Central Armed Police Force canteens to sell only indigenous products from June 1

New Delhi: In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of self-reliant India to boost the country’s economy amid the Covid-19 crisis, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Wednesday that all CAPF canteens will now sell only indigenous products.

Shah said the instruction will be mandatorily applicable to all Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) canteens across the country from June 1. The total purchase from these canteens is estimated to amount to around Rs 2,800 crore.

With this move, the Home Minister said that around 50 lakh family members of about 10 lakh CAPF personnel will use indigenous products.

The Home Minister took to Twitter to announce the decision. The CAPF comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs and includes paramilitary forces such as BSF, CRPF, ITBP, CISF, SSB, NSG and Assam Rifles.

The Home Minister also appealed to the people to make maximum use of country made products and encourage others to do the same.

इसी दिशा में आज गृह मंत्रालय ने यह निर्णय लिया है कि सभी केंद्रीय सशस्त्र पुलिस बलों (CAPF) की कैंटीनों पर अब सिर्फ स्वदेशी उत्पादों की ही बिक्री होगी। 01 जून 2020 से देशभर की सभी CAPF कैंटीनों पर यह लागू होगा। इससे लगभग 10 लाख CAPF कर्मियों के 50 लाख परिजन स्वदेशी उपयोग करेंगे।

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 13, 2020

“Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an appeal to make the country self-reliant and use local products (products made in India), which will surely pave the way for India to lead the world in the coming times,” Shah said in a series of tweets.

In this direction on Wednesday, the Home Minister said, “The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided that all the CAPF canteens will now sell ‘only indigenous products at the canteens and stores’.

Shah said this is not the time to stay behind but to turn disaster into opportunity. “If every Indian pledges to use products made in India (Swadeshi), the democracy of the country can become self-sufficient in five years. Let us all strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this journey of self-reliant India using indigenous products,” he tweeted.

मैं देश की जनता से भी अपील करता हूं कि आप देश में बने उत्पादों को अधिक से अधिक उपयोग में लायें व अन्य लोगों को भी इसके प्रति प्रोत्साहित करें। हर भारतीय अगर भारत में बने उत्पादों (स्वदेशी) का उपयोग करने का संकल्प ले तो पांच वर्षों में देश का लोकतंत्र आत्मनिर्भर बन सकता है।

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 13, 2020

Shah’s announcement came a day after the Prime Minister in his address to the nation appealed to the people to make India self-reliant by keeping manufacturing, markets and supply chains local.

IANS