Janus-faced trade policies tend to confuse potential tech investors

Indian government’s seemingly dual-faced approach to trade policies—not a good model for atrracting businesses

Anand Parthasarathy•Jan 28, 2024 06:24 PM• 876 views

Assembling mobile phones in a plant of India-based consumer electronics contract manufacturer Dixon

Credit: Import controls directly affect such manufacturing. Photo_Dixon Technologies

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Bangalore-based technology journalist, who served as the Information Technology Consulting Editor of The Hindu newspaper for over a decade, after serving for over 20 years as an Indian defence scientist. Winner of multiple awards, he was the first recipient of the (Indian) Polestar Award for" IT Journalist of the Year' ( 1999) and the first recipient in print journalism of the UN-sponsored International PANOS-GKP Award for his coverage of e-literacy in Kerala ( 2003).He runs a tech news portal, IndiaTechOnline.

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