
2.The duty on mobile accessories like chargers and batteries need to be rationalised. When these accessories are imported as an in box item, it only attract a duty of 1%, essentially the duty of the handset. When it’s imported as an accessory the duty is as high as 27 %. This leads to huge price gap between the legitimate product and the product in grey market. Also products like Battery, charger can be a safety risk and health hazard, and therefore it’s important that use of safe and legitimate accessories be encouraged.
3.Tablet is an emerging product category and has a huge potential in digitalisation of education. An efficient tablet can be made be available at even half the price of a note book and can bridge the digital divide. We would recommend that this product should be treated like a communication device and not an IT device and duty should be rationalized accordingly. It will be great initiative towards digital education.
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