There Will Be Transition Period”: Government On New Laptop Import Norms

New Delhi: 

Restrictions on the import of laptops, tablets, all-in-one personal computers, and ultra-small computers and servers will not be imposed immediately and there will be a transition period to implement them, the centre said today. 

This transition period can be up to four months, keeping in mind the already-ordered shipments that are in transit.

“There will be a transition period for this to be put into effect which will be notified soon,” Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a tweet.

The government, on Thursday, imposed a licensing requirement for the import of laptops, tablets, and personal computers to help promote domestic manufacturing of these products under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for IT hardware.

The curbs will also help curtail the import of these goods from China and Korea, reported news agency PTI.