India may airfift components from China to help tech industry

India plans to airlift components from China to help local tech industry

India is planning to backstop its growing electronics sector by arranging to airlift components from China, to help the sector amid corona virus out break which impacted Chinese supplies. India,s federal technology ministry has asked electronics and smartphone industry lobby to draw up a list of components made in china which then can be airlifted. China is slowly getting back to the work after a extended shut done due to the corona virus, but it is still a gaping with the range of products and delay in logistics delays. 

The emergency airlift plans leads the inter connected nature of supply chains and the continued dependence on China for key goods produced there. our country is still highly dependent on China for components such as camera modules and display screens.

Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers may have to pause the production in April and May , since china is the only source for some of the components for the manufacture. China has reported the highest number of infections and death from the corona virus , or COVID - 19. This leads to forced several industry to pause operations, and the import of raw materials in some of the industries. 

Lack of truck drivers, a proliferation of road check points and the shortage of workers at the Chinese ports have slowed shipments even for the parts that are still being produced. Air cargo firms have also reduced services in response to crew health concerns and uncertain demand. China is the India's biggest training partner, but India's imports of Chinese goods contracted in February to their lowest level in nearly four years. the ministry of heavy industry and public enterprises has prepared a list of parts for petrol, diesel and electric vehicles to be air lifted from China. the list was prepared after consultation with automakers and society of Indian automobile manufactures (SIAM).

A Govt adviser said that,India's embassy in China is also helping coordinate an airlift of drug. ingredients from China