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WHAT JUST HAPPENED

• The government on Tuesday (June 23) made it mandatory for sellers on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM)portal to clarify the country of origin of their goods when registering new products.
• The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is learnt to be actively examining a similar proposal for products listed on private e-commerce platforms, and is expected to hold a meeting with them later on Wednesday (June 24).

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

RESPONSE

• “We welcome and wholeheartedly support the government’s decision to promote Make in India and AtmanirbharBharat. We are fully committed to promote India made products and the manufacturing sector in the country. We have already initiated discussions with our sellers, merchant partners on the next steps to drive this initiative further,” said a Paytm spokesperson.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

• Under WTO rules Indiacannotsimply ban Chinese goods from entering Indian market
• So in a free market where the consumer has all the option, the best thing we can do is to inform the consumer what he is buying and what is the country of origin

INDIA’S TRADE DEFICIT WITH CHINA

IS THIS THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION

• The issue still remains that Chinese companies are producing products at very attractive prices (for example android phones)
• Ultimately if India wants to reduce the consumption of Chinese goods in India, we must produce more Made in India goods that can compete with Chinese goods

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