Import Licensing

HP Inc continued to lead the PC market with a total share of 29.4% during the quarter

Senior telecom industry executives said that such a move would make home broadband services more expensive and lead to supply chain bottlenecks

Move to link import value of companies' domestic manufacturing and exports

Execs in America say they expect US' Trade Representative Katherine Tai, who is visiting India from August 23-25, to take up the matter with New Delhi

India has imposed restrictions on the import of personal computers, laptops, tablets, all-in-one PCs, 'ultra-small form factor' computers, and servers falling under HSN code 8741

The move was aimed at addressing the trade imbalance with China, another government official, the report said

Long discarded policies like deficit monetisation, loan restructuring, higher tariffs and import licensing had not yielded great results even the first time around, points out T N Ninan

Unilateral, multilateral and regional trade liberalisation strands have all played a role in the abolition of import licensing in India