IDC forecast Government's education projects will increase PC market in India this year ;

Backed by the government aided education projects, the PC market in India is expected to grow this year. 

A report by the market research firm IDC has anticipated that this year the overall PC market will grow compared to 2014. The growth will be driven by the government-aided education projects to buy the commercial PC business.

According to the Digit, the firm forecast that in the short term, inventory issues and constrained buying from end-users is likely to impact January-March 2015 sales.

IDC Research Manager Kiran Kumar has said that the special education projects and improved business sentiment in the enterprise business would continue to drive commercial PC volumes in 2015.

"We expect new entry level price points to be created for full-blown PCs with innovative form factors and that will continue to drive excitement in this category."

"The consumer PC market stood at 4.9 million units in 2014, with year-on-year growth of just 1.7 per cent over 2013. The stable government in the center aided hopes on reforms and economic progress boosting overall end-user confidence," he has said.