New Delhi, Sep 28 (TIWN) In line with its ambitious plan to make India a toy hub and self-reliant in the segment, the Union government is likely to go a step forward and impose further non-tariff barriers on toy imports.

Official sources told IANS that the licence regime for toy imports may start in a phased manner, starting March next year or early FY22. This will be a follow up of quality control order issued for the industry recently.

The first priority for the government in its bid to make India “Aatmanirbhar” or self reliant in the toy sector, however, is to make the domestic industry achieve high quality standards, people in the know said.