Global turmoil tests India’s resilience; time for a strategic economic pivotIndia faces economic challenges due to global events. Prime Minister Modi urges careful resource use. The nation must boost foreign investm...
12 May, 2026, 11.30 PM IST
China's TCL in talks with local companies to sell 51% in Indian plantChinese electronics giant TCL is looking to sell a majority stake in its Indian display plant. The company is seeking between ₹5,708 and ₹7...
05 May, 2026, 12.35 AM IST
TV makers want GST cut on large sets to offset high price of key componentAn executive from the TV manufacturing industry said the finance ministry had said a year ago that the GST rates will be brought down to 18...
06 Jun, 2023, 09.13 AM IST
Television prices likely to rise 3-4 per cent in June: Industry playersPanasonic India & South Asia President and CEO Manish Sharma said that in line with the commodity price increase, "we are also looking at i...
16 Jun, 2021, 11.14 PM IST
TV prices to go up from April as open-cell panels get costlier in global marketsBrands including Panasonic, Haier and Thomson are considering to increase prices from April this year, while some like LG have already rais...
11 Mar, 2021, 03.28 PM IST
Govt to impose 5% customs duty on open cell television panel imports from October 1"While this could entail increased costs for some TV manufacturers, a duty leverage could incline TV manufactures for procuring or manufact...
30 Sep, 2020, 11.41 PM IST
Coronavirus impact: TV prices may rise up to 10% from March"By March 2020, TV prices will be increased by 10 per cent due to the current Coronavirus crisis of China, there is a major shortage of raw...
20 Feb, 2020, 09.15 PM IST
Import duty waiver on open cell TV panels may be extendedOpen cell panel is the most important component used in TV manufacturing accounting for 65-70% of its production cost. The ministry of elec...
27 Jan, 2020, 11.25 PM IST
'Zero duty on open cell TV panels only till September 2020'India imports finished open cell panels, which are used in making the LED panels, since there is no panel manufacturing facility in the cou...
19 Sep, 2019, 06.20 AM IST
TV makers hail scrapping of duty on open cell panel, manufacturing cost to go down by 3%The announcement has come just ahead of the festive season sales and would positively impact the sales of LED TV panels.
18 Sep, 2019, 01.53 PM IST
Government scraps 5 per cent import duty on open cell TV panelThe move would also help to reduce the price of TV panel by around three per cent.
18 Sep, 2019, 11.47 AM IST
Duty on LED panels could go to keep 'Make in India' on big screenGovt is contemplating removing the 5% duty as it has been a blotch on efforts to encourage make in India.
15 Jan, 2019, 04.56 PM IST
Sony plans ‘open cell’ manufacturing of TVs here to save on costsIndia has no TV panel fabrication facility and hence the television manufacturers are now trying to adopt the ‘open cell route’ to save on ...
05 Sep, 2018, 08.25 AM IST
LG India starts open cell manufacturing of TV at Pune plantLG Electronics India director (home entertainment) Younchul Park said the open cell manufacturing of televisions has started from May with ...
16 Jul, 2018, 08.07 PM IST
After duty cut, TV makers may switch to 'Make-in-India' modeA CEAMA member said LG and Samsung will now start their local production plans afresh since they too had been looking at importing panels f...
26 Mar, 2018, 01.51 PM IST
Customs duty on open cell displays halved, LED TV prices set to go downLeading television makers like Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Sony are now likely to roll back the price increase on television sets.
23 Mar, 2018, 11.32 PM IST
TV makers may review plans to Make in IndiaIn light of the new tax on imports of "open cell" LED TV panels, electronics giants mull scaling down local assembling.
07 Feb, 2018, 07.46 AM IST