Tensions are on a high between Indian and Pakistan after 40 CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on February 14 in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir when a suicide bomber of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) rammed a vehicle carrying a huge quantity of explosives into their bus in Pulwama district.
Businessmen in Gujrat decided not to export textile to Pakistan in wake of Pulwama terror attack. Exporters from the country's largest man-made fabric (MMF) hub in Surat have stopped exports of fabrics to Pakistan.
Tensions are on a high between Indian and Pakistan after 40 CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on February 14 in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir when a suicide bomber of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) rammed a vehicle carrying a huge quantity of explosives into their bus in Pulwama district.
Pakistan's two biggest fabric markets, Azam cloth market in Lahore and Lucknow market in Karachi depend upon the fabric imported from India's Surat.
"A delegation from Surat had visited Azam and Lucknow markets in Karachi and Lahore last year. Majority of traders import cheap saris, lenghas and other fabrics from Surat and sell them after value addition. Small traders there will be finished if our exporters don't supply raw material to them," Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (SGCCI) textile committee chairman Devkishan Manghani told Economic Times.
Read: MP farmers stop export of tomatoes to Pakistan
Earlier, Farmers in India decided not to export their output to Pakistan, due to which price of vegetables skyrocketed in Pakistan's Lahore and other regions. Farmers in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh has taken a decision in order to mark their protest against the dastardly attack. At present, there are 5,000 farmers who have been engaged in tomato cultivation in the region.
Speaking to ANI, Ravindra Patidar, a farmer said, "We are farmers and we grow tomatoes. We also export tomatoes to Pakistan. And by eating our food, they are killing our soldiers. We now want Pakistan to get destroyed. We will also not let any other country sent tomatoes to Pakistan."
"We are no more concerned about the prices of tomato getting exported. If there will be no soldiers, how will survive. All the surplus money coming from export will go in vain," said one the big tomato cultivators Basanti Lal Patidar.
1. Tomatoes in Lahore are being sold for Rs180/kg.
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Taking strong economic action against Pakistan following the Pulwama terror attack, India raised the customs duty to 200 per cent on all goods imported from the neighbouring country, including fresh fruits, cement, petroleum products and mineral ore.The decision would significantly hit Pakistan's exports to India, which stood at USD 488.5 million (around Rs 3,482.3 crore) in 2017-18 as it would drastically increase the prices of its goods.
Currently, tomatoes in India are selling at Rs 10 per kg while in Lahore the prices have skyrocketed to Rs 180 per kg, according to a journalist who's covering the South Asia region.
2. 'Tamatar ka jawab atom bomb se'
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Recently a video went viral on social media where a Pakistani journalist can be seen angrily talking against India. Pakistani journalist Naila Inayat shared the video with the comment, "so much trash on our tv channels"
3. Custom duty hiked to 200%
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After the Pulwama attack, India also hiked the customs duty to 200 per cent on all goods imported from Pakistan, following revocation of the 'most-favoured nation' status in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.
Taking strong economic action against Pakistan following the Pulwama terror attack, India raised the customs duty to 200 per cent on all goods imported from the neighbouring country, including fresh fruits, cement, petroleum products and mineral ore.The decision would significantly hit Pakistan's exports to India, which stood at USD 488.5 million (around Rs 3,482.3 crore) in 2017-18 as it would drastically increase the prices of its goods.
