By Bl New Delhi

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To check imports and promote ‘Make in India’, the Commerce Department will come out with a list of 100 items, including engineering goods, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and plastics, where imports can be replaced by domestically produced items due to existing capacities and capabilities.

“The concept behind it is Swadeshi. We have categorised imports from three different perspectives – how much are raw materials, intermediaries and finished products. And we also looked at the capacities of our industries and then which imports can be replaced due to that,” said Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal.

The idea behind the move is to fill information gap and increase awareness of existing opportunities that manufacturers can try and tap, and there may be no additional incentives that are announced at the moment, the Commerce Secretary explained.

Barthwal said the Commerce Department had already started the process of identifying the products and it involved consulting other Ministries and stakeholders including the industry.

Published on September 15, 2025