Global tech body concerned over future after import mgmt scheme expires

Global technology trade association Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) has expressed concern about the lack of clarity around the Centre’s import management scheme for laptops and other IT hardware products, after the scheme deadline of September 30.

“In eleven days, the current system, which the government calls the Inventory Management System, essentially a registration programme, expires on September 30. We don’t know what’s going to happen after that, because even trusted companies are required to register their products and get import permissions.