While Apple is trying to gain a foothold in India through the opening of official stores and agreements with other distributors, they demand that the Indian Government don't be so strict with your regulations at the time of opening stores, so that they can continue their expansion.
Just yesterday a new report published by the New Delhi Business Standard appeared where it is stated that Apple has reliably asked the Government to relax the local supply clause in its policy on foreign direct investment (IED) in relation to a single trademark.
In any case, it has already been commented that senior officials they would not have accepted this claim by Apple, but not yet closed.
This has reached such a point that some Apple executives have met with officials from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) that governs FDI policy in the country. Basically this meeting was intended to reach some type of deal to create an exception due to the situation of the company.
A DIPP official already commented:
They clearly told us that they cannot meet government-imposed sourcing standards in their stores, as they hardly use any other hardware for their products. We have also told you that while the government is very interested in foreign investment, no exceptions can be made. However, we can analyze the needs of a company point by point.
Apple currently works with 45 Apple Premium Resellers in India that were created under the franchisee model as Apple 'partners', although Apple consumers in India are currently facing difficulties in after-sales service since it is not official. As a result, Apple's market share continues to decline, by two to three percent.
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