Home / Economy / News / No goods from Chinese vendors is the new mantra for govt e-market place

No goods from Chinese vendors is the new mantra for govt e-market place

The communication has been kept "informal" as banning purchase of country-specific products would be in violation of the World Trade Organization (WHO) rules

made in china, chinese goods, boycott, manufacturing, import, export, trade

Premium

All central and state government departments, as well as related public sector agencies are mandated to directly purchase common-use goods and services solely through the Government e-marketplace (GeM).

Shrimi Choudhary New Delhi

2 min read Last Updated : Jun 30 2020 | 1:53 AM IST

After making it mandatory to display country of origin while registering new products on the government’s e-commerce platform, the Centre has sent out feelers to key government departments and ministries against purchasing products from Chinese vendors.

The communication has been kept “informal” as banning purchase of country-specific products would be in violation of the World Trade Organization (WHO) rules, said a government source privy to the development. According to him, the message has gone out to at least two dozen government organisations, ministries including Income-tax department, Customs & Excise, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, postal department and even

Topics : Chinese goods boycott India-China border dispute central government Chinese investment chinese companies Make in India

What you get on BS Premium?

Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.

VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in