After the Pahalgam terror attack, India is taking one action after the other, due to which Pakistan has started seeing stars in broad daylight. Now India has decided to completely stop imports from Pakistan. This decision of India will give Pakistan a major setback on the economic front. Economic experts say that this decision of India will cause huge loss to Pakistan. From the ban on imports. Pakistani traders will suffer heavy economic losses. This decision will further worse Pakistan’s economy, which is already struggling with debt, inflation and unemployment. Unemployment will increase in Pakistan and people will yearn for food.
Information given by the government:
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Saturday that India has banned direct or indirect imports from Pakistan with immediate effect. The notification states that a new provision has been added to the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 which will be implemented immediately. The Ministry of Commerce clarified that the approval of the Central Government would be required for imports.
What is in notification?
The notification states that all the goods directly or indirectly or imported from Pakistan, whether importable or approved, will be banned with immediate effect till further orders. This ban has been imposed in the interest of national security and public policy. It will be necessary to take prior approval from the Government of India for any exception in this ban.
What is import and export between India and Pakistan?
The goods exported from India to Pakistan include mainly cotton, chemicals, food products, medicines and spices. Apart from this, items like tea, coffee, color, onion, tomato, iron, steel, sugar, salt and auto parts also go from India to Pakistan through third countries. If you look at the goods coming from Pakistan, by 2019, products like cement, gypsum, fruits, copper and Sindhav salt were coming. But after that, only some small objects including Indus salt and multani mitti come. Now this has also been completely banned.
