Why is the Modi government forcing this policy? Is it a returning to cronyist Nehruvian licence raj policies? Is it designed to help Jio’s new laptop range? Just as Nehru’s restrictions on foreign cars forced generations of Indians to buy rubbish Birla ambassador cars?

Or is it some masterstroke to force Apple, Dell and Samsung to make in India and shift their manufacturing base from China?

Shekhar Gupta: Modi govt laptop policy is return to " Indira-Rajiv era licence-quota raj"

https://theprint.in/national-interest/indias-big-state-is-making-a-comeback-with-laptop-import-curb-its-yesterday-once-more/1701296/

I support this decision and it will yield good long-term consequences. We cannot be dependent on China and give them money by buying their products. We must force Apple and Samsung to shift their supply chains from China to India. China is the most evil and dangerous country in the world and our biggest enemy.