India to consider Apple's request for incentives with 'open mind': minister


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 18 Jan 2017

Apple's list: At a mobile phone store in New Delhi, India, last year. Apple has sent a list of demands to the Indian Government as necessary pre-requisites before it starts production of its iPhones in India.— Reuters

NEW DELHI: India will consider Apple's request for incentives to invest in the country with an "open mind", Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters on Jan 18.

"We will very much like Apple to come and have a base in India," Prasad said.

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