Minimum specifications for the procurement of desktop/laptop/tablet by MeitY dated 06.04.2024

सचिव (डेयर) एवं म.नि. (भा.कृ. अनु. प.) का कार्यालय No. 2116947Date. 10/06/2024.

Office of Secy. (DARE)& DG (ICAR) e Office Dy.

No. 8(1)/2023-Cybersecurity Government of India

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)

Cyber Security Division

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Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO 

Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 

Dated: June 04, 2024

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Minimum specifications for the procurement of desktop/laptop/tablet by Ministries/Departments of the Government of India to ensure Cyber Security

This is in reference to Office Memorandum No.3(9)2024-E.II(A) dated 02.05.2024 issued by Department of Expenditure to all Ministries/Departments directing them to adhere to the minimum specifications prescribed by NIC/MeitY on the above mentioned subject.

2. National Informatics Centre (NIC) has been deploying centralized cybersecurity endpoint management tools in desktop/laptop/tablet across Ministries/Departments for enabling centralized command and control of cybersecurity measures. However, it has been observed that some of the desktops/laptops/tablets do not have the minimum specifications required to support such tools. There is need to ensure that only desktop/laptop/tablet that have the required minimum specifications are procured in Government.

3. In this regard, NIC has proposed the minimum specifications to be mandated for procurement of desktop/laptop/tablet in the Government of India and its Organizations and the same is attached with this Office Memorandum. It may be noted that computers conforming to these specifications are already available on GeM.

4. Accordingly, Ministries / Departments while procuring desktop/laptop/tablet are requested to ensure that the prescribed minimum specifications as attached with this Office Memorandum are adhered to.

This issues with the approval of Secretary, MeitY.

Encl: As above.

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(Ranjan Kumar)
Scientist 'E' Tel.: 011-24301283 Email: ranjan@meity.gov.in
The Secretaries of all Ministries/Departments of Govt. of India - as per standard list.
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Sl. No.	Category of Endpoint	Minimum Specification
1.	Desktops/Laptops	OS: Windows Professional Edition or Linux versions with OEM support CPU: x86 Processor i.e. Intel i5 / AMD Ryzen 5 or equivalent RAM: Minimum 16 GB Storage: SSD (no HDD) - Atleast 500 GB TPM Chip required for Bit locker disk encryption
2.	Apple Devices	All latest Apple devices configurations with latest MAC os are compatible with NIC's End point security solutions/Agents.
3.	Tablets	OS: Windows/Linux based operating systems RAM: Minimum 8 GB RAM Storage: 128 GB Storage