New Delhi: India will not allow import of power equipment from China & Pakistan, power minister R K Singh announced Friday morning, citing recent transgression in border areas and cyber security threats. Imports from other nations will need permissions.
“Today we manufacture everything that is required for power generation, transmission and distribution. In 2018-1, we imported Rs 71,000 power equipment of which Rs 21,000 crore are Chinese. We cannot tolerate this that you have a country which transgresses into our country and yet we create jobs in that country, when we have the ability to manufacture it (equipment) ourselves. We have decided not to buy from prior-reference countries. Any equipment imported will need permission. And we will not give permissions for equipment from China and Pakistan.
