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New Delhi: The Centre will continue to support toy manufacturing in the country through non-production linked incentive (PLI) measures such as import duties and quality control orders (QCO), Rajesh Kumar Singh, secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), said on Thursday..
The proposal for a PLI scheme on toys has been put on hold and a third-party audit of the white goods PLI scheme will be conducted, he said.. Responding to a query on the decision to put the toys PLI proposal on hold, he said, "Currently we are focused on getting these 14 PLI schemes up and running in a good way..
For the time being, new PLI schemes are not being considered and we will focus on ensuring that these existing schemes get implemented well..
Regarding the third-party audit of the white goods PLI scheme, a senior government official said on the condition of anonymity, "The Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management will conduct the audit..
"On January 12, there is a PLI review meeting," the official said, adding, "some PLI sectors are doing very well, others are in gestation period, and there are some which are lagging a bit, we expect to see a take-off very soon"..
