Samsung may stop manufacturing its flagship phones in India

The Indian government’s decision of bringing the deadline for the Phased Manufacturing Programme (PMP), ahead by one year may have some consequences such as Samsung reportedly informing the government that it will reduce the volume of some of its flagship models like the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Note 9 being manufactured in India.
For the uninitiated, Phased Manufacturing Programme (PMP) is a scheme where the foreign manufacturers are allowed a window to import their components and assemble their products here. But the time allowed must be used to simultaneously develop local vendors or set up the components making units in India itself. This was to run till 2020, as per the original announcement, but suddenly the government has changed its policy and wants the compliance to be over by this February.