Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Monday reiterated that India will stop those countries from participating in government contracts here which don’t allow equal, reciprocal access to our products and services in their country. Stating that the government is Swadeshi, he said it wants to encourage domestic investors on priority.
“Our government is Swadeshi and personally, I am Swadeshi. Therefore, we want to encourage our domestic investors on priority,” Goyal said at an event organised by Ficci here.
The minister reiterated that any country which does not allow equal, reciprocal access to our products and services in their country, by law we will stop them from participating in government contracts in India.
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“I would urge all to use this reciprocity clause and if you do not use, you are actually hurting India’s interest,” he said.
Source: Economic Times
