New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- The government's mobile phone production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme has collected Rs.25,000 crore in direct tax collections and Rs.3,00,000 crore in Goods and Services Tax, exceeding the Rs.19,000 crore disbursed as incentives, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw revealed on Wednesday. Vaishnaw shared the financial gains and job opportunities created by the government in the mobile manufacturing industry.

In a post on X, Vaishnaw said the government had disbursed Rs.19,000 crore in incentives under the mobile PLI scheme, while direct tax collections came down to Rs.25,000 crore and Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections was at Rs.3,00,000 crore.

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