| Sr. No | Categories of electrical and electronic equipment | EEE Code | Average Life in years | |||
| i. | Information technology and telecommunication equipment | |||||
| Centralised data processing | ITEW 1 | |||||
| Mainframe | 10 Years | |||||
| Minicomputer | 5 Years | |||||
| Personal Computing: Personal Computers (Central Processing Unit with input and output devices) | ITEW 2 | 6 Years | ||||
| Personal Computing: Laptop Computers (Central Processing Unit with input and output devices) | ITEW 3 | 5 Years | ||||
| Personal Computing: Notebook Computers | ITEW 4 | 5 Years | ||||
| Personal Computing: Notepad Computers | ITEW 5 | 5 Years | ||||
| Printers including cartridges | ITEW 6 | 10 Years | ||||
| Copying equipment | ITEW 7 | 8 Years | ||||
| Electrical and electronic typewriters | ITEW 8 | 5 Years | ||||
| User terminal and systems | ITEW 9 | 6 Years | ||||
| Facsimile | ITEW 10 | 10 Years | ||||
| Telex | ITEW 11 | 5 Years | ||||
| Telephones | ITEW 12 | 9 Years | ||||
| Pay telephones | ITEW 13 | 9 Years | ||||
| Cordless telephones | ITEW 14 | 9 Years | ||||
| Cellular telephones | ITEW 15 | |||||
| Feature phones | 7 Years | |||||
| Smart phone | 5 Years | |||||
| Answering systems | ITEW 16 | 5 Years | ||||
Products or equipment of Transmitting sound, images or other information by Telecommunications | ITEW 17 | i.Bluetooth-enabled devices | 3 | |||
ii.Telecommunication Antenna’s | 7 | |||||
| iii.Transmitters | 5 | |||||
| iv.Walkie talkie | 5 | |||||
v.Wi-Fi/wireless enabled Devices | 3 | |||||
| vi.Radio/Satellite Telephone | 7 | |||||
BTS (all components excluding structure of tower) | ITEW 18 | 15 | ||||
| Tablets, I-PAD | ITEW 19 | 5 | ||||
| Phablets | ITEW 20 | 5 | ||||
| Scanners | ITEW 21 | 5 | ||||
| Routers | ITEW 22 | 10 | ||||
| GPS | ITEW 23 | 5 | ||||
| UPS | ITEW 24 | 5 – up to 2 KVA | ||||
| 7 – >2KVA | ||||||
| Inverter | ITEW 25 | 5 – up to 2 KVA | ||||
| 7 – >2KVA | ||||||
| Modems | ITEW 26 | 5 | ||||
| Electronic data storage devices | ITEW 27 | 5 – for flash drives (small devices) | ||||
| 10 – for large devices like Servers | ||||||
