That the Indian PC market is well on its way to sustained recovery is evident from the most recent statistics released on Thursday by research firm IDC, which show was a 24 percent quarterly increase in domestic PC shipments during the July-September quarter.

Though the PC shipments for the quarter remained 3 percent lower on a year-on-year basis, the figures touched 21.9 lakh units during third quarter, largely due to a notable boost in consumer confidence.

At 14.58 lakh quarterly shipments, marking a 15.2 percent quarterly increase, the desktop sales comprised almost two-thirds of the total shipments during the quarter. Meanwhile, the quarter-on- quarter notebook sales soared 46.4 percent to over 7 lakh.

This latest 'IDC India Quarterly PC Tracker 2009 data' indicates the third successive quarterly increase in the country's PC shipment figures, after the numbers plunged from a high of 22.59 lakh units during the same quarter last year to 15.60 lakh units in the October-December quarter.

Commenting on the upbeat statistics, Kapil Dev Singh, IDC India's Country Manager, said: "Overall consumer PC sales recorded a 28% growth quarter-on-quarter. This performance underlines a gradual recovery in the India PC market."

Specifically speaking, both desktop and notebook PC shipments during the July-September quarter were led by Hewlett-Packard (HP); followed by HCL and Acer respectively in the desktop category, and Dell and Acer respectively in the notebook PC shipment category.