Import of power equipment to need prior nod: Minister

NEWDELHI:UNION power minister RK Singh on Friday announced that no power equipment can be imported from China and Pakistan without prior permission of the government.

“Today we manufacture everything which is required for the power system in our country. We have that manufacturing facility and capacity. In the year 2018-19, we have imported power equipment worth of ~71,000 crore of which ~21,000 crore were from China,” Singh said after meeting energy ministers of states and union territories. “No power equipment can be imported from China and Pakistan without prior permission,” he added.

He said that power sector, being strategic and essential in nature, is vulnerable to cyber attacks, therefore, imported equipments will be subjected to testing to check influx of malwares like Trojan etc.