DPIIT to examine why demand for higher import tariffs exists
Financial Express Kolkata|December 12, 2024
THE GOVERNMENT WILL have to look into why the industry has still not become competitive and demands for higher import tariffs keep coming up, while India's import duties are at world average, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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"The weighted tariff has come down substantially and it is at the world average level but there are pressures by the domestic industry that it should be increased. We need to look at why these requests keep coming up, why have you (industry) not become competitive," secretary in the department for promotion of industry and internal trade Amardeep Singh Bhatia said.

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