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Sukhbir to visit Pakistan, explore deeper
trade ties
Sunday November 04, 2012 10:44:10 AM,
IANS
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Gurgaon: Hailing the
opening of trade ties through the Attari-Wagah border, Punjab
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said he would visit
Pakistan Monday to explore strengthening trade between "eastern"
and "western" Punjab (in Pakistan).
Badal said that Punjab had been waiting to be allowed to export
its agricultural produce, including wheat and paddy, directly to
Pakistan and Central Asian countries, as also Iran, by road.
He said that the opening of the Attari-Wagah border for trade was
a "game-changer," with a potentially huge impact for all of north
India.
The deputy chief minister was addressing the 'Invest North'
convention organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
in Gurgaon Saturday.
He said that once import and export of nearly 6,000 items was
allowed through the Attari-Wagah land route, 30 km from Amritsar,
the economic profile of north India could change.
At present, India and Pakistan allow trade of only 137 items
through the land route. Over 6,000 items can be traded between the
two countries through sea, via Mumbai and Karachi.
India has set up a Rs.150 crore state-of-the-art integrated check
post (ICP) to handle greater passenger and cargo traffic on its
side at Attari.
Badal also urged the union government to expedite talks for laying
oil pipelines from Iran and Kazakhstan to India, so that the
energy bill could be substantially reduced.
The deputy chief minister also suggested that the central
government should not foist standardised programmes and policies
across the country. He said the states should be allowed the
leverage to mould schemes according to their own requirement.
Offering his opinion on how best to minimise corruption, Badal
said that making e-tendering mandatory could save project costs
and break the nexus between engineers and contractors.
He said that if e-tendering had been used by the central
government in the allocation of spectrum or coal blocks,
allegations of corruption could have been avoided.
Sukhbir Singh Badal also said that the minimum support price of
wheat needed to be raised. He said he was shocked that a decision
had been taken not to raise MSP of wheat, and alleged that the
government at the centre was biased against Punjab.
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