Govt To Meet 70% of India’s IT hardware Needs Through Local Production In Next 3 Years: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar

New Delhi, Sept 22 (KNN) The government aims to meet up to 70 per cent of the country’s IT hardware requirement through local production in the next three years, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday.

Speaking to reporters, Chandrasekhar said Ministry of Electronics and IT will share a draft of IT hardware import rules with industry players later in the day as it looks to curb dependence on supplies from non-trusted sources.

“At present, almost 80 per cent of our supplies to the digital ecosystem come from imports. We want to make sure whatever the sources are, they are trusted. As part of emphasising trust, it is obvious that the Indian component of that supply chain will have to grow. Today 8-10 per cent of our supply requirement comes from India, we want to make that 65-70 per cent in the next three years,” the minister said.

As per reports, around 40 companies, including Dell, HP, and Lenovo, have applied for the IT hardware PLI scheme with a commitment to make personal computers, laptops, tablets, servers and other equipment worth Rs 4.65 lakh crore during the scheme period.

Although the industry players have lauded the government’s PLI scheme, but they have shown concerns

about abrupt restrictions on import of IT hardware.

The new rules to allow restricted imports of laptop, tablets, server etc are proposed to be in place from November 1.  (KNN Bureau)