New Delhi: India will test all imported equipment used in power supply system and network for malware trojans and cyber attacks while putting a virtual ban on imports from ‘prior-reference’ countries such as China and Pakistan, an order issued by the power ministry said.
The order dated July 2 (Thursday) was posted on the website of the power ministry on Friday, soon after the Union power and renewable energy minister R K Singh told a gathering of state ministers that local equipment companies should be promoted.
“Today we manufacture everything that is required for power generation, transmission and distribution. In 2018-19, we imported Rs 71,000 power equipment of which Rs 21,000 crore are Chinese.
