India identifying 100 products for reducing import dependence

As a move towards self-reliance, India’s Department of Commerce is identifying 100 products that are imported in large quantities but can be manufactured within India, thereby either reducing their imports or completely replacing imports with indigenous products, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal recently said.

“Our endeavour will be that we identify these products, put them in the public domain so that the manufacturers (both current and future) can look at them and give a boost to Make in India,” Barthwal said.

India’s Department of Commerce is identifying 100 products that are imported in large quantities but can be manufactured within India, thereby either reducing their imports or completely replacing imports with indigenous products, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal has said.
The list will be out in the public domain by October.
It will include items across engineering goods, chemicals and plastics.

The list will be out in the public domain by October. It will include items across categories such as engineering goods, chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals, according to domestic media reports.

A detailed exercise will involve deliberations with various government departments and consultations with the industry, he added.

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