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Regulate Chinese imports: KCR
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Friday appealed to the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, to see that the dumping of industrial goods into India by countries like China was prevented with the help of suitable measures. Addressing a huge gathering at Ravindra Bharati as part of May Day celebrations, KCR referred to two sick paper mills in the State and added that they were facing crisis of existence due to cheap imports of paper from China.
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Friday appealed to the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, to see that the dumping of industrial goods into India by countries like China was prevented with the help of suitable measures. Addressing a huge gathering at Ravindra Bharati as part of May Day celebrations, KCR referred to two sick paper mills in the State and added that they were facing crisis of existence due to cheap imports of paper from China.
He called for measures to stop the flooding of Chinese goods into India in the interest of Indian industry and labour welfare. KCR targeted China for preventing Indian imports by imposing 51 per cent anti-dumping tax on Indian goods and at the same time flooding the Indian market with its cheap and inferior quality goods. “Chinese goods will be cheap no doubt, but they are also of quite inferior quality and will last only for three months,” the Chief Minister opined.
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Branding them as use-and-throw goods, he quipped, “These use-and-throw goods are leading to labour-throw”. KCR expressed concern that cotton farmers were also at the receiving end due to Chinese imports. Acknowledging the competition between different States in the country for bringing new industries and investments to their respective States, KCR said the Telangana state has conceived the best industrial policy of which launching was only pending.
“Industrialists will get clearances within a matter of 15 days,” he said adding that a land bank of 1.5 lakh acres was available with the government and it would allot the land to industries without any delay. Wishing labourers and workers of the State on the May Day occasion, the Chief Minister announced an accident insurance scheme to drivers of all private vehicles like autos, trucks and cabs.
The government will pay the premiums. KCR also announced an accident insurance scheme worth Rs 5 lakh for home guards and journalists. The Chief Minister said there were 16,000 home guards and 12,000 journalists in the State. KCR also announced hike in the sops to construction workers. He said the house-building workers would get Rs 10,000 instead of Rs 5,000 for marriage in their family.
