Public procurement norms: 5G products to be included after local manufacturing improves

The government will include the 5G products under the public procurement Make in India policy after there is an improvement in domestic manufacturing capacity of such products in the country, according to a gazette notification by the department of telecommunications (DoT).

The public procurement norms contain local value addition or local content requirements for companies to be considered as eligible for government tenders, which includes procurements by public sector companies, central ministries departments, etc.