Through the tube

NEW DELHI: The TV industry has asked the government to lower customs duty on colour picture tubes to 10% so colour TV sales can touch 10m units in the next fiscal.
Terming the 35.2% duty on colour picture tubes as unreasonable, Consumer Electronics and TV Manufacturers Association president Rajeev Karwal said, “Unreasonable protection to the Indian colour picture tubes industry has slowed down growth in the colour television industry. Overprotection of colour picture tubes has encouraged predatory pricing policy of domestic manufacturers�.