IT hardware companies may require global certification
laptop, server and other IT hardware importers to provide an international certification attesting that their product is from a trusted source before allowing a licence-free import of it, people in the know of the matter told ET.
This certification, one of the people said, could be from an international organisation. This organisation could periodically verify that the components used in the hardware come from trusted supply chains and do not have any spyware or malware in them, this person said.
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They had, at a meeting of the World Trade Organization’s Committee on Market Access earlier this week, raised India’s decision to put restrictions on the import of these products. They claimed that the decision would have an impact on the trade of these products, cause uncertainty for their users as well as exporters, and was inconsistent with global trade laws.
The people said the ministries of commerce & industry and electronics & information technology are in the final stages of working on a notification which could list out the ways in which countries could address the security concerns that India has. Despite the concerns raised by the US, China and others, the government is likely to stick to its stance of allowing the import of these products only from trusted sources and through the licensing or registration
