India, April 8 -- Can and should Make in India be extended to the IT industry? Read on to find out.

In his first meeting on 6th of April with the Union Ministers after announcing the 21 days lockdown period, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the Cabinet Ministers to devise strategies to fight the Coronavirus on a war footing. He suggested that this was a moment to take the Make in India initiative of the government further and reduce dependence on imported products.

In a separate interaction by the DQ Channels with the IT Channel partners, the partners expressed solidarity with the PM Modi's suggestion in the context of the IT products.

It is well known that the Indian IT products market is almost entirely dependent upon imports, most...