Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) has notified all Central government departments to procure 50 per cent of their requirements of laptops and tablet PCs from domestic manufacturers, subject to the domestic products matching L1 and other technical requirements.
As per the notification, for laptop PCs to qualify as domestically manufactured, 25 per cent of the value addition should be done locally in year I. In case of tablet PCs, this has to be 30 per cent. For customised tablet PCs/handheld devices based on tablet technologies that involve additional (or different) accessories/components, the department may issue a separate notification.The value-addition requirement increases 5 per cent every year, thereafter. Year 1 for the purpose of this notification will be up to March 31, 2014.
