India is expected to limit imports of laptops, tablets and personal computers after January, two government sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, a move to push companies such as Apple to increase domestic manufacturing.

The planned restrictions, if enforced, could impact the country's IT hardware market, which is currently valued at between $8 billion and $10 billion.

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is working on an import authorisation system that will require companies to get prior approvals for all incoming devices. The new imp