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India To Curb Sale Of Chinese Products To Govt. Agencies

Jun 23, 2020 | Pratirodh Bureau

FILE PHOTO: A protester demanding the boycott of China and Chinese goods carries a poster in New Delhi (Representational Image)

Amid calls for a boycott of Chinese goods after a border clash in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed, India’s government instructed sellers to declare the country of origin for goods and services purchased via a state-run online portal.

The government announced the change in requirements for users of its Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal in a statement on Tuesday. An official source told Reuters the main objective was to identify items coming from China.

Separately, the portal will provide a “Make in India” filter so that the government or its agencies could choose to buy only those products that meet the minimum 50% local content criteria, the statement said.

Welcoming the decision, the industry chambers, pressure groups close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party asked the government to extend new rules to private online platforms.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the guiding body of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said Tuesday’s move would help curb Chinese imports and should be extended to other platforms like Amazon.

“The government should extend the rules to all platforms so that consumers get a choice not to buy Chinese products,” Ashwani Mahajan, co-convenor of Swadeshi Jagran Manch, told Reuters.

According to officials the portal, which was set up in 2016 to promote small businesses, has been misused by many companies to sell imported Chinese products like office furniture, computers, air conditioners, auto parts, machinery and other products.

“The decision will encourage domestic producers, as many domestic sellers were so far importing goods from China and selling through this portal,” a government source, with direct knowledge of the matter, said.

India is also planning to impose higher trade barriers and raise import duties on around 300 products from China and elsewhere, two government officials said, as part of an effort to protect domestic businesses.

The government has instructed all its ministries and agencies to maximise procurement through the portal, run by the Commerce Ministry, and total purchases are expected to increase to Rs 3 trillion (nearly $40 billion) this fiscal year from Rs 500 billion (nearly $7 billion) in the year just ended in March.

Tags: bharatiya janata party, bjp, Boycott, boycott of Chinese goods, Chinese goods, Commerce Ministry, GeM portal, Government e-Marketplace portal, Make in India, Pratirodh, prime minister narendra modi, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, RSS, Swadeshi Jagran Manch

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