PLI scheme for telecom: DoT issues guidelines, caps expenditure on R&D

PLI scheme for telecom: DoT issues guidelines, caps expenditure on R&D If a company invests Rs 100 crore, it can account for Rs 5 crore as technology transfer and Rs 15 crore as R&D expenditure. Premium The threshold investment is a key element that determines the financial incentive that a company will be eligible for under the scheme. Surajeet Das Gupta New Delhi The DoT, or Department of Telecommunications, which on Thursday notified the guidelines for the production-linked incentive scheme for manufacturing telecom and networking products, has capped the expenditure as investment that global companies can make on research and development, as well as transferring technology. The threshold investment is a key element that determines the financial incentive that a company will be eligible for under the scheme.