Government to give new approvals for laptop and tablet imports from next year

For the import of laptops and tablets in the country, companies will have to take approval again from the central government from next year. Guidelines for this will be released soon. The import management system was introduced in the country about two years ago. In this, companies have to register their laptops and imports of tablets and value with the government.

The government had said that this data would be used to monitor imports. This system is about to end this month. It has been extended by the end of the year. A government notification states, “Importers will have to apply to get approval again from the beginning of next year. Detailed guidelines will be released soon.” After withdrawing the old system of license, a new system for laptops, tablets, personal computers and servers was implemented. This policy was part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to increase manufacturing in the country and create a reliable supply chain.

Reuters in March Report It was given that after the lobbying of US officials, the government had withdrawn the licensing policy related to the laptop. Those who know about this say that America’s concern had increased due to the delay in implementing restrictions on the import of the laptop. Between April and July this year, the import of laptops and personal computers in the country was about $ 1.7 billion.

Applications of some companies including Dell were approved last year under a government subsidy scheme on laptops, tablets and personal computers manufacturing. This is estimated to have manufacturing of products such as personal computers, servers, laptops and tablets worth about Rs 3.35 crore in six years. Samsung, one of the large consumer electronics companies, will start manufacturing laptops in the country by the end of this year. The company’s factory is in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Samsung’s smartphones are manufactured in the country. The sale of these smartphones is also exported. Company laptops have manufacturing in China and Vietnam. HP, which makes computer devices, has also partnered with technology company Google to make Chromebook laptops.

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