India allows restriction-free imports of laptops, tablets in policy dilution
NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (Reuters) – The India on Thursday decided to allow restriction-free imports of laptops and tablets, and launched a new system of “authorisation” aimed at monitoring shipments of such hardware without hurting market supply. The new “import management system” takes effect from Nov. 1 and requires companies to register the quantity and value of imports, but the government will not reject any import requests and will use the data for monitoring, the officials said. Its purpose is “to ensure that all this provides us with the kind of data and information we need to make sure that