As per government sources, the duty can be notified later this week after which concerns of local manufacturers would be relieved, after having been worried about losing their edge against imports.
"The import duty will be at least 10%, and this is being done to ensure that manufacturing in India remains lucrative vis-à-vis importing the devices from China, or elsewhere," an official source told ET.
While prices of imported smartphones might not increase, it would surely prompt leading mobile companies to set up manufacturing base India.
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