Ministries told to prefer domestic electronic goods

All ministries and departments will henceforth have to prefer domestically-manufactured electronic products in government procurement, according to a new directive influenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make-in-India' initiative.
A Committee of Secretaries has decided that all Ministries and Departments should identify department-specific, domestically-manufactured electronic products for procurement and notify them within a fortnight, a PMO statement said here today.
The move is aimed at boosting domestic production of electronics, the statement added.
All Government Departments have been asked to adhere to a tender template, already issued by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, for procurement of electronic items, it said.

The Department of Electronics and Information Technology has also been asked to put in place an online monitoring system for reporting by Ministries/Departments and state governments on procurement of electronic products.
This system, to be operationalized in a fortnight, will capture the break-up of domestically manufactured electronic equipment by value, the statement said.