In addition to this, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced that customs duties on 25 critical minerals will either be eliminated or reduced.
Mumbai Custom Zone III issued a press release about the seizures in last four days. The seized items include gold dust, jewellery, bars, expensive mobile phones, foreign currencies, laptops and cosmetics.
The government's decision to cut import duties on mobile phone components is a strategic move to promote the growth of India's mobile manufacturing sector, making it more competitive on the global stage.
The missing mobiles were traced with the help of the cyber cell on the reports lodged by the owners in the online police portal.
Parents are requested to ensure that their wards do not carry mobile phones in the school premises, the Delhi government said in an advisory.
The government will give smartphones to 1 crore 40 lakh women in the state. However, in the first phase, mobile phones will be in the hands of 40 lakh women.
Mobile phone exports from India reached close to USD 11.12 billion with iPhone maker Apple accounting for around half of the total exports, according to industry body ICEA and estimates from industry sources.
Govt on mobile phones, apps security: "India is emerging as a trusted player in the global value chain of electronics. Security of mobile phones and applications is important. The government is in consultation with stakeholders to develop adequate security standards," the Meity tweeted.
The government has launched the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) project to block and trace lost or stolen mobile phones and added Indian Counterfeited Device Restriction (ICDR) system to curb proliferation of such handsets.
The mobile phones were handed over to their owners at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, West, Deepak Saharan.
Russia-Ukraine crisis is going to impact oil and gas prices across the world, which is already at a 7-year high at present, and impact the value of the Indian rupee, therefore, if our value depreciates, then commodities prices are going to get impacted.
As the Pegasus spyware issue is being hotly debated in the country, the Maharashtra government on Friday asked its employees to keep the use of mobile phones to a minimum during office hours, saying that landline phones are more preferable.
Using mobile phones while driving will now draw a penalty of c in Uttar Pradesh. A notification regarding the penalty on using phones while driving was issued by the State Transport Department on July 30, Thursday.
The Tripura government has come up with a special intitiative to engage students in the learning process through mobile phones, even as educational institutes across the country continue to remain closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a state minister said.
A group of doctors from AIIMS, Raipur have recommended restrictions on the use of mobile phones in healthcare institutions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, warning that such devices can be a potential carrier of the virus and lead to infection among healthcare workers.
The India feature phone market saw a decline of around 24 per cent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2020.
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The smuggling occurs mostly from Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong and the US which have zero tax trading or a total duty of maximum 9 per cent, as against India's 32 per cent - 20 per cent BCD and 12 per cent GST
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has refuted claims of banning the use of mobile phones in colleges and universities in the state.
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