CAIT urges boycotting China's Huawai & ZTE from India's 5G rollout; writes to IT Minister

Amid growing tensions between India and China, Confederation of All India Trers (CAIT) has written to IT Minister Ravi Shankar Pras on Sunday. It has requested law minister to not include Huawei Technologies Company and ZTE Corporation in bidding for 5G network in India. CAIT has launched a nation-wide campaign called 'Bharatiya Saaman-Hamara Abhiman' to boycott Chinese products as anti-China sentiments in nation rose after 20 Indian soldiers were martyred in a violent clash with Chinese PLA soldiers.

This comes days after Ministry of Information and Technology (IT) met and discussed intelligence reports of cyber attacks incoming from Chinese hackers. Intelligence agencies have warned of a prominent cyberattack from Chinese hackers, indicating that among all sectors, power, telecom and financial services are being monitored even more closely given ir exposure to Chinese infrastructure. Chinese companies have played a major role by investing in critical infrastructures in India related to communications and power sector, hence making Indian cyberspace vulnerable as China has key access to networks in India. 

Last month, CAIT h written an open letter to Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and 50 or Indian industrialists, requesting ir companies' wholehearted participation in campaign for contributing to country's efforts in being 'Aatmamirbhar.' It h also penned an open letter dressed to Indian celebrities and appealed to Bollywood and sports stars endorsing Chinese brands such as Aamir Khan, Deepika Pukone, Katrina Kaif, Virat Kohli & ors to stop endorsing se products. Moreover, it h invited Amitabh Bachhan, Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Mhuri Dikshit, Mahender Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar and ors to join campaign of CAIT to boycott Chinese products under its flagship national movement " Bhartiya Saaman - Hamara Abhiman". 

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CAIT has set a target of reducing imports from China by a value of 13 billion dollars i.e approximately Rs. 1 Lakh crore by December 2021 with cooperation of trers & citizens of India. Currently, annual imports from China stand at $70 billion or 5.25 lakh crore rupees.

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