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\nPower Minister on Friday said that India will not import from China, commenting as border standoff with the Communist nation continues.
During a virtual press conference with state counterparts, he also asserted that the equipment import from and Pakistan would not be permitted especially on the basis of inspection.
He further said state discoms should not give orders for supply of equipment to
«We manufacture everything here. India imported Rs 71,000 crore worth including Rs 21,000 crore from China,» Singh said in the state energy ministers conference chaired by him this morning in his opening remarks.
He said: «This (huge import of power equipment) is something we cannot tolerate that a country will transgress into our territory….we will not take anything from and Pakistan.»
He further said, «we will not give permission for import from Prior Reference countries. We are affected. There could be malware or trojen horse in those (imports from China) which they can activate remotely (to cripple our power systems).
Singh’s comments came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise visit to a forward post in Ladakh this morning and interacted with troops days after the June 15 border clash with in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed. The government on Monday banned 59, mostly Chinese, mobile apps including Bytedance\u2019s TikTok and Tencent\u2019s WeChat in its strongest move yet targeting China in the online space.<\/p>\n