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Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani who spoke “Please send a proposal to us for the Viability Gap
later readily agreed to provide the required land Funding (VGF) needed to make Dahej successful.
required for the project. We are going to help you… I have already told in
Vijaybhai’s (Rupani) ears that the chief ministers
The Union minister also said that the Centre was of other states are sending VGF proposals. Andhra
ready to provide a helping hand to make Dahej Pradesh, Telengana, Odisha and other states, but
PCPIR a success. “Today if Narendrabhai needs Gujarat hesitates because it is a self-sustaining
to give an example of a petrochemical hub to a and progressive state. I have come to say, please
foreign guest, then he cannot show a Pardip or do not hesitate and send the proposal,” said
Nagapatannam, Vishakapatam, but he can surely Ananth Kumar.
show Dahej,” Ananth Kumar said referring to
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The minister also suggested to the chief minister
present at the event to organise a “Dahej
The Centre had approved setting up of four PCPIRs investment summit” either as part of the Vibrant
in the states of Andhra Pradesh (Vishakhapatanam- Gujarat summit or as a separate event for the next
Kakinada), Gujarat (Dahej), Odisha (Paradeep) and five years.
Tamil Nadu (Cuddalore-Nagapattinam).
(Source:- http://indianexpress.com/article/education/dahej-to-
house-countrys-first-central-institute-of-chemical-engineering-
and-technology-ananth-kumar/ dated 21st September-2017)

33. ‘GOVT TO BRING IN STANDARDS FOR CHEMICAL PRODUCTS’

In order to stop imports of sub-standard chemicals in India, the Centre is working on bringing in standards

for chemical products.

In order to weed out unregulated imports of forward,” he said referring to FICCI CEO forum
sub-standard chemicals into India, the Modi gov- where this issue was discussed on Wednesday.

ernment is working on introducing standards for A report unveiled at the event held at Mahatma
chemical products. Mandir also bats for establishing product

“We do not have very good standards right now in standards for the chemical industry. “Establishing

case of many chemicals.The more better standards product standards is of paramount importance.

we set for consumer products, the more demand Availability of low quality and low performance

for better chemicals will be there; chemicals products will eventually lead to health risks,

which are less harmful; chemicals which are more customer dissatisfaction, negative industry

amiable to environmental sustainability. So in image and will finally impact growth of the value

our ministry we have set up a committee with chain,” states the report titled “Chemical Industry

the joint secretary who will to start this work of with focus to Gujarat and Speciality Chemicals”

setting standards in chemicals. We do not have a prepared byTata Strategic Management Group.

standards cell and we have had a discussion with Setting of standards is one of the several steps
BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards),” said Rajeev suggested in the report that will help Indian
Kapoor, secretary, Department of Chemicals and chemical industry attain a size of USD 346 billion
Petrochemicals while speaking at the inaugural of by the year 2025. Currently (in 2016), the industry
“India Chem Gujarat 2017”,Thursday. is estimated to be valued at USD 155 billion and

“Having set the standards in products, we also contributes 3.4 percent to the global chemical

need to examine to what extent we can make industry. India ranks 14th in exports and 8th in

it mandatory, to ensure that our country is not imports of chemicals (excluding pharmaceutical

suffering from sub-standard imports. So both the products) globally. India’s chemical trade balance

issues were discussed yesterday and will be taken is negative with imports being significantly higher

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