5G networks even as uncertainty looms over the future of Huawei in India, after a US ban on the Chinese vendor. Both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India don't want to get stuck with just two vendors — Ericsson and Nokia — in case of a ban on Huawei, as there could be demand and supply issues as well in such an eventuality, a person familiar with the strategy of one of the two telecom companies said. "They want to keep their options open with Samsung. ZTE is there but the telcos wouldn’t want to go big with it...telcos want to diversify when it comes to vendors," the person said. A second person said that Samsung is already getting “feelers” from telcos in India for both 4G and 5G technologies. “There are feelers on 5G. But, there are many steps required, including trials in India since commercial deployment has some time to start in the country. Even on 4G, Samsung is getting feelers from the two telcos”.

(ET, June 12, 2019)

India remains second largest region of internet users in the world: Mary Meeker report : India has the second largest internet user base in the world constituting 12% of the total 3.8 billion global user base, where China has the largest internet user base making 21% of the total base, according to the Mary Meeker’s 2019 internet trends report. Previously, India had beaten United States to become the second largest market of internet users. As per the latest report, United States remains at the third spot constituting 8% of the global internet

user base. Moreover, Asia Pacific region leads with 53% of the global internet users coming from the region. However, the internet penetration in the region is 48% which is significantly lower than that of North America and Europe, 89% and 78% respectively.

(ET, June 12, 2019) India may have 88 million 5G connections by 2025: GSMA: Global telecom industry body GSMA

expects India to have 920 million unique mobile subscribers by 2025 which will include 88 million 5G connections. "5G connections in India are forecast to reach 88 million by 2025...This will leave India trailing regional peers such as China, which is set to see almost 30 per cent of its total connection base on 5G by 2025," the GSMA Intelligence report released in May said. It said there were close to 750 million unique subscribers at the end of 2018 and expected to reach almost 920 million by 2025. "India alone will generate almost a quarter of the world's new mobile subscribers over this period," it said. According to GSMA, data consumption pattern in India on 4G network supports in time uptake of new 5G devices and services. However, the emergence of 5G ecosystem in India will depend on telecom operators' ability to invest in network which requires favourable support on policy and regulatory fronts. GSMA forecasts that the Indian mobile market will return to revenue growth in the second half of 2019 and continue to grow modestly till 2025 but market revenues will still be below the level of 2016, indicating that market repair will be a slow and challenging process.

(ET, June 05, 2019)

Oppo leads Apple, Samsung in race to win over youngsters in India: Apple and

Samsung, the flag bearers of innovation in the consumer technology space for years, may be losing the trust of young Indian consumers to a Chinese rival. Oppo Mobile India, the local subsidiary of China’s BBK Electronics, has emerged as the most-preferred innovative handset brand in the premium segment, as per an independent study conducted by the analyst firm Cyber Media Research (CMR). Conducted among consumers, born between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s, in the survey, Oppo scored 78 per cent. While Samsung, at the second spot, scored 74 per cent, Apple stood at the third spot with a 71 per cent score. The findings are surprising, to say the least, given that Oppo does not feature among the most-selling premium smartphone brands in the country. While Samsung now tops the chart, in terms of volume of premium devices shipped, Chinese brand OnePlus is the second-largest player in the Rs 25,000-to-Rs 50,000 price band, followed by Apple. However, the young consumers said that Oppo’s constant focus on camera prowess and its long-lasting batteries remained at the top of their mind. According to Prabhu Ram, head-industry intelligence group, CMR, innovations introduced by Oppo in selfie cameras at an early stage that, along with Vivo, transformed the smartphone market in India and helped it gain consumers’ attention. “The Gen Z clearly identifies with Oppo as an innovation trailblazer that offers a premium experience to them, with industry-leading innovations, whether it be in camera or battery charging,” he said.

(BS, May 28, 2019)

Consumer Electronics:

Compensate customer for faulty TV: Consumer Forum to LG: LG Electronics India Private Limited and its dealer at Marathahalli have been ordered to compensate a customer for delivering a faulty smart TV. The dealer replaced a faulty, used TV of the customer with another faulty one. When the customer failed to evoke any response from the company, he was forced to move the consumer forum. Calling it ‘deficiency in service’, the IV Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum directed the LG Electronics India Private Limited CEO, Rajeev Nair to refund Rs 1.61 lakh to the complainant, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, from December 27 2014, till the date of realization. The forum, comprising president RK Prathibha and N R Roopa also directed them to refund Rs 6,790, the cost of additional warranty, to the complainant with compensation of Rs 10,000 and litigation cost of Rs 2,000.According to the order, complainant Sudip Datta, residing in Vignana Nagar in Bengaluru, purchased LG 4K Smart LED TV (55 inch) on

December 27, 2014 from E Zone in Marathahalli for Rs 1.61 lakh, and also purchased 2 years additional warranty for Rs 6,790. After installation of the TV by LG, the complainant noticed that it was a TV that had already been used for 740 hours. It was also noticed that two bright white spots appeared at the bottom of the TV display panel. After the problems were brought to the notice of E Zone with a request to replace the TV, it was replaced with a brand new TV.

(Indian Express, May 26, 2019)

Flipkart sinking their teeth into Electronics Market; Partners with Nokia, Motorola for TVs, Appliances: In 2017, Flipkart launched its brainchild MarQ, the company’s private label for electronic appliances, which was also the fifth such sub-brand by Flipkart. To this day, MarQ has covered a significant segment of the electronic products, such as TVs, washing machines, air conditioners, microwave ovens, and to this day, competes with Amazon’s private label, Amazon Basics. MarQ, in an attempt to reach the zenith at which Amazon Basics stands, has come up with a new strategy. What is this new strategy that the online e-commerce giant of India has devised? Read on to know all the details! Walmart-owned Flipkart has crafted out a strategy to work together with some select brands that already have played the field in the electronics segment. The report says, “Flipkart is wooing international original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to create new product models in high-selling categories like electronics for sale on its platform.” Flipkart has been discussing business with three different companies across a span of the last six to eight months. Flipkart’s plans to collaborate with Nokia and Motorola are at a much advanced stage now, and there is news that Flipkart will manufacture TV models for the said brands. Also, Flipkart is planning to team up with Sansui and launch smaller home appliances, such as grinders, juicers, etc. too.

(Trak.in, May 16, 2019)

No FDI love? Apple, Amazon show 2 faces of India's quest to lure investment: As the US-China trade war triggers the biggest rethink of supply chains in a generation, the world’s fastest-growing major economy with hundreds of millions of young and cheap workers should be atop the list of potential beneficiaries. And yet India isn’t getting such love, with foreign direct investment actually declining over recent months. That’s a riddle partly explained by pre-election caution as investors move to the sidelines while Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party squares off against the opposition Indian National Congress. But the other explanation lies in the recent past, with local opposition and politically-inspired protectionism getting in the way of investments. In February, e-commerce firms like Amazon.com and Walmart Inc.-owned Flipkart were slapped with proposed new rules that would raise their costs as Modi sought to protect the nation’s millions of mom and pop stores. That same month, it was announced that a proposed $44 billion oil refinery backed by Saudi Arabia would be relocated after farmers opposed the project and refused to hand over land (a new location has yet to be named).

(BS, May 17, 2019) Defence & Solar:

India to buy US missile system to shield Delhi: India is swiftly moving ahead to acquire the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System-II (NASAMS-II) from the US, which will be used along with indigenous, Russian and Israeli systems to erect an ambitious multi-layered missile shield over the National Capital Territory of Delhi against aerial threats ranging from drones to ballistic missiles. Defence ministry sources said the US is likely to send the final draft of the ‘letter of acceptance’ for the sale of NASAMS-II to India under its foreign military sales programme, at a cost of over Rs 6,000 crore (almost $1 billion), by July-August. “Several rounds of negotiations, including selection of sites for deployment of the missile batteries around Delhi, have already taken place. Once the deal is inked, the deliveries will take place in two to four years,” said a source. The MoD had earlier granted ‘acceptance of necessity’ to the NASAMS acquisition, which was followed by India issuing a formal ‘letter of request’ (LoR) to the US, as reported by TOI in July last year.

(ET, June 10, 2019) US agree to expand Defence trade cooperation with India: The United States on Tuesday agreed

to increase the defence trade relationship with India and batted for a broader security partnership in the Indo-Pacific region. The Political-Military Bureau of the US State Department, in a statement, said, "India plays a vital role in the US vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific.Working alongside interagency partners, the Political-Military Affairs (PM) Bureau advances the defence trade relationship and broader security partnership between the United States and India." "The PM Bureau has supported the increase in total defence trade with India from near zero in 2008 to USD 15 billion this year. The PM Bureau is committed to further streamlining US-India defence sales, which we facilitate

through both the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) processes. These sales support thousands of jobs in both countries and help to ensure the health of both countries' defence industrial bases," the statement added. The Bureau also said that the military sales to India include MH-60R Seahawk helicopters (USD 2.6 billion), Apache helicopters (USD 2.3 billion), P-8I maritime patrol aircraft (USD 3 billion), and M777 howitzers (USD 737 million).

(BS, June 05, 2019)

Indian Navy successfully test-fires MRSAM missile: The Indian Navy has successfully test-fired a Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM), achieving a significant milestone to enhance its anti-air warfare capability, the defence ministry said Friday. The test-firing of the missile was undertaken on the western seaboard by Indian naval ships Kochi and Chennai. "The Indian Navy achieved a significant milestone in enhancing its anti-air warfare capability with the maiden cooperative engagement firing of the MRSAM," the defence ministry said in a statement. The test-firing of the missile was carried out jointly by the Indian Navy, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Israel Aerospace Industries. The DRDO has jointly developed the missile in collaboration with Israel Aerospace Industries. The MRSAM has been manufactured by Bharat Dynamics Limited NSE -5.19 %. "These surface to air missiles are fitted onboard the Kolkata class destroyers and would also be fitted on all future major warships of the Indian Navy," the ministry said. "With the successful proving of this cooperative mode of engagement, the Indian Navy has become a part of a select group of Navies that have this niche capability," it added.

(ET, May 18, 2019)

F-21 jets will not be sold to any other country if we get IAF contract: Lockheed Martin: US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin says it will not sell its newly rolled out F-21 fighter jet to any other country if India places an order for 114 planes, a move aimed at pitching itself ahead of its US, European and Russian competitors for the mega deal. Vivek Lall, vice president of Strategy and Business Development for Lockheed Martin, says if F-21 wins the contract, then India will also be integrated into the company's global fighter ecosystem, which is a USD 165 billion dollar market. In an interview with PTI, Lall said the new combat jet is designed to operate across over 60 air force stations in India, and its key aspects include superior engine matrix, electronic warfare system and weapons carrying capacity. "We will not sell this platform and the configuration to anyone in the world. It is a significant commitment by Lockheed Martin and it shows importance of India and importance of unique requirement India has," he said.

(ET, May 13, 2019)

Defence modernization: Government priority needs to be on Make in India: A comprehensive defeat of the Congress has established that its ‘Rafale scam’ charge did not stick and was a non-issue as far as the electorate was concerned. However, the vigour with which it was raised over the past year had a strong impact on the bureaucracy, whic cautious note when it came to taking calls on modernisation and promotion of the Make in India policy. The decisive mandate the BJP has got again now needs to free up the private industry phobia that the Rafale scam allegations triggered. The Make in India in defence initiative, which the BJP has mentioned prominently in its manifesto for 2019, needs to be anchored firmly around the private sector. A good foundation is in place—initially driven by former defence minister Manohar Parrikar—with the strategic partnership model as well as well-defined policies on treating Indian companies first for all defence and strategic requirements. What has been missing are the work orders that will truly kick-start the sector and drive jobs.

(ET, May 25, 2019)

1.2 GW hybrid tender gets only two bidders yet again: The latest tranche of Solar Energy

Corporation of India’s wind-solar hybrid tender for 1.2 GW has prompted response from only two bidders. Adani Green Energy (600 MW) and ReNew Power (300 MW) made techno-commercial bids for a combined capacity of 900 MW, leaving the tender undersubscribed by 300 MW. The tender had stipulated ceiling tariff of Rs 2.70/kWh and capacity utilization factor of 30%, which were deemed unviable for most of the developers—reported daily newspaper and website Economic Times while sharing the details. Terming the ceiling tariff of Rs 2.70 as too tight, Vinay Rustagi, managing director of renewable energy Consultancy Bridge To India told ET: “In most recent auctions, the winning wind

bids were around Rs 2.80 plus per unit and solar bids at Rs 2.55. So Rs 2.70 per unit is a tight tariff because most of the capacity in these hybrid projects will be wind based.” In wind projects the CUF is usually 35% at the best sites and for solar it is about 21%. The high level of CUF specified in the hybrid tender—at 30%—meant most of the capacity will have to be wind based, Rustagi added.

(PV Magazine, May 21, 2019)

Rajasthan Invites Domestic Manufacturers to Supply 4,50,000 Chip Solar Cells : The

Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL) has issued a notice inviting tenders for the supply of chip solar cells of 2.87 Watt capacity from domestic manufacturers. The last date for the submission of bids has been set for May 24, 2019, with the opening of bids is scheduled to take place on May 25, 2019. The quantity to be supplied is 4,50,000 cells. The technical specification for the cells is 3/4/5 Bus bar multi/ mono-crystalline silicon solar cells. In an in-depth report, Mercom had tried to analyze if the Indian solar market ready to transition to mono PERC cell technology. The consensus in the solar industry is that it is gradually shifting towards mono crystalline cell technology from the more common multi-crystalline (also called multi-crystalline) cells and modules. The introduction of passivized emitter rear contact (PERC) cell technology has markedly increased the efficiency of mono crystalline cells, making them an economically attractive option for many projects. However, the use of multi-crystalline modules still dominates the market in India, though developers have begun to seriously consider mono perc modules as they come with several important advantages.

(Mercom India, May 21, 2019)

SECTION – IV

Forth coming EVENTS & GENERAL INFORMATION

For Glance of ELCINA Activities 2017-18: Please refer: (https://youtu.be/0H0mHxTi9JA)

Overseas Shows Event : Taipei International Electronics Show (TAITRONICS)

Organiser : Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA)

From : 16-Oct.-2019

To : 18-Oct.-2019

Venue & City

: Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Website : www.taitronics.tw

Domestic Show Event : electronica India 2019

Organiser : Messe Muenchen India

From : 25-September-2019

To : 27-September-2019

City : Greater Noida, Delhi NCR, India

Website : https://electronica-india.com

SECTION - V ELCINA EVENTS, ACTIVITIES & SERVICES

ELCINA Delegation to 2019 Computex , Taipei Taiwan.

Fab tour and visit at Nuvoton, Taiwan

Participation in KPCA Expo, Seoul, South Korea

ELCINA is a Member of World Electronics Circuits

Council (WECC). Korea Printed Circuit Association

invited ELCINA other WECC Members to

KPCAshow/KIEP show2019 which was held on April

24-26, at KINTEX 2, Ilsan in Korea.

This year KPCA expected more than 12,000 people

from ODM, OEM, PCB manufacturing, materials, equipment supply and relevant business include

SMT to visit the show.

ELCINA put up a booth in the show to promote India PCBTech & IPCA Expo which will be held in

Greater Noida as a co-located show during electronica-productronica shows in September this year.

1.

2. 3.

1. Representatives from Anyang Chambers of Commerce & Industry

2. Chairman KPCA & Secretary General WECC visiting ELCINA Booth

3. Welcoming Reception

ELCINA-CKM Program:

S. No. Program Date Venue

1. 7 QC – Problem Solving Tools 25th

June 2019 ELCINA House, New Delhi

Kindly click the following link for program details and response form:

http://elcina.com/ckmresponse.php

Continuing its efforts to establish an extensive source of knowledge to serve Indian Engineering and Electronics Industry and cultivate a manufacturing culture in the country, ELCINA-Centre for Knowledge Management (CKM), since its launch in 2008, has been conducting various workshops on a variety of topics of interest to the satisfaction of the industry with focus on quality improvement and enhancing competitiveness. It has also been organizing In-house training workshops in companies for the benefit of the industry and the number of workshops is growing every year.

ELCINA-CKM - Training Programs on Quality, Productivity & Soft Skills

S. No. Program Name Days

Quality Improvement Techniques - Core Tools 1 SPC - Statistical Process Control 1

2 7 QC Tools - Problem Solving Techniques 1

3 FMEA - Product & Process 1

4 RCA & CAPA - Root Cause Analysis / Corrective Action Plan 1

5 Right (RFT) First Time Quality for Zero Defect Manufacturing - Customer Focus

1

6 Global 8 D - Problem Solving Techniques 1

7 Reliability Testing & Certification for LED Lighting Products 1

8 Six Sigma Methodology for Process Improvement 1

9 MSA 1

10 APQP / PPAP 1

11 5 S 1

12 Six Sigma - Green Belt 1

13 Sampling Inspection for Parts / Products (IS 2500 & IS 12040) & Vendor Rating

1

14 Environment Testing for Electronics Products & Components as per IS Standards

1

15 ISO 9001:2015 Requirements & Implementation 1

16 ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor Course 1

17 ISO 14001:2015 EMS - Environment Management System 1

18 Internal Audit Training 1

19 Environment & Health - EHS Legal Requirement 1

Manufacturing - Productivity & Cost

20 KAIZEN 1

21 Cost Reduction Strategies in Production - Via Toyota Production System (TPS)

1

22 Equipment Maintenance - Autonomous Maintenance Methodology 1

23 Control of Waste(7 types) - 3M (Mura, Muri and Muda) Methodology 1

24 Production Capacity Enhancement with Flow Manufacturing 1

25 Vendor Evaluation Technique 1 26 Material Handling & Warehouse Management 1 27 Lean Manufacturing 1

28 Soldering 1

29 Value Stream Mapping 1

30 Just in Time Manufacturing Methodologies 1

31 Principles in KANBAN 1

32 Reduction of Set-up Time - Use of SMED 1

Soft Skills 33 Internal Communication Skills & Building High Performance Team 1

34 Personality Enrichment & Leadership Skills 1

35 Business Time & Stress Management 1

36 Conflict Management 1

37 Assertiveness and Dealing with Difficult Situations 1

38 Shop Floor Management Skills 1

39 Motivation Skills 1

40 Time Management & Stress Management 1

41 Team Building for High Performance 1

42 Building Better Work Relationship 1

43 Conflict Resoultion at Work - Techniques 1

44 Pesonality Development 1

45 Managerial Effectiveness 1

46 Influencing & Persuading Others 1

47 Business Communication 1

48 Internal Effective Communication 1

49 Leadership Development for Organisational Success 1

50 Leadership for Young Managers 1

Please click the link below for more training programs:

http://elcina.com/trainingProgram.php

Please contact Rajesh Rawat (9911445890) for conducting the In-House / Open-House training programs or mail us at rajesh@elcina.com

ELCINA PRODUCT DISPLAY CENTRE at ELCINA HOUSE

The 'OSRAM DISPLAY CENTRE' in ELCINA House is a permanent Display Centre and serves

to showcase the Indian electronics industry to visitors. The Display Centre has now 11 Full Stalls

and 4 Half/Mini Stalls, presently occupied by the following Member-companies:-

Full Stalls

1. Bharat Electronics Ltd, Bangalore

2. TDK India Pvt. Ltd., Noida

3. Teknik Electromeconic Pvt Ltd,

Bangalore

4. SGS Tekniks Manufacturing Pvt Ltd,

Gurgaon

5. Deki Electronics Ltd, Noida

6. EMI Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

7. Elin Electronics Ltd, New Delhi

8. Syrma Technology Pvt. Ltd., Chennai

9. AT & S India Pvt.Ltd., Mysore

Half/Mini Stalls

1. Super Mount Pack Pvt. Ltd.

Bangalore

2. CTR Mfg. Inds Ltd., Aurangabad

3. Neotec Semiconductor Ltd.,

Taiwan

4. Sowparnika Thermistors and

Hybrids Pvt.Ltd., Thrissur (Kerala)

Two full stalls are currently available at present and interested members may kindly contact

ELCINA House, New Delhi (saly@elcina.com) for advance booking of the same.

ELCINA’s PUBLICATIONS:

“Indian Printed Circuit Board Industry & Market” A Research Report

The evolution of miniaturization and sub-miniaturization in the design of electronic equipment led to the emergence of a new technique of inter-component wiring and assembly known as the printed circuit board (PCB). This technology has now become the backbone of electronic devices. They provide the required mechanical support structure and electrical connect for the circuit. In addition to providing the connectivity, they also help to reduce the overall size and enhance the efficiency of the device. Source: http://elcina.com/new_publication_details.php?p=14

“Opportunities and Challenges in the Strategic Electronics Sector, with special focus on MSMEs”. We are pleased to inform you that, a Special Report (Update 2016) has been prepared by ELCINA on this publication. This Report involved detailed research & discussions with varied stakeholders from Defence Sector. It provides updated information as well as recommendations for next steps for Strategic Electronics and policy changes that we believe are required to take the Defence Electronics Sector to new

heights. The updated report was released during Strategic Electronics Summit 2016 on 7th July. http://elcina.com/services_publications_space_defence_msmes.asp Super Capacitor-Market Landscape Study

A Supercapacitor or Ultracapacitor is a charge storage device that stores electrical charges via

electrochemical & electrostatic processes and has an unusually high energy

density when compared to common capacitors. Due to their beneficial

properties like fast charging ability, superior low temperature performance,

long service and cycle life, and reliability, Supercapacitors hold the potential

to replace or complement traditional batteries and capacitors in several

applications. Supercapacitors are already being used worldwide in number of

applications ranging from automotive, renewable energy to electronics. For

more details you can visit below link:

http://www.elcina.com/services_publications_supercapacitor.asp

For enquiries and ordering these reports and Directory, please call:

Ms.Tandra Majumder/ Also visit and order at http://www.elcina.com/new_publication.php

ELCINA HOUSE, 422 Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III, New Delhi - 110 020.

Tel: +91 (011) 26924597, 26928053; Fax: +91 (011) 2692 3440;

Email: tandra@elcina.com or info@elcina.com

Electronic Industries Association of India ELCINA House, 422, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase-III, New Delhi 110020 (India)

E-Mail: info@elcina.com Tel: 011-26924597 / 26928053 / 41615985

We ELCINA Industry Support Desk, Taiwan Contact: Mr. Manik Kumar, Associate Director

Mobile: +886 0963930712

Email: india desk@elcina.tw/yogesh@elcina.com

Taipei: 9F, No.106 Heping E. Road, Sec 2, Taipei 106

Hsin-Chu County: Neotec Semiconductor Ltd. 4F, No,.32, Tai-Yuen Street, Chu-Pei City, Hsin- Chu County, Taiwan 302 R.O.C.

India: Electronic Industries Association of India (ELCINA), ELCINA House:422, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase-III, New Delhi-110020

Website: www.elcina.tw or www.elcina.com