Delhi may curb cement import to retaliate Pak’s onion ban

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Delhi may curb cement import to retaliate Pak’s onion ban​

Updated on Thursday, January 13, 2011, 11:37 Print Email
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New Delhi: In an apparent retaliation to the ban imposed by Pakistan on onion exports to India, the Indian government is now mulling to prohibit import of cement from across the border, a newspaper report said on Thursday.

“The proposal is part of a package of measures to tame food price inflation that will be discussed by the Union cabinet on Thursday,” the paper added.

Pakistan had banned export of onion via Wagah border after India imported the item to cool down prices in the country. Pakistan, while citing rising prices of onion in the country, also asked Delhi to relax the export curbs on cotton. India has rejected the demand citing needs of the domestic industry.

A ban on cement will force Pakistan businesses, who have a stake in cement exports to India, to lobby Islamabad to lift curbs on onion exports, the paper said.

New Delhi dubbed the Pakistan's decision as "shocking".

Onion prices have jumped to over Rs 60 a kg recently as crops in the Maharashtra, which produces a big chunk of the commodity, damaged due to recent rains.

Food prices have also jumped in the recent times with food inflation touching 18.32% for the week ended December 25.

The Centre is likely to announce a host of measure to control price rise in food items today. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a two-day meeting with senior Cabinet colleagues in the last two days.

Delhi may curb cement import to retaliate Pak?s onion ban

 

[flameboard]

Quite a serendipitous occurrence, because onion prices were beginning to rise in Pakistan because so much of it was being exported to India, someone needs to limit onion exports before it gets out of hand. Pakistan has reached it's onion export limit for a few months.

 

[Spring Onion]

A ban on cement will force Pakistan businesses, who have a stake in cement exports to India, to lobby Islamabad to lift curbs on onion exports, the paper said.

this is funny. If Indian Govt failed to stand up to shiv sena and failed to stop this hindu fanatic group from stopping entry of Pakistani onions then its not our fault.

India should first ensure that Hindu fanatics will not create hurdles in the import and above all why we should burden our public with inflation by exporting the commodity which we need ourself.

as far as banning cement well your decision but this Blackmail is only proving the point that Pakistan should NOT trust India for any fair trade

 

[IND151]

Pakistan can not provide onion in the quantity India wants. a small nation of 160 million can not supply quantity of onion that a big nation of 1.2 billion requires. this must be the reason Pakistan banned onion export.

 

[MyPakistan1947]

^^^

But most indians don't have anything to eat anyways. So i don't think we were exporting Onions to 1.2 Billion people.

 

[Talha Butt]

Onions in exchange 4 Kashmir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Spring Onion]

Pakistan can not provide onion in the quantity India wants. a small nation of 160 million can not supply quantity of onion that a big nation of 1.2 billion requires. this must be the reason Pakistan banned onion export.

we stopped as our traders were only filling their pockets at the expense of common man in Pakistan who was burdened with high price of Onion.


Indian Govt trying to Blackmail Pakistani Cement traders for further pressurising our govt to export Onions to India and burden our own public with high prices is really a cheap move

 

[Ganguly]

Instead of handholding as neighbors, politicians who are the policy makers are fighting to gain cheap publicity. Respective citizens are dancing to its tune. This is what the politicians want. With proper collaboration both the nations will benefit. Period.

 

[Stumper]

we stopped as our traders were only filling their pockets at the expense of common man in Pakistan who was burdened with high price of Onion.


Indian Govt trying to Blackmail Pakistani Cement traders for further pressurising our govt to export Onions to India and burden our own public with high prices is really a cheap move

Let us wait till GoI announces such a measure. As per me this is very speculative news. Our cement import from Pakistan is not even 1% of domestic consumption but its cheaper than local produce.
Right now, i think we have excess capacity -- this might have led the government to consider this tit for tat response.

 

[Spring Onion]

Let us wait till GoI announces such a measure. As per me this is very speculative news. Our cement import from Pakistan is not even 1% of domestic consumption but its cheaper than local produce.
Right now, i think we have excess capacity -- this might have led the government to consider this tit for tat response.

could be but since your Indian media is saying so we are discussing this point. the news says

A ban on cement will force Pakistan businesses, who have a stake in cement exports to India, to lobby Islamabad to lift curbs on onion exports, the paper said

I wonder if such decisions by GoI or even suggestions will cover up their own incompetency in curbing prices at your end.

Here in Pakistan we are currently buying Onions at Rs60 /Kg dont know why we should export the Onions just for sake of decreasing Prices in India and further increasing the price per Kg here in Pakistan to over Rs100

 

[cybertron]

@jana
oh god u r not ashamed of putting in two fully contradicting statements on the same thread and that too on the same page one after another.

first you claim shiv sena stopped onions from coming into india and at the next moment you say that its the pakistan govt who did it due to localy rising prices.
and guess what, both ur comments dont hold good.

 

[PRACTICAL PATRIOT]

Quite a serendipitous occurrence, because onion prices were beginning to rise in Pakistan because so much of it was being exported to India, someone needs to limit onion exports before it gets out of hand. Pakistan has reached it's onion export limit for a few months.

if pakistan can send onions through sea route why not through land route?
if you have domestic shortage and reached the export limit then how the hell can you supply it through sea route also or is it that onions exported through sea root dont have any effect on domestic market but only land route has??
if you exporting capacity is over then if INDIA reduces cotton curbs then from where are you going to bring extra onions?
its nothing but a cheap strategy to gain as much as pakistan can from INDIA in this onion crises.
if INDIA has enough domestic production of cement then i think this is good decision for tit for tat.

 

[Spring Onion]

@jana
oh god u r not ashamed of putting in two fully contradicting statements on the same thread and that too on the same page one after another.

first you claim shiv sena stopped onions from coming into india and at the next moment you say that its the pakistan govt who did it due to localy rising prices.
and guess what, both ur comments dont hold good.

Ignorance is not always a blessing but sometimes it ashamed you badly so you better first read the development so far and which context the comments are made.


Pakistan did export Onions to India till the point we had no shortage and no inflation here in our country BUT your so -called democratically elected Govt has succumbed to hindu extremists of shiv sena and could not let the Onions reach to common Indian in Mumbai .

Before your Indian Govt resort to Blackmailing tactics of banning cement import from Pakistan for pressurising us for selling you Onions your Govt should ensure if it will be having guts to stand up to shiv sena ?

 

[Spring Onion]

if pakistan can send onions through sea route why not through land route?
if you have domestic shortage and reached the export limit then how the hell can you supply it through sea route also or is it that onions exported through sea root dont have any effect on domestic market but only land route has??
if you exporting capacity is over then if INDIA reduces cotton curbs then from where are you going to bring extra onions?
its nothing but a cheap strategy to gain as much as pakistan can from INDIA in this onion crises.
if INDIA has enough domestic production of cement then i think this is good decision for tit for tat.

do you make any sense here?


so far there is no issue of sending Onions to you by sea or land route but we should not sell Onions to you if we need these ourselves if we have surplus then we have no issue we can sell it.

 

[PRACTICAL PATRIOT]

i make sense only to sensible people and cant help it so sorry.
read the article before asking whether i make sense or not.
pakistan is ready to send onion through sea route but banned to do so via vagha border, it also want INDIA to reduce curbs on cotton in return of exort on onions.
so if at all there is shortage of onion in pakistan then pakistan should nt be able to send them via sea route as well ans even if we reduce curbs on cotton. which is not happening.