It was postponed until November 1, and India suspended import licensing measures such as notebooks and tablets.

CTOnews.com, August 5 (Xinhua)-- according to Bloomberg, the Indian government has announced that it will postpone import licenses for laptops and tablets, which will take effect on November 1 this year.

Manufacturers can continue to import laptops, tablets, PC and server devices until October 31 without applying for an additional license.

Counterpoint, a research firm, estimates that India's laptop and PC market is worth $8 billion a year (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 57.44 billion yuan), of which 2/3 are imported.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a fiscal incentive plan of 170 billion rupees (currently about 14.739 billion yuan) in May to attract laptops, tablets and other hardware manufacturers to invest in local production.

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