new delhi the government may impose import curbs on toys and some electronic goods such as tv sets as part of a strategy to promote domestic manufacturing and value additionsome of the aspects have already been discussed and the deliberations come in the wake of curbs on the import of crude palm oil by moving it from the list of free imports to restricted which will require licensing although the exercise was seen to be part of an offensive against malaysia for its outbursts on kashmir caa and its reluctance to extradite preacher zakir naik officials told toi one of the reasons for restrictions was to encourage domestic refining at least in the short runto promote other edible oils government looks to cut dependence on palm oilseparately the government is thinking of ways to reduce dependence on palm oil and promote the production and use of other edible oilsources said there have been suggestions to restrict toy imports for which several steps such as a quality control order as well as stringent standards for locally and foreign manufactured goods have been worked out but with leading stores some under the single brand retail fdi route stocking chinese toys in bulk the government is considering a shift of the segment to the restricted listimport of toys games and sports requisites just one of the many categories was estimated at close to 700 million around rs 4500 crore during the last financial year of this over 450 million around rs 3200 crore came from china data from the commerce department website showedsimilarly there have been issues with white goods especially television sets with several domestic players too relying on cheap imports from china and southeast asian countries while the government has resorted to raising import duty to check imports it has been counterproductive in some cases samsung for instance decided to import goods from its overseas plants instead of producing it locally taking advantage of the concessions offered by india under free trade agreementsas a result there have been demands to look at nontariff routes with restricted imports seen by many to be an effective measure the import of electrical machinery and equipment including tv sets accounted for over 10 of indias imports during 201819 and added up to 52 billion over rs 36000 crore between april and november 2018 its share increased to close to 11 with imports valued at over 35 billion around rs 25000 crore