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Industry seeks govt support to boost usage of composite
reinforced plastics
The composite reinforced plastics manufacturers have the products. Besides it wants investment to be promoted
sought government support in mandating use of the through public-private partnership in high tech and capital
alternative material for wood, steel, aluminium and intensive raw materials and processing infrastructure at
concrete in infrastructure, construction and defence affordable prices.
projects. The strong pitch from the industry for support
from the government and the Defence Ministry in Ramachandran said China has been promoting use of
particular comes amid rising imports of composite raw composite material in construction of bridges in corrosion
prone coastal areas while in India the material is not even
being considered.
material from China and Russia for use in the defence Ministry sanctions petro-
sector. chemical pipeline along
proposed Nagpur-Mumbai
In the recent past, Russian and Chinese composites corridor
industry started focusing on India as a major export
market for sectors such as defence, aviation and auto, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas ministry has given
said S Ramachandran, Director, Jushi India. The annual sanction for laying petrochemical pipeline along
global demand of composites is above 50,000 tonnes the proposed 700 kilometers long Nagpur-Mumbai
of which about 30 per cent is used in defence while in
India it is abysmally low leading to the Indian composites Communication
industry growing at five per cent compared to global Superexpressway
growth rate of 12 per cent, he said at the event to known as ‘Prosperity
announce ‘International Conference and Exhibition Corridor’ (Samruddhi
on Reinforced Plastics. The industry has prepared a Mahamarg) for
proposal to urge the Defence Minister to mandate transportation of
sourcing of key raw materials domestically in defence diesel, petrol and
projects in line with the government’s make it ‘Make in natural gas. Union
India’ programme. It has urged the government to set Minister of State for
up a Technology Upgradation Fund similar to the one Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)
in the textiles sector, revive Technology Information, Dharmendra Pradhan made the announcement on
Forecasting and Assessment Council programme for Friday during a grand function of distribution of
product development for railway toilets, seating and LPG connections to beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri
interior system and CNG cylinder, develop and upgrade Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) at Kasturchand Park. The
standards and comprehensive test facilities to validate announcement by Pradhan has opened up new
opportunities of Industrialisation in Vidarbha and
Marathwada regions. “The ministry has sanctioned two
petrochemical pipelines which will criss-cross Nagpur.
One will be laid from Mumbai along with proposed
Prosperity Corridor and other will connect Orissa (1500
km long),” informed Pradhan while addressing huge
gathering of women.
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