Abu Dhabi's LuLu confirms food processing investment in Jammu & Kashmir.

[Shah_Deu]

First unlike this case chinese companies don't have factories situatated in runachal Pradesh, second even if it's owned by Indian it is still a UAE based firm and they wouldn't have been able to open business in an area which would be considered disputed by their Govt.

These logics! No surprises that Arnab Goswami is a hit there!

 

[That Guy]

Yes such counter articles are common against arch rival companies. Stop this BS it is just a food processing plant.

In geopolitics, there is no such thing as a coincidence.

The UAE government had to approve of this, and allow the company to invest in a disputed region. This very fact pulls them into the conflict, and shows that the UAE government supports India's stance, because India benefits from this investment.

It's also not a secret that the UAE has been making a lot of anti-Pakistan moves, such as the Visa restrictions imposed on Pakistan.

Its foolish to simply dismiss this as "just a food processing plant".

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Pakistanis will make excuses for these Gulf arabs

I think you will find I am not one of them. For a full decade on PDF I have, often alone faced barrage of attacks from Arab-worshippes. My comment was sardonic. All the points you made are valid, very valid. The reasoning you used is what has informed my views on GCC/Emiratis.

Far, far bigger then this Lulu thing is the one that stuck in my throat for decades. The largest number of diaspora workers in GCC are Indian. Indeed the single largest income India recieves is remittances from GCC which if my memory serves me right was north of $60 billion. That is humongous figure. Larger by a magnitude of four times Pakistan;s combined annual exports to the world.

Now we all know military power is by-product of a economy. Convert that $60 billion into Indian Rupees and then think of the economic activity that would generate as it swirls and courses throught the veins of the Indian economy. Then think of the tax revenue that would generate for New Delhi. Then work out how many Indian divisions occupying IOK this would pay or how many IAF jet fighters purchased etc.

Inside India entire states like Kerala and even Tamil Nadu have been airlifted into prosperity on back of the massive surge of remittances from the Gulf. Many of these Pak hating Hindutva barking Gangus on PDF are actualy from those states with many either working or having worked in Emirates or GCC. If not for the dollar support provided by Gulf to these Indians they would be wearing dhoti's and pushing rickshaws to put some food on the table.

Over the years one of the defence I used to get from Pakistani's over this issue was shocking. "Oh Indians are more law abiding, more educaterd etc". If that is the case why don't we look at Israel through the prism of efficiency or competence instead of being buckled by ummahism.

At any rate I am glad that Gulf Arabs have now been exposed finally.

 

[Aburayyan]

LuLu is based in Abu Dhabi and is an Emirati company. It is owned by an Indian-Emirati and is among the biggest chains in Middle East and they will setup plants in whole India in future after J&K.

Yusuf ali is the owner of lulu he is keralite muslim indian citizen not emarati.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

Yes such counter articles are common against arch rival companies. Stop this BS it is just a food processing plant.

That's an odd statement coming from you, when just a few posts earlier you said:

"It shows that now UAE openly sees J&K as an integral part of India."

So, it isn't really just about a food processing plant for you is it? It's about a political statement made through a business contract.

Don't think that your little mini-disinformation attempts go unnoticed. We're watching. Do note though that your campaign lasted 5 posts before you exposed your own malicious designs. The guys in Ghent made it to 15 years.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Yusuf ali is the owner of lulu he is keralite muslim indian citizen not emarati.

Point made. And he is a Muslim. As @PAKISTANFOREVER says Indian Muslims are just circumcized Indians.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

it is still a UAE based firm and they wouldn't have been able to open business in an area which would be considered disputed by their Govt.

Sorry this is nonsense. It doesn't matter if UAE's government regards it disputed between two third parties - Emiratis can still invest there. The parties to the dispute may themselves restrict investment in a region that is disputed, but some other national of some other nation can do what it likes (assuming the occupying government permits it).

 

[Last starfighter]

Since when have the bendians been allowed to use Pakistan defence forum for their own gratification.
Oops I forgot that the mods are pro bendian

 

[HostileInsurgent]

That's an odd statement coming from you, when just a few posts earlier you said:

"It shows that now UAE openly sees J&K as an integral part of India."

So, it isn't really just about a food processing plant for you is it? It's about a political statement made through a business contract.

Don't think that your little mini-disinformation attempts go unnoticed. We're watching. Do note though that your campaign lasted 5 posts before you exposed your own malicious designs. The guys in Ghent made it to 15 years.

Read the last lines of the Article I have bolded it, and the proxy news articles are common all over even in India.

 

[colonel rajesh]

Abu Dhabi's LuLu confirms food processing investment in Jammu & Kashmir
Hypermarket operator has been scaling up fruit and spice imports from Indian state

Published: December 11, 2020 10:35John Benny, Staff Reporter

LuLu has been sourcing a range of food related commodities from Jammu & Kashmir.
Setting up a processing unit in the state represents a natural progression.
Image Credit: LuLu

Dubai: The LuLu Group is setting up food processing and logistics centre in Jammu and Kashmir, as part of a wider strategy to build a pan-India presence.

“The state has got immense potential and we are one of the leading importers of food and non-food products from India,” said Yussuf Ali M.A., Chairman. “Setting up of a new food processing and logistics center will further boost export of Kashmiri products.”

Incidentally, Lulu was the first retailer to import the fabled Kashmiri apples across its 190 plus hypermarkets in the GCC and Far East countries last year.

Get more in
Talks are underway to make more fruits and spices from Kashmir available in UAE’s supermarkets, a senior government official told Gulf News. “We had meetings with Dubai Chamber, LuLu, DMCC, and Choithrams and the response has been terrific,” said Navin Choudhary, Principal Secretary (Agriculture), Government of Jammu & Kashmir.
“It will take time growing our visibility in the market, but I'm 100 per cent sure that this effort of the government will bring definite results.” The official was in Dubai as part of the UAE-India Food Security Summit organized by the Indian Consulate in Dubai in association with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Invest India.

Resilient
Even though COVID-19 brought India’s economy to a complete halt, the agricultural sector – the country’s biggest source of employment – was surprisingly resistant.
“Agriculture and horticulture were completely unaffected - rather we had a season of bumper crops across the field,” said Choudhary. However, “flower growers suffered because purchase of flowers across the market stopped.”

Leverage advantages
To participants in India’s massive agricultural sector, a large South Asian expat population and a stable economy make UAE an attractive market. The UAE has “very sound” logistics, said Choudhary. “Your turnover time is less - if your product has landed at the port, within hours it will land in the stores.
“We have a lot of positives - compared to many other countries - from coming to UAE markets.”

Scale up
During the food security summit, the Sharaf Group said it would raise its investment profile in India in the range of $250 million to $1 billion. The group has already ploughed in excess of $300 million in the country to build logistics infrastructure services.
With India and UAE growing their “political and strategic” relationship, it is only natural that both countries also have better economic leadership with food supply chain becoming a “cornerstone” of that, said Choudhary.

Abu Dhabi's LuLu confirms food processing investment in Jammu & Kashmir

Hypermarket operator has been scaling up fruit and spice imports from Indian state

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very good decision by UAE .

 

[Abu Dhabi]

Yusuf ali is the owner of lulu he is keralite muslim indian citizen not emarati.

correct. Met him several times. A very charismatic character and very polite. Mashallah

 

[newb3e]

First KFC and Pizza Hut and now this.

and yet no flying tejas wtf saaaarrrrrr!

tejas when saaaarrrr!

 

[INS_Vikrant]

With the peace finally returning to the J&K more and more business investments would pour in and tourist inflow would also resume, so hopefully that region in near future would become economically self reliant and stop depending on CENTRAL Government for funds.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

With the peace finally returning to the J&K more and more business investments would pour in and tourist inflow would also resume, so hopefully that region in near future would become economically self reliant and stop depending on CENTRAL Government for funds.

You've been blabbering about investment for decades. Investment has never been a key issue. Economically, Kashmir can function quite well, when lockdowns aren't in place. I'm yet to witness a pacified IOJK. Indeed, the only way hindustan has been able to pacify Kashmir ever is through a combination of rigged elections, overwhelming military force and governor-led abolition of democracy.