MAIT, the apex body representing India’s IT hardware, training and R&D services sectors, has announced the findings of its Industry Performance Review for the Financial Year 2010-11.  

The total PC sales between April 2010 and March 2011, with desktop computers, notebooks and netbooks taken together, were 9.31 million (93.1 lakh) units, registering a growth of 16 per cent over the last fiscal. The sales of desktops stood at 6.03 million (60.3 lakh) units registering a growth of nine per cent. Notebooks and Netbooks taken together recorded a consumption of 3.28 million (33 lakh) units, growing thirty-one per cent over the last year. Given the rise in disposable income and the stability of jobs in the country, PC sales are expected to cross 12.60 million (126 lakh) units in FY 2011-12, growing about thirty-five per cent.

The annual MAIT Industry Performance Review – ITOPs, conducted by India’s leading market research firm IMRB International is a survey of the IT hardware sector’s efforts to manage the business environment, gauge the market potential and consumer trends. This round of the study involved face-to-face interviews with over 15,000 respondents selected randomly across 22 cities in India. The MAIT-IMRB study was initiated in 1996-97 and encompasses five broad product segments — computers, networking products, printers, other peripherals and Internet connections. Apart from the yearly review, a supply-side estimation module is used to monitor industry performance every half-yearly, alternating with the annual review.