CAIT to boycott Chinese goods from June 10
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), the country's top trade body, has also joined the campaign to boycott Chinese goods.
New Delhi: The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), the country's top trade body, has also joined the campaign to boycott Chinese goods. The CAIT has announced a nationwide boycott of Chinese goods from June 10.
The CAIT, which represents 70 million traders and 40,000 trade associations, will not only motivate traders to stay away from Chinese goods, but will also urge people to adopt indigenous products.
On Sunday, CAIT was told that it would launch its campaign from June 10 to boost domestic industries by boycotting Chinese goods and move Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards a "Aatma-Nirbhar India".
CAIT General Secretary Praveen Khandelwal said, "We have been campaigning from time to time to boycott Chinese products to strengthen the government's 'Make in India' mission."
As a result, imports from China have declined. Imports, which were 76 billion in 2017-18, have now come down to 70 Arab dollar.
CAIT has compiled a comprehensive list of about 3,000 such products imported from China whose options are readily available in India.
Significantly, it is only after the border dispute that an anti-China sentiment has developed in the country and once again the demand for a boycott of Chinese goods has started to increase.