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This (licensing requirement for PC imports) is really about the import management system. It is about managing the type of imports bound for India, said MoS IT

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT

Sourabh LeleSurajeet Das Gupta New Delhi
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, passed the Rajya Sabha test on Wednesday and moved one step closer to becoming a law. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, in conversation with Sourabh Lele and Surajeet Das Gupta in New Delhi, discusses various aspects of the Bill, its compliance timeline, and the Centre’s decision to impose an import licence on laptops and notebooks. Edited excerpts:

When do you expect the compliance requirements to come into effect? Will there be a transition period?
 
There are twin calls here. One, I don’t want Indian citizens to be exposed.

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