Desktop PC, Laptop PC and Monitor: MeitY Notification reg. Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order
MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(IPHW DIVISION)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 7th September, 2020
Subject : Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order 2017-Notifying Electronic Products in furtherance of the Order
Reference : Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Order No. P-45021/2/2017-B.E.-II dated 15.06.2017, as amended by Orders dated 28.05.2018, 29.05.2019 and 04.06.2020
F. No. W-43/4/2019-IPHW-MeitY.—The Government has issued Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order 2017 vide the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Order No. P-XMR.06.2020, to encourage „Make in India‟ and promote manufacturing and production of goods and services in India with a view to enhancing income and employment.
2. In furtherance of the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order 2017 [PPP-MII Order 2017] notified vide reference cited above, and in supersession of the Electronic Product Notification Nos.33(1)/2017-IPHW dated 14.09.2017 and 33(5)/2017-IPHW dated 01.08.2018 issued thereunder, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) hereby notifies that preference shall be provided by all procuring entities to locally manufactured Electronic Products as per the aforesaid Order, as amended from time to time.
3. For the purpose of this notification:
- The definition of Class-I local supplier, Class-II local supplier and Non-local supplier shall be as per paragraph 2 of the DPIIT PPP-MII Order 2017 No.P-45021/2/2017-PP(BE-II) dated 04.06.2020, as amended from time to time. The mechanism for calculation of local content has been prescribed for each notified Electronic Product in this notification, in accordance with paragraph 5 of the DPIIT PPP-MII Order 2017 No.P-45021/2/2017-PP(BE-II) dated 04.06.2020, as amended from time to time.
- Paragraph 3A of the DPIIT PPP-MII Order 2017 No.P-45021/2/2017-PP(BE-II) dated 04.06.2020, as amended from time to time, shall be referred for percentage of procurement for which preference to domestically manufactured Electronic Products is to be provided (in value terms).
4. Following Electronic Products are notified under the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order 2017:
4.1 Desktop Personal Computers (PCs)
(A) Definition:
For the purpose of this Notification, a Desktop PC shall necessarily consist of a CPU, Memory, Hard disk drive, Keyboard, Mouse and a separate or integrated display unit and should be able to operate independently.
(B) Mechanism for calculation of local content:
The domestic Bill of Material (BOM) of Desktop PC would be the sum of the cost of main inputs as specified in Column 1 of the following table, provided the inputs individually satisfy the value addition requirement specified in Column 2 of the table:
| Main inputs in BOM/stages for manufacture of Desktop PC | Value addition/local content required for the input to be classified as domestic BOM |
| 1 | 2 |
| Main Board / Motherboard and CPU / GPU | Domestic PCB Assembly* and testing from imported/ domestically manufactured parts and components, including the value of Semiconductors** and CPU/ GPU** and excludingthe value of bare PCB. However, the weightage of total value of CPU shall not exceed 30% of the total BOM of the Desktop PC. |
| Memory Module | Domestic PCB Assembly* and testing from imported / domestically manufactured memory chips** and parts / components on imported/ domestically manufactured bare PCB, excluding the value of bare PCB. |
| Hard Disk Drive / Solid State Drive (SSD) | Domestic PCB Assembly* and final product assembly and testing from imported / domestically manufactured parts and components, excluding the value of bare PCB. |
| LCD / LED Monitor | Domestic assembly and testing of LCD / LED Monitor from parts consisting of imported/domestically assembled LCD / LED Panel and Domestic PCB Assembly*, Domestic plastic moulding and Domestic stamping of metal parts, excluding the value of bare PCB. |
| DVD Drive | Domestic assembly and testing from imported / domestically manufactured parts and components. |
| Cabinet + SMPS | Domestically manufactured Cabinet and Domestic PCB Assembly* and the final assembly and testing of SMPS from imported/ domestically manufactured parts and components, subject to the condition that the domestically manufactured parts and components used in the assembly of “SMPS” will be minimum 20% (of the total value of parts and components used in the manufacture of “SMPS”). |
| Keyboard/Mouse | Domestic PCB Assembly* and the final assembly and testing from imported / domestically manufactured parts and components. |
| Bare PCB | Domestically manufactured from imported / domestically manufactured inputs. |
| (i) Final Assembly / Testing and (ii) Design / Development |
(i) Domestically assembled/tested and (ii) Intellectual Property (IP) resident in India for any of the above items. The value of IP resident in India for any of the above items shall be reduced from its value in domestic BOM. |
* It is essential that the Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) of the CPU(s)/ GPU/ processor(s) parts/components on the bare PCB using the SMT process should mandatorily be done in India.
** This shall be reviewed when the Semiconductor FAB in India is operational.
4.2 Thin Clients
(A) Definition:
For the purpose of this Notification, a Thin Client (TC) shall necessarily consist of a CPU, Memory, DOM, Keyboard, Mouse and a separate or integrated display unit and should be able to operate independently.
(B) Mechanism for calculation of local content:
The domestic Bill of Material (BOM) of a Thin Client would be the sum of the cost of main inputs as specified in Column 1 of the following table, provided the inputs individually satisfy the value addition requirement specified in Column 2 of the table:
| Main inputs in BOM /stages for manufacture of Thin Client | Value addition / local content required for the input to be classified as domestic BOM |
| 1 | 2 |
| Main Board / Motherboard and CPU | Domestic PCB Assembly* and testing from imported/ domestically manufactured parts and components, including the value of Semiconductors** and CPU** and excluding the value of bare PCB. However, the weightage of total value of CPU shall not exceed 30% of the total BOM of the Thin Client. |
| Memory Module/ DOM | Domestic PCB Assembly* and testing from imported/ domestically manufactured memory chips** and parts/ components on imported/ domestically manufactured bare PCB, excluding the value of bare PCB. |
| SMPS/ Power Adapter | Domestically PCB Assembly* and the final assembly and testing of SMPS/ Power Adapter from imported/ domestically manufactured parts and components, subject to the condition that the domestically manufactured parts and components used in the assembly of “SMPS” will be minimum 20% (of the total value of parts and components used in the manufacture of “SMPS”). |
| LCD/ LED Monitor | Domestic assembly and testing of LCD/ LED Monitor from parts consisting of imported/ domestically assembled LCD/ LED Panel and Domestic PCB Assembly*, Domestic plastic moulding and Domestic stamping of metal parts, excluding the value of bare PCB. |
| Cabinet | Domestically manufactured. |
| Keyboard/Mouse | Domestic PCB Assembly* and the final assembly and testing from imported / domestically manufactured parts and components. |
| Bare PCB | Domestically manufactured from imported/ domestically manufactured inputs. |
| (i) Final Assembly/ Testing and (ii) Design/ Development |
(i) Domestically assembled/ tested and (ii) Intellectual Property (IP) resident in India for any of the above items. The value of IP resident in India for any of the above items shall be reduced from its value in domestic BOM. |
It is essential that the Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) of the CPU(s)/ processor(s)/ parts/components on the bare PCB using the SMT process should mandatorily be done in India.
** This shall be reviewed when the Semiconductor FAB in India is operational.
4.3 Laptop Personal Computers (PCs)
(A) Definition:
For the purpose of this Notification, a Laptop PC (commonly known in the market as Laptop/ Notebook/ Netbook/ Ultrabook, etc.) shall necessarily consist of a CPU, Memory, Hard disk drive, Keyboard, Touchpad and/ or Trackpoint, an integrated display unit, integrated battery and should be able to operate independently.
(B) Mechanism for calculation of local content:
The domestic Bill of Material (BOM) of a Laptop PC would be the sum of the cost of main inputs as specified in Column 1 of the following table, provided the inputs individually satisfy the value addition requirement specified in Column 2 of the table:
| Main inputs in BOM/ stages for manufacture of Laptop PC | Value addition/ local content required for the input to be classified as domestic BOM |
| 1 | 2 |
| Main Board/ Motherboard and CPU/ GPU | Domestic PCB Assembly* and testing from imported/ domestically manufactured parts and components, including the value of Semiconductors** and CPU/ GPU** and excluding the value of bare PCB. However, the weightage of total value of CPU shall not exceed 35% of the total BOM of the Laptop PC. |
| Power Module | Domestic PCB Assembly* and testing from imported/ domestically manufactured parts and components. |
| Memory Module | Domestic PCB Assembly* and testing from imported/ domestically manufactured memory chips** and parts/ components on imported/ domestically manufactured bare PCB, excluding the value of bare PCB. |
| Hard Disk Drive/ Solid State Drive (SSD) | Domestic PCB Assembly* and final product assembly and testing from imported/ domestically manufactured parts and components, excluding the value of bare PCB. |
| Display Panel (LCD, LED, etc.) | Domestic assembly into the Back Cover and Bezel and final testing from imported/ domestically assembled Display Panel, LED Back light, Antennae, excluding the value of the Back Cover and Bezel. |
| DVD Drive | Domestic assembly and testing from imported / domestically manufactured parts and components. |
| Power Adapter | Domestic assembly with domestic PCB Assembly* and final testing from imported/ domestically manufactured parts and components, subject to the condition that the value of domestically manufactured parts and components used in the assembly of “Power Adapter” will be minimum XMR”). |
| Bare PCB | Domestically manufactured from imported/ domestically manufactured inputs. |
| Keyboard/ Touchpad and/ or Trackpoint | Domestic assembly and testing from imported/ domestically manufactured parts and components. |
| Battery | Domestic assembly and testing from imported/ domestically manufactured parts and components. |
| Cabinet/ Chassis of Laptop including bottom cover, back cover, Keyboard face bezel and Display face bezel and Hinges |
Domestically manufactured through injection moulding/ stamping using imported/ domestic inputs. |
| (i) Final Assembly/ Testing and (ii) Design/ Development |
(i) Domestically assembled/ tested and (ii) Intellectual Property (IP) resident in India for any of the above items. The value of IP resident in India for any of the above items shall be reduced from its value in domestic BOM. |
* It is essential that the Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) of the CPU(s)/ GPU/ processor(s)/ parts/components on the bare PCB using the SMT process should mandatorily be done in India.
** This shall be reviewed when the Semiconductor FAB in India is operational.
4.4 Computer Monitors
(A) Definition:
For the purpose of this Notification, a Computer Monitor (commonly known in the market as Monitor) shall necessarily consist of a LCD/ LED Display assembly, Logic card, Power Supply Adaptor and Cabinet with Display Ports for connecting it to a Desktop PC or Laptop PC or Tablet PC.
(B) Mechanism for calculation of local content:
The domestic Bill of Material (BOM) of a Computer Monitor would be the sum of the cost of main inputs as specified in Column 1 of the following table, provided the inputs individually satisfy the value addition requirement specified in Column 2 of the table:
| Main inputs in BOM/ stages for manufacture of Computer Monitor | Value addition/ local content required for the input to be classified as domestic BOM |
| 1 | 2 |
| Logic Cards/ Micro controller | Domestic PCB Assembly* and testing from imported/ domestically manufactured parts and components including value of Semiconductors** and excluding the value of bare PCB. |
| LCD/ LED Panel | Domestic integration and testing of imported/ domestically assembled LCD/ LED Panel*** into the Monitor Cabinet/ Chassis, excluding the value of the Cabinet/ Chassis. However, the weightage of total value of LCD/ LED Panel shall not exceed 35% of the total BOM of the Computer Monitor. |
| Cables | Domestically manufactured and tested from imported/ domestically manufactured inputs. |
| Power Adapter | Domestic assembly with domestic PCB Assembly* and final testing from imported/ domestically manufactured parts and components, subject to the condition that the value of domestically manufactured parts and components used in the assembly of “Power Adapter” will be minimum XMR”). |
| Bare PCB | Domestically manufactured from imported/ domestically manufactured inputs. |
| Cabinet/ Chassis | The Monitor Bezel, Back cover, Stand, Base and Chassis wherein the plastic mouldings and the stamping of metal parts is done domestically using imported/ domestic inputs. |
| (i) Final Assembly/ Testing and (ii) Design/ Development |
(i) Domestically assembled/ tested and (ii) Intellectual Property (IP) resident in India for any of the above items. The value of IP resident in India for any of the above items shall be reduced from its value in domestic BOM. |
* It is essential that the Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) of the CPU(s)/ GPU processor(s)/ parts/components on the bare PCB using the SMT process should mandatorily be done in India.
* This shall be reviewed when the Semiconductor FAB in India is operational.
** This shall be reviewed when LCD/LED Panel manufacturing of Computer Monitors (of each size and type) in India is operational.
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