Union Budget 2017: Multi-tier tax slab can make smartphones cheaper
While India is still 65% a feature phone country, it should be the endeavour of the government to catalyse smartphone adoption that will ultimately achieve the real digitalisation goal. The industry has been recently responding by creating solutions for the feature phone segment as well, only to magnify the impact and reach of digital economy. But that is only a tactical way of expanding the base. The long term solution is that we have more smartphone users.