After the recent restrictions that the Indian government imposed on the imports of laptops, servers, and other electronic goods listed under HSN 8741 earlier this month, it seems that manufacturers’ plans to make the imported goods in India are in motion. In a recent press conference, Ashwini Vaishnaw, who holds the office of Electronics & Information Technology Minister, revealed that 32 companies have applied to make laptops locally in India. Laptop import restrictions – What happened? Government of India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry on August 3 published a notification stating that the import of goods listed under HSN 8741, including laptops, AIOs, servers, and ultra-small form factor computers in India, would be restricted. All the manufacturers would be required to have a license allowing them to import the goods that were moved from the “Free” category of imported goods to “Restricted”. At the time, we had reached out to brands like Dell and Acer for comments, and t...