Contemplating Import Restrictions for PCs and Laptops to Secure Digital Infrastructure

Although it is common practice for the government to introduce new policies hurriedly, especially when it comes to the recent licensing requirement for all-in-one personal computers (PCs), laptops, tablets, and servers, it was pushed three months back to 1 November due to how new policies were hurriedly introduced in the country. 

It is a compelling proposition for the Indian government to pursue the goal of becoming an Atmanirbhar Bharat or an independent nation in the information technological (IT) hardware space, which is logical and appealing to the Indian people for numerous reasons. 

As a result of the government’s decision to curb imports of laptops, tablets, and PCs, along with the government’s PLI to purchase IT hardware worth Rs 17,000 crores, local factories will now be able to produce devices priced at more than a billion dollars, which will considerably reduce import dependency over the next 2-3 years. 

The government has enacted an amended law, which makes it mandatory for importers of laptops, tablets, and certain kinds of computers to obtain a valid license. This is within seven days of import. As a matter of security, as well as to encourage goods manufacturing in the country. 

The government decided on Friday to give businesses a “transition period” to adjust

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