Govt to unveil list of 100 products for lowering import dependence

The Commerce Ministry will place a list of 100 products that India imports in high quantities in the public domain, including chemicals and plastics, in a bid to achieve self-reliance via capacity building by the domestic industry or ramping up existing capabilities, as the country eyes a Swadeshi push, a top official said on Monday.

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‘The exercise comes in the backdrop of reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods levied by the US and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’ clarion call to promote “Swadeshi” products.

Addressing a press conference here, Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Sunil Barthwal said